Yikun Cai *** Norvell St. El Cerrito, CA ***** 510-***-**** acenya@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking an Entry Level Hardware Engineer position

EDUCATION:

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY May, 2014

B.S. Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.68/4.0

SKILLS:

Software: PSpice(OrCad), EagleCAD, Logicworks, Cadence, CAD, C/C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW, MS Office

Hardware: Voltmeters, Oscilloscopes, Function Generator, Spectrum Analyzer, Logic Analyzers, Soldering

Iron, Power Meter, Proto Boards, PCB Layouts, Circuit Troubleshooting, Datasheet/Schematics

Languages: Native Chinese Mandarin & Cantonese

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Eppendorf Manufacturing Corp. Enfield, CT Co-op Electrical Engineer May – Dec 2013

Replacement sourcing for obsolete parts – ensured continued production of existing products

Debugged and troubleshot circuit boards/prototypes – reduced boards failure rate approximately 50%

Successfully designed and built cable harnesses for new product development (e.g. laboratory freezers)

Proactively collaborated with mechanical engineers to install bench test units by deadline

Prevented failure of components on circuit board from Electro-static discharge circuit(ESD) events

Improved the accuracy of units’ power consumption from 97.30% to 99.92%

RELEVANT COURSEWORK & PROJECTS:

General Electric (GE) – Wind Farm Grid Control Spring 2014

Member of a team of 7 engineering students tasked to develop an algorithm to maximize the real power

output for a wind farm

Visualized the algorithm by designing a turbine simulation demo with use of LEDs, encoders, LCD display, I2C

bus, and DC motor control

Skills applied: proto-board layout, soldering, wire management, bill of materials, coding Arduinos in C++

Analog Devices Inc. – Analog Integrated Circuit Design Spring 2014

Designed a fully differential CMOS operational transconductance amplifier(OTA) in Cadence

Achieved Honorable Award from Analog Devices Inc.

Fields and Waves Spring 2014

Customized RF notch filters to block television’s signal transmission from a particular frequency

Electrical Power Engineering Laboratory Spring 2014

Examined magnetic circuits, electric machines, transformers, rectifiers, and DC/DC converters & inverters

Proficient in oscilloscopes, function generator, and spectrum analyzer

Vital Watch – Biometric Systems on Scott Air Pak Spring 2012

Member of a team of 7 multidisciplinary students that developed biometric systems onto the Scott Air Pak

for Troy Fire Department

Features include respiration rate, heart rate, ambient temperature, and digital display

Embedded Control Spring 2012

Wired circuits on breadboards, and wrote C code for microcontroller to command a car and a blimp

LEADERSHIP & ACTIVITIES:

vickyaura.taobao.com with Taobao.com – Online Sales Owner Jan 2011 – Present

RPI’s First Chinese Band – Founder, Lead Singer Fall 2012 – Fall 2013

Vice-President of RPI Badminton Club Fall 2010 – Spring 2013

Badminton National Athlete of China

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