Mikulas Prascak
Lead Engineer, Hardware & Production at NIVY Watch- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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NIVYWatch
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Slovakia
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Lead Engineer, Hardware & Production
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Mar 2020 - Present
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PowereX Energy
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Hardware Specialist
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Nov 2020 - Present
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self-employed
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Bratislava
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Freelance Consultant
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2003 - Present
Occasional freelance contract consulting: - Proof of Concept prototypes development - Rapid hardware prototyping of ideas - One-off product development Occasional freelance contract consulting: - Proof of Concept prototypes development - Rapid hardware prototyping of ideas - One-off product development
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Resco
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Slovakia
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Hardware Designer
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Jun 2020 - Oct 2021
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Hardware Specialist
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Mar 2020 - May 2020
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ProGridTech, a. s.
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Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovak Republic
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Head Of Development
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Mar 2019 - May 2020
Acting CTO - Responsible for the full-stack from HW integration through functional requirements specification of aggregator services to cloud infrastructure. -Responsible for R&D and implementation of own aggregator platform in partnership with Nextkraftwerke. https://progridtech.com/en/aggregator-2/ -Developing solutions for implementation of battery energy storage systems for industrial and commercial segment with emphasis on inclusion to the aggregator pool. https://progridtech.com/en/battery-systems/ - Development of complete integrated solution for home energy management system for residential market, including battery storage, solar PV and EV charger. https://energybox.sk/domacnosti/ Show less
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HMH, s.r.o.
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Slovakia
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Automation Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Systems Engineer
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May 2017 - Mar 2019
System level design and development for the Railway Industry Project Management System level design and development for the Railway Industry Project Management
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Applied Precision
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Bratislava, Slovakia
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R&D and HW Development Engineer
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Feb 2009 - Mar 2017
R&D Engineering and hardware design in the field of Industrial Test and Measuremnt and Metrology. - Project Leader and Chief Designer (electronics & mechanics) of a new product line of Portable Test Equipment. This project involved a complete ground up design (from R&D to certification) of a comprehensive and innovative system for electricity meter testing in a portable suitcase form factor for use in R&D laboratories or on-site meter testing. https://www.appliedp.com/product/pte/ - Product Line Owner of the complete portfolio of high power Signal Transducer modules (100VA to 2500VA). This involves development of hardware and documentation, support and customization for power signal transducer modules - main parts of the Power Source system. https://www.appliedp.com/product/ps/ - Product Line Owner of the Precision Compensated Current Transformer (CMR-I™).HW development and documentation including a successful redesigned to strongly improve robustness for a unique isolation transformer product with precision better than 100ppm for currents up to 120A. https://www.appliedp.com/product/cmri/ - Built out and operated our in-house rapid prototyping lab. Trained personnel for the equipment (PCB mill, pick&place, paste dispenser, reflow solder, rework) - Supervision of servicing and manufacturing of relevant products. Continuous training of servicing department staff and manufacturing staff Some other notable projects: - Design of various D-class amplifiers from 30W to 3kW - A system for Rogowski coil calibration for currents up to 10kA AC for a metrology institute - Fast transient switches for curents up to 200A and extreme environmental conditions - A precision 1.5kW 240A DC current source for evaluation and calibration of our high current DC sensor products. - Development of various calibration test fixtures - Aftermarket upgrade to our meter test system to support power line signaling capability - Redesigns and improvements on countless product modules Show less
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Gotive
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Information Technology & Services
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HW Development Engineer
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Feb 2008 - Feb 2009
Design, development and testing of embedded hardware for cutting-edge rugged industrial hand-held computers/communicators (PDA). Projects I was responsible for: - system integration of full size smart card reader module - implementation of large area fingerprint sensor module (FIPS certifiable) - cooperation on battery management development (fuel gauge algos and the effect of ageing on Coulomb counting) - LiIon and LiPoly battery stress testing and their failure analysis (analysis of battery damage due to charging at higher temperatures) - evaluation of mechanical ruggedness (drop testing analyses, vibration bench testing, fault analysis) Show less
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IYPT
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Bratislava, Slovakia
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Member of Expert Committee
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2006 - 2008
Member of Slovak expert committee for the International Young Physicists’ Tournament and also involved in organizing, lecture preparations and couching of teams of high school students for competitions’ Slovak national rounds. http://www.tmfsr.sk/ Member of Slovak expert committee for the International Young Physicists’ Tournament and also involved in organizing, lecture preparations and couching of teams of high school students for competitions’ Slovak national rounds. http://www.tmfsr.sk/
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
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Slovakia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2006 - Dec 2007
Full time research assistant at the Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty Of Mathematics Physics And Informatics. Expertise in high frequency analog electronics, electronic instrumentation development, superconducting and quantum electronics and general low temperature physics. Full time research assistant at the Department of Experimental Physics, Faculty Of Mathematics Physics And Informatics. Expertise in high frequency analog electronics, electronic instrumentation development, superconducting and quantum electronics and general low temperature physics.
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IPHT Jena
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Jena Area, Germany
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Research fellowship
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Oct 2007 - Nov 2007
Research fellowship at Quantum Detectors Group, Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany. Work was focused on design and integration of an ultra-low noise 30MHz cryogenic amplifier to be used in 10 miliKelvin dilution refrigerator and also on implementation of quadrature demodulator electronics for the 2.7GHz measurement setup. Research fellowship at Quantum Detectors Group, Institute of Photonic Technology, Jena, Germany. Work was focused on design and integration of an ultra-low noise 30MHz cryogenic amplifier to be used in 10 miliKelvin dilution refrigerator and also on implementation of quadrature demodulator electronics for the 2.7GHz measurement setup.
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
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Slovakia
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Lecturer
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2003 - 2006
- Lecturer at Comenius University. More than three years of experience in lecturing undergraduate level courses in the field of Electricity & Magnetism, Principles Of Computers and Hardware, Programming In Java For Physicists. - Advisor and reviewer of several bachelor’s and master’s theses. - Lecturer at Comenius University. More than three years of experience in lecturing undergraduate level courses in the field of Electricity & Magnetism, Principles Of Computers and Hardware, Programming In Java For Physicists. - Advisor and reviewer of several bachelor’s and master’s theses.
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Education
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Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
PhD-unfinished, Superconductivity, High frequency electronics, Low-Temp. Physics -
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
RNDr., Physics, Magnetisation (Barkhausen) Noise -
Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave
Ing., Electronics, Bioelectronics, Digital Signal Processing -
Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
Mgr., Physics, Radiophysics, Physical Electronics