Experiences
Shine Micro: Design Engineer June 2016 - Feb 2021
- Iterated on existing designs to improve yield and address production concerns
- Designed and implemented front ends for SDR receivers including LNA, mixers and crystal filters
- Collaborated with Software Engineers to implement software defined radio filters and decoders
- Designed and executed test platform for super narrow band VHF communications link
- Supported customers including antenna analysis, troubleshooting and lightening mitigation
Applied Circuit Design Lab Teaching Assistant Fall 2015
- Assist students with real-world engineering problems to enhance their problem-solving skills
- Provide mentorship for technical presentation skills
Motorola Solutions: Electrical & Hardware Engineering Intern Summer 2015
- Developed simulation for spur analysis and frequency planning
- Realized and improved upon design for ultralow phase noise frequency synthesis
- Analyzed functionality of custom RF ASIC
Insitu: Electrical Engineering Intern Summer 2014
- Designed circuit board with high current and ethernet traces for high vibration environment
- Evaluated power management system for implementation in next generation products
- Collaborated with lab employees to validate power supply design
Garmin: Electrical Design Engineering Intern Summer 2013 & 2012
- Defined, designed and laid out board to perform automated testing: precision current source, ADC and DAC
- Circuit design and synthesis using LTSpice including loss analysis for power supply
- Initiated cross discipline team to quickly address software issue to keep production-test equipment functional
- Assisted production team with maintenance on SMT machinery
Northwest Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Summer 2010
- Supported the electrical engineering team with circuit design, layout and prototyping
Academics
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio Spring 2016
Electrical Engineering – Bachelor of Science
GPA: 3.56 | Dean’s Honor List
Analog, mixed signal, and digital design classwork with numerous hands-on design projects
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Summer 2011
APEA accelerated college course program: 22 units
Amity High School, Amity, Oregon June 2012
GPA: 4.0 unweighted | Valedictorian |Honor Roll every semester
Class President – Tree Years: Leadership Class
Senior Project – designed, build, flew Atmel ARM based gyro/accel stabilized quad-copter
Technical Expertise
Hardware: VCTCXO, Xtal Filters, Matching Networks, Mixers,LNA, PLL, ADC, DAC, DC-DC converters, Ethernet, PID control, Microcontorllers, FPGA
Languages: GNURadio, Python, C/C++, Java, Matlab, Assembly, BASIC, Verilog
Programs: LINC2, LTSPICE, Smith, Schematic and PCB design (PADS, CADSTAR, DX Designer, Multisim, Altium), Solidworks, ADS, Active-HDL, Code Composer, Eclipse
Shine Micro: Design Engineer June 2016 - Feb 2021
- Iterated on existing designs to improve yield and address production concerns
- Designed and implemented front ends for SDR receivers including LNA, mixers and crystal filters
- Collaborated with Software Engineers to implement software defined radio filters and decoders
- Designed and executed test platform for super narrow band VHF communications link
- Supported customers including antenna analysis, troubleshooting and lightening mitigation
- Assist students with real-world engineering problems to enhance their problem-solving skills
- Provide mentorship for technical presentation skills
- Developed simulation for spur analysis and frequency planning
- Realized and improved upon design for ultralow phase noise frequency synthesis
- Analyzed functionality of custom RF ASIC
- Designed circuit board with high current and ethernet traces for high vibration environment
- Evaluated power management system for implementation in next generation products
- Collaborated with lab employees to validate power supply design
- Defined, designed and laid out board to perform automated testing: precision current source, ADC and DAC
- Circuit design and synthesis using LTSpice including loss analysis for power supply
- Initiated cross discipline team to quickly address software issue to keep production-test equipment functional
- Assisted production team with maintenance on SMT machinery
- Supported the electrical engineering team with circuit design, layout and prototyping
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio Spring 2016
Electrical Engineering – Bachelor of Science
GPA: 3.56 | Dean’s Honor List
Analog, mixed signal, and digital design classwork with numerous hands-on design projects
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Summer 2011
APEA accelerated college course program: 22 units
Amity High School, Amity, Oregon June 2012
GPA: 4.0 unweighted | Valedictorian |Honor Roll every semester
Class President – Tree Years: Leadership Class
Senior Project – designed, build, flew Atmel ARM based gyro/accel stabilized quad-copter
Technical Expertise
Hardware: VCTCXO, Xtal Filters, Matching Networks, Mixers,LNA, PLL, ADC, DAC, DC-DC converters, Ethernet, PID control, Microcontorllers, FPGA
Languages: GNURadio, Python, C/C++, Java, Matlab, Assembly, BASIC, Verilog
Programs: LINC2, LTSPICE, Smith, Schematic and PCB design (PADS, CADSTAR, DX Designer, Multisim, Altium), Solidworks, ADS, Active-HDL, Code Composer, Eclipse
Experiences
Applied Circuit Design Lab
Teaching Assistant Fall
2015
·
Circuit design and layout in PADS, DxDesigner and
Expedition PCB
Applied Circuit Design Lab
Teaching Assistant Fall
2015
·
Assisted Students with real-world engineering
problems.
