SUMMARY:

Applications Engineer with 15 years of experience in applications engineering, technical marketing, customer and sales support for analog switches including Clock buffers, Oscillators, PLLs, VGA switches, USB Switches, Voltage comparators, load switches, Ethernet transceivers, image sensors, multimedia mobile co - processors, wireless baseband, RF front end, CMOS logic, voltage level translators, LDOs and standard analog ICs. Authored, reviewed and managed the data sheets, technical training materials, application notes and product promotion documents. Deep knowledge of hardware and software architectures of consumer electronics, wireless systems, including EDA tools for IC and PCB design, layout, simulations and automotive quality standards.

STRENGTHS AND COMPETENCIES:

IC Fabrication and Design | Product Engineering | Systems Engineering | Communication Systems| Quality Assurance |Failure Analysis| Competitive Analysis| Customer Relationship Management Customer Trainings| Business Development | Field Applications Engineering| Project Management

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technologies: C/C++ | Java/ JSP | PCB Schematics and Layout | VxWorks | Board Design | PSPICE Simulation | Signal Integrity Analysis| Hyperlynx SI and PI | JEDEC and IPC| RF |WiMAX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Applications Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for applications engineering of all standard and specialty logic, analog devices including Clock fan out buffers, voltage translators, comparators, analog, power and digital switches in customer systems.
• Led the development of reference designs at PCB vendors to demonstrate the application and performance of standard ICs.
• Participated in PPAP documentation and AEC-Q100 qualification.
• Performed failure analysis and root cause analysis on PCBs.
• Worked with Engineering and Marcom to successfully launch new products
• Proposed new products for digital logic, and standard analog to resolve customer specific issues and developed the roadmap.
• Developed and maintained a database for cross referenced part types from competition
• Collaborated with management to discuss business development of standard logic devices to evaluate and reduce costs, create sales strategies, and improve supply-chain management.
• Performed technical and commercial feasibility of new demo boards, including research, circuit design, and functional verification of prototype boards.
• Led logic roadmap development along with new package and product definition.
• Provided training to FAEs and account managers to promote standard logic devices, switches, and translators.
• Created the technical content for FAE trainings. Built successful relationships with key accounts.
• Developed and administered online promotional content for the marketing and the Webmaster.
• Conceived and developed a low cost VGA analog switch proposal for notebook PCs, taking 80% market share from competitors that generated a business of approximately $12M two years.
• Conceived and developed a low cost, low voltage, low noise voltage comparator proposal for smart phones, taking 80% market share from competitors and generated a business of approx. $10M in three years.
• Established a lab bench to design and verify the evaluation and demonstration boards for standard products.

Senior Applications Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Managed pre- and post-sales technical support for board support package, radio systems testing, and calibration to wireless customers.
• Performed analysis and testing of fixed and mobile WiMAX development boards using ARM development tools, media servers, TFTP, FTP, GDA Power PC boards, and Ethernet testers.
• Conducted research to develop and analyze new WiMAX applications for U.S. marketing.
• Effectively drove quality assurance and product improvements through thorough communication with customers and teams at Confidential.
• Led hardware and software designers to support the broadband wireless system integrators, resulting in the successful application design and interoperability of fixed and mobile WiMAX baseband ICs for ZTE, MiTAC, Arasor, Infinet, and Cisco Systems.
• Effectively drove quality assurance and product improvements through thorough communication with customers and teams at Confidential Japan. Concluded interoperability testing of WiMAX base station reference designs and optimization of wireless link budget.

Applications Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated product marketing, business development, application engineering, and strategic marketing for CMOS and CCD camera products.
• Oversaw the characterization, evaluation, testing, and debugging of CMOS and CCD image sensors and color processors using Gretag MacBeth color checker charts, lux meters, and light boxes.
• Developed the system requirements and specifications for 2.5G / 3G mobile phones with camera.
• Critical development analysis and testing performed on CMOS image sensors and ASIC in mobile phone reference solutions, obtaining a worldwide revenue of $20,000,000 in three years.
• Collaborated with Confidential to design and manufacture a camera module for cell phones using Confidential ’s CMOS image sensor IC.
• Successfully integrated Confidential ’s camera modules into mobile phone reference designs for ViMicro.