Project Manager Engineer

Jason B. Horiuchi

Relocating to Miami, FL (C) 310-***-****

No relocation assistance needed email: **********@*****.***

WORK EXPERIENCE

TeraSys Technologies LLC (August 2008 – August 2009)

Principal RF Engineer/Project Manager

Technical project management and design, development and marketing of high power RF/Microwave

solutions for commercial and military co-site interference applications

Designed 50Watt lumped element bandpass filter capable of electronic tuning over 2 octaves

for frequency hopping systems

Designed 50Watt front-end Transmit/Receive (T/R) Switch using GaN MMIC technology

Fabricated and tested various high power tunable and fixed frequency UHF/VHF

bandstop/bandpass filters

Managed TeraSys Technologies inaugural product launch of RF Absorptive Filter (RAFTM)

technology

Project management responsible for technical, cost, resource and schedule performance for

various State and Government funded R&D and productization activities

Prepared monthly reports consisting of technical, cost and schedule performance required for

customer invoicing

Developed company marketing plan utilized for strategic business development requiring

extensive market analysis

Generated over $200K in product development funding and assisted in Government contract

proposal (SBIR) initiatives

Worked closely and effectively with RF component vendors and packaging subcontractors to

ensure project cost, schedule and technical requirements

Assisted company founder in building multi-disciplinary team from 2 to 8 employees

Proficient with Microsoft Office, Gantt Charts, Circuit Simulation Tools (Microwave Office –

AWR), RF Test Equipment

Qualcomm Incorporated

Customer Engineering Department – Senior Technical Account Manager (2006 – Jun 2008)

Complete customer project management ranging from project inception to commercialization of

multi-million dollar Tier 1/2 accounts utilizing GSM/CDMA/WCDMA technology.

Pre-sales technical project lead with responsibility to educate and convince external customer

of Qualcomm’s product technology and feature value

Post-sales technical project lead with responsibility to manage external customer project

needs internally from inception to commercialization ensuring external customer schedule

requirements

Provided post-launch support of customer product working closely with internal engineering

and sales teams to ensure seamless product operation and next generation product integration

Guided external customers in their planning, development, testing, certification, and carrier

acceptance of mobile devices based on Qualco mm chipsets.

Stayed abreast of both customer products and competitive landscape to ensure customer

remained at technology/market forefront

Managed customer expectations as to internal product develop ment cycles and product release

schedules

Established strong internal engineering relationships to ensure key customer technical issues

gained priority and were resolved quickly which included weekend support

Provided senior executive management with quarterly custome r account updates consisting of

new product iniatives, product development, product launch and and field status

Applications Engineering Department – Senior RF Hardware Applications Engineer (2003 – 2006)

Product team lead (3) of RF ASICs including current flagship RF ASIC that enable wireless devices

using CDMA technology

Traveled frequently both domestically and internationally to troubleshoot and resolve time

sensitive customer RF product issues

Assisted in product document definition and lead implementation – sampling letters,

application notes, device specifications, device user guides, RF schematics

Defined and presented product training material for Apps/Sales/Marketing and customers

Educated sales/marketing teams as to customer perception of Qualcomm RF products

Coordinated product support and debug teams (software, systems, design, packaging, etc.)

Assisted product marketing in product definition and promotion (domestic and international)

Performed competitive analysis of industry leading CDMA RF ASICs for sales/marketing

Engaged CDMA component vendors to define RF front-end filter specifications

Established strong relationships with key technical contacts within internal customer

engineering organizations

Demonstrated ability to improve existing operational processes with measurable success

Assisted in determining staffing requirements for upcoming product support needs.

Proficient with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Received several Qualstar (Qualcomm Star) awards for outstanding customer support.

Multilink Technology Corporation (2000 - 2003)

Microwave Department - Senior Microwave Design Engineer

GaAs pHEMT MMIC chipsets ranging from DC to 30GHz for use in LiNbO 3 Limiting Modulator

Drivers and Clock Drivers (full-rate and half-rate) that enable optical networking systems

Performed design and layout of all designs

Active and resistive load differential pair amplifiers (10Gb/s-NRZ, RZ)

Cascode, common source, and dual distributed amplifiers (10Gb/s -NRZ, RZ)

4-bit digital phase shifters, variable phase ampli fiers (5-6.5GHz, 10-13GHz)

5-pole modified MIC Bessel-Thomson LPFs, 5-pole MIC 2.8GHz Duobinary LPFs

First pass success on ALL GaAs MMIC and Alumina MIC designs

Prepared Bill of Materials (BOM) and MIC engineering drawings for submittal to fabrication facilities

Contacted vendors/fabrication facilities inquiring about products/services/capabilities

Raytheon Systems Company (1998 – 2000)

Solid State Microwave Department - Microwave Design Engineer

GaAs pHEMT/mHEMT/MESFET MMIC transceiver chipsets for X-band radar applications

Numerous low-noise amplifiers (7-11GHz)

6-bit digital phase shifters (7-11GHz)

Digital attenuators (7-11GHz)

Security Clearance - SECRET

University of Hawai’i at Manoa (1997)

Consultant

Assisted Dr. Wayne Shiroma with the critical analysis of the inaccuracies of the current ordinance

involving the setback distance of telecommunication sites, and proposed a more accurate ordinance.

EDUCATION

University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering awarded in 1998. Recipient of the NASA

Undergraduate Space Grant Fellowship in 1997.

PUBLICATIONS

Jason B. Horiuchi, “Grid Oscillators on Photonic-Bandgap Substrates,” Graduate and Undergraduate

Fellowship Reports. 1997

Q. Sun, J. Horiuchi, S. Haynes, K. Miyashiro, and W. Shiroma. “Grid Oscillators with Selective-

Feedback Mirrors”, IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory and Techniques, December, 1998.

W. Shiroma, J. Horiuchi, and J. Mazotta, “Assessment of Exclusion Distance for PCS Antennas,”

prepared for SprintPCS, City and County of Honolulu, Jan. 1998.

REFERENCES

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