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