Design Engineer

• #***, ***

Lincoln