Experience

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  Comet Plasma Control Technologies

  • San Jose, California, United States

  • Hardware Engineering Manager

    • Aug 2022 - Present
    • San Jose, California, United States

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  COMET Technologies USA, Inc.

  • San Jose, California, United States

  • Senior Hardware Engineer

    • Jul 2020 - Jul 2022
    • San Jose, California, United States

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  Immersion Corporation

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Senior Manager, Hardware Engineering

    • Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

    Led and managed engineering teams and projects to create new initiatives. Addressed customer’s pain points and increased haptic adoption in automotive sector. • Boosted technology adoption and licensing revenue in automotive sector by leading “reference design project for haptic technology in large display” to showcase technology to potential customers.• Designing, testing and debugging micro-controller based piezo drive and sensor signal detection solution.• Led research project introducing new technology in market to control actuator for quality haptic experience at lower cost in production.• Process driven approach for project planning, estimation, execution, communication and crisis management

  • Manager, Hardware Engineering

    • Aug 2015 - Dec 2018

    Managed hardware and firmware engineering team for designing and developing products efficiently for business initiative. Managed communication within the team as well as with customers and stack holders of the project to keep them aligned on current status of the projects. Supporting IP legal team on their initiative to persuading potential customers for IP licensing.Started "Haptic driver IC" certification program. Established Haptic actuator performance certification program.Built engineering prototypes for research as well as market study,

  • Manager, Electrical Engineering

    • Aug 2007 - Jul 2015

    Hardware and firmware projects and Electrical Engineering team management providing necessary prototype demonstrators units for business promotion. Resource allocation, budgeting, planning, training, delegating, and executing to support various business initiatives on different projects.Managed Console game controller hardware and firmware development and prototype production.Innovation activity support to build proof of concept prototypes for encouraging company initiative.

  • Senior Project Engineer

    • Aug 2006 - Jul 2007

    Customer-driven design and implementation to secure business and recurring revenue using cost optimized approach for system implementation and integration.

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  Docuport Inc & Widecom Group Canada

  • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • Project Engineer

    • Aug 1994 - Jul 2006
    • Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Created multiple engineering product design from concept to prototype and take it to mass production. Hands on circuit design, PCB layout design, firmware development and production related documents including quality testing before product release to market. Experience in setting up factory for pilot product run.