Faisal Azeem Mirza

Toronto, ON

647-***-**** acqnd6@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Dedicated PCB Design Engineer with 5+ years of comprehensive experience in the PCB industry. Demonstrated capabilities in High speed PCB design including layout, schematic, layer stackup & cross-functional support with expertise in PCB design & development for electronics and semiconductor companies. Known for being a responsive team player with excellent communication & multi-tasking skills, ensuring improved interactions & collaboration between organizational teams. Proven success defining processes, supporting customers & improving PCB solutions

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software Tools

PADS, PCAD (Altium), Cadence Allegro, ORCAD Layout Plus, ORCAD Capture, Concept HDL, CAM350, Polar, Saturn, ACAD, Auto-Router, CAMtastic2000 & MS Office Applications

Equipment

Tektronix (TDR), Thermonics, Silicon Thermal, Basic digital multi-meter

ATE Testers: Advantest/Verigy, Teradyne, LTX, Credence, Oilbath & Probers

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

R&D Altanova, Ajax, ON 2014 – Current

PCB Engineer

Designed high speed Printed Circuit boards by working directly with design & test engineers and led board development end-to-end. Collaborated with customers, QA, sales, Fab & assembly vendors

Designed PCBs for customers, supporting their products & test with DFT & DFM requirements.

Designed high density, single / multiple lamination, RF, digital & mixed signal boards, prepared layer stackup, supported sales & interfaced with vendors, ensuring requirements are met

Interfaced with customer, reviewed layout, interfaced with Fab, Assembly & component vendors, ensuring PCB quality & schedule and provided NPI / production support to customers

Calculated board parameters for Power / Signal requirements using basic simulators

PCB Contractor (Freelance), Ajax, ON 2013 – 2014

Designed RF, mixed signal & Power boards with impedance and length requirements for electronics companies, including schematic, dxf import, layout, gerber and assembly documentation release.

AMD, Markham, ON, Canada 2006 – 2013

Loadboard Engineer

Designed high power, high speed Analog, digital & mixed signal Printed Circuit boards & led PCB development from concept to production. Captured schematic, optimized layout & reviewed designs with PCB vendors & product teams. Spearheaded solutions for engineering & production PCB issues, supporting product teams. Compiled & documented hardware procedures, collaborated with cross-functional teams on PCB schedule, budget, NPI & production support. Worked with Test & design engineers, delivering PCB solutions. Managed vendor quality, cost & qualification

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AMD (Continued)

Designed PCBs, captured schematic, reviewed design, optimized layout for power & signal integrity with power following, Tj control & IP Characterization, making them right, first time

Designed ATE package and wafer test boards, delivering engineering & production test solution.

Supported NPI / production teams troubleshoot & debug PCB issues, implement proposed solutions, correlate & validate in production.

Presented & implemented processes across organization boundaries and enhanced PCB control by compiling and documenting procedures & writing specs, driving improvement in cross-functional interaction and board cycle time & delivery.

Improved PCB timeline by establishing early engagement with substrate designer for ballout release, enabling early PCB design start.

ALTANOVA CORPORATION 2000 – 2006

PCB Engineer, San Jose, CA 2001 – 2006

Led design & development of Printed Circuit Boards end-to-end. Collaborated with customers, fabrication house and assembly house.

Designed digital, mixed signal & RF evaluation & production boards with impedance control, selective plating, special vias, cutouts & plated steps, delivering solutions to customers.

Interfaced with customers, gathering PCB design requirements & with vendors ensuring quality.

Managed component library, checklists & ECOs, improving company’s design database & quality

Created layer stack-up & generated guidelines for designs, reviewed layout, verified gerbers, performed board QA & TDR, ensuring quality & customer requirements.

PCB Design Team Leader, Design Centre, Karachi 2000 – 2001

Provided technical leadership to the startup company, establishing their PCB design team. Designed PCB and led design team, managing designs from receiving specs to final release. Mentored designers on CAD tools & troubleshooting.

Designed load boards / bench boards & managed libraries, delivering designs to customers.

Supported management of startup, establishing their design setup by formulating design & QA procedures, setting up documentation and technical database as team lead.

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Kepco Inc. PCB Designer, Flushing, NY

PYCON INC., Karachi

PCB Design Engineer, Design Center, Karachi

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BE, Electrical Engineering, NED University of Eng & Technology, Karachi

“High-Speed PCB and Systems Design” Course, UC Berkeley, Redwood City, CA

Professional Development Courses in Communications & Management – CSU Dominguez Hills

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

AMD – Peak Performance Award for optimized GPU Loadboard design, 2008

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