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Stamford, Connecticut, US

Austin, Texas, US

• Organ Perfusion System (Class 2 Device)
• Design board with ARM Cortex-A35 processor with Cortex-M4F, PMIC, Ethernet, LVDS, IMU, Fluid sensors, Wi-Fi, BLE, NVME M.2 SSD, motor driver, optic sub-system, and USB3.0 with PD. Design per ISO-13485 and IEC60601-1.
• Performed component obsolescence review, and update design with new features
• Led electrical and layout team across NA, ME, and Asia
• Performed board bring up in lab, debug for hardware/FW issues, co-author test plan and performed electrical testing using oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers, and DVMs
• Worked with ME and PCB designers for signal routing, integration, manufacturability, DFM and DFA assessment

Austin, Texas, US

• Medical Alert System (Class 2 Device)
• Design electrical/RF electronics using 4G LTE CAT1 radio module for AT&T network
• Worked with antenna designer on simulation, integration and antenna characterization of 4G LTE CAT1 and 900MHz WLAN antennas
• Performed board bring up in lab, debug for hardware/FW issues and performed electrical and RF characterization
• Worked with ME and PCB designer for antenna placement, integration and manufacturability
• Lead FCC/ISED, IEC60601-1 and FDA wireless coexistence testing activities at test labs

Austin, Texas, US

• IIoT design of smart hat
• Design to monitor SpO2, heart rate, temperature, humidity, pressure and external force.
• Design electronic circuit to detect and process data from CO, H2S, O2 and hydrocarbon gas sensors with actuation and interface with main board using 16/24 bit ADCs.
• Design wireless subsystem using WLAN 2.4/5GHz, GPS, and Bluetooth 4.2 module
• Audio architecture design included dual digital mics for noise cancellation, ANC audio codec and Class D amplifier speakers.
• Video monitoring with still images using camera with hardware encoder.

Santa Clara, CA, US

• Design, debug, lab bring up and characterization of NVIDIA RFIC [WCDMA and LTE] HW platform, non-signaling verification and optimization of TX-RX blocks.
• Performed RFIC bench validation for gain, IIP2, NF, phase noise, S parameter, output power, EVM, ACLR, IQ offset, PLL spurs and settling time, RXBN, spurious analysis, out-band emission measurements, IQ and CS.
• Performed PVT characterization of RFIC [nominal and corner lots] and worked with IC design team for performance optimization of analog, digital and RF blocks.
• Design hardware platform and developed test plans for lab testing
• Presented design analysis and recommendations to IC design team and performed detail oriented technical design reviews
• Extensively worked with PXA N9030A, E5052B signal source analyzer, wireless communication analyzer, N5182B MXG, logic analyzer and oscilloscopes.

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

• Electrical and RF hardware design of BB7 and BB10 based computing platform that included smartphones and tablets from concept design to production readiness
• Design advance wireless connectivity solution with WLAN a/b/g/n/ac/2x2MIMO with BT4.0, BLE and FM using Broadcom, TI and Qualcomm-Atheros SoCs
• Design RF front-end that supported downlink LTE CA using APT/ET power amplifier
• Design board with RF, analog and digital components, DC-DC converters, power management unit, CPU/AP, RFIC using HDMI, USB, MIPI, SPI, Ethernet, I2C communication interface
• Performed RF matching of radio transceiver for optimal RF performance to meet 3GPP and carrier requirements. This included load and source pull for PA and LNA using Maury tuners and subsequent simulation using ADS for.
• Worked closely with engineering/modem development teams on cross-functional issues related to architecture (performance, power consumption, thermal behavior), production (quality, FA and manufacturing) and development.

Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto, JP

• Design WLAN, Bluetooth, FM, Zigbee and WiMAX modules in single and dual antenna configurations with customized RF front-ends for smartphone, PDA, tablet, data dongle and health monitoring devices using leading OEM.
• Worked with IC designers to address issues related to poor EVM due to IQ mismatch, DC power latch-up, on-chip TX calibration optimization, insufficient RF switch timings leading to ACPR failure
• Wrote test plans to characterize IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n, BT, FM, Zigbee modules for EVM, ACPR, sensitivity and transmitter tests using Agilent signal generators, spectrum analyzer, power meters, LitePoint IQ, CBT tester.
• Performed temperature, voltage range, humidity, drop and other reliability tests for production readiness along with statistical analysis
• On-site customer support to facilitate module seamless integration on customer platform. Worked extensively with customers to troubleshoot, module bring up and offered high level of customer satisfaction
• Performed failure analysis including performance and functional failure of modules on customer platform

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