Experience

Space Micro – Powered by Voyager Space

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Radio Frequency Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Present



Cobham

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Radio Frequency Engineer

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2019

  Design and support of custom RF / microwave assemblies. * Designed microwave components such as power dividers and power couplers for use in new and existing products. * Contributed to analysis and design of several products using simulation tools such as Microwave Office and Ansys HFSS, resulting in products with better performance and lower cost. * Programmed application scripts written in Python and VBA to automate routine tasks such as test data analysis and electromagnetic simulation optimization, increasing productivity. * Developed hardware and software components for specialized RF Automated Test Equipment, reducing product test time. * Wrote new and revised test procedures for design verification and acceptance testing of custom RF / microwave products, ensuring compliance to customers' specifications. Show less



Collabera

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  Testing and characterization of cellular transceiver RFIC performance versus specifications to identify issues for design revision and configuration optimization. * Enhanced test sequence generation / verification tools, greatly reducing wasted test time and helping keep project on schedule. * Wrote programs to automate processing data from bench test and ATE, reducing manual errors and improving time efficiency. * Prototyped and debugged LabVIEW modules, providing a basis for future improvements to testing platform. Show less



Spreadtrum

• China
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Mixed Signal Integrated Circuit Engineer

  • Jun 2010 - May 2012

  RFIC design (layout for digital and analog circuits, EM simulation, mixed signal simulation, and modifying existing circuit blocks for new design) and RFIC bench test (characterization and test development). • Automated layout creation, simulation, and optimization of on-chip inductor design, simplifying design flow. • Created Perl and Cadence SKILL scripts to automate schematic and layout generation of digital control signals, improving design accuracy and productivity. • Developed enhancements to hardware and software of existing IC test platform's USB interface, significantly increasing speed of IC design verification tests. • Characterized RFIC performance test measurements (such as noise figure, IP3, and gain) for comparison against simulation, ensuring design adherence to specifications. • Optimized impedance matching networks on IC reference boards, ensuring measurements were representative of actual IC performance. • Wrote test software for controlling RF instrumentation over GPIB with Matlab, extending test capabilities for new and existing Spreadtrum chips. Show less



Quake Global

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• RF Engineer

  • 2005 - 2008

  Design and manufacturing support of satellite products primarily used for machine to machine communication. • Designed a satellite modem controller / GPS receiver accessory module based on an ARM ASIC, expanding features of Quake's existing product line. • Redesigned RF filters to better accommodate component variation and recommended power amplifier matching network adjustments, increasing manufacturing yield. • Supervised and directed outsourced RF PCB layout work, ensuring adherence to sound RF design. • Qualified RFICs and passive components for both performance against requirements and cost reduction in new and revised product designs. Show less



Sony Interactive Entertainment

• United States
• Entertainment Providers
• 700 & Above Employee

• Programmer

  • 2001 - 2004

  * Programmed low level graphics hardware using C, C++, and assembly language, adding new and enhanced-performance features to software products. * Wrote data conversion utilities for Windows and UNIX, simplifying art team's development process. * Programmed low level graphics hardware using C, C++, and assembly language, adding new and enhanced-performance features to software products. * Wrote data conversion utilities for Windows and UNIX, simplifying art team's development process.



Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Undergraduate Researcher

  • 2000 - 2000

  * Designed and constructed hardware for interfacing polymer odor sensors to autonomous robots, adding flexible digital control. * Wrote control software for this interface in C under Linux, easing integration with existing code. * Designed and constructed hardware for interfacing polymer odor sensors to autonomous robots, adding flexible digital control. * Wrote control software for this interface in C under Linux, easing integration with existing code.