·
Provided mentorship for technical presentation
skills.
Motorola Solutions: Electrical
& Hardware Engineering Intern Summer
2015
·
Developed simulation for spur analysis and frequency
planning
·
Realized and improved upon design for ultralow phase
noise frequency synthesis
·
Analysis of Custom RF ASIC
Insitu: Electrical Engineering
Intern Summer
2014
·
Designed and laid out circuit board with both high
current and ethernet for high vibration environment
·
Circuit design and layout in PADS, DxDesigner and
Expedition PCB
Garmin AT: Electrical Design
Engineering Intern Summer
2013
·
Defined, designed and laid out board to perform
automated testing: precision current source, ADC and DAC
·
Circuit design and synthesis using LT Spice
including loss analysis for power supply
·
Initiated cross discipline team to quickly address
software issue to keep production-test equipment functional
·
J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 solder school trained
Garmin
AT: Process Engineering Intern Summer 2012
·
Worked alongside engineers to move new designs into mass
production. Assisted production team as
needed and maintenance of SMT machinery
·
Worked independently on projects with both
engineering and production staff.
Northwest
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Summer
2010
·
Supported
the electrical engineering team with circuit design, layout and prototyping.
·
Ran
environmental tests. Worked to improve test setup and implement new designs.
Intel
Engineering Challenge Spring
2010
·
First
Place trophy— Designed, built and demonstrated a 17-foot, 6-foot-diameter blimp
with radio control.
FIRST Robotics 2006–2012 Seasons
·
Founded a
FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team and participated six years in various
capacities including team captain and lead programmer. Received Robotics
Varsity Letter.
·
Attended
the 2009 FIRST Robotics World Championship in Atlanta, GA
Academics
Case
Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio August
2012–Present
Electrical
Engineering Major
GPA:
3.47 | Dean’s Honor List
Analog,
mixed signal, and digital design classwork
Research
in Quadrotor control and applications
Carnegie
Mellon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Summer
2011
APEA accelerated college course
program: 22 units
Amity
High School, Amity, Oregon September
2008–June 2012
GPA: 4.0 unweighted | Rank: 1 of
78 | Honor Roll every semester
Class
President—Three years: Leadership Class
Senior
Project—designed, built, flew AtmelARM based gyro/accel stabilized quad-copter
Technical
Expertise
Hardware: Ethernet,
PLL, Microcontrollers, FPGAs, ADCs, DAC, DC-DC converters, PID control
Languages: Java,
C/C++, Assembly, BASIC, Verilog
Programs: Schematic
and PCB design (PADS, CADSTAR, DX Designer, Multisim, Altium), SPICE,
Active-HDL, Code Composer, Eclipse
Activities
Delta Chi
Fraternity
Executive Vice President, Recruitment chair, “Man of
Excellence” scholarship recipient.
Boy
Scouts of America
Eagle Scout. Involved in the Boy Scouts for nine years
with seven summer “50 milers”.
ID Tech
Programming Academy July 2009
Intensive course in Java on the
Stanford campus. Culminated in presentation to NASA Ames research team.
Hobbies
Outdoor activities
hiking/backpacking and skiing.
Technology interests in computers, robotics, software and gadgets. Photography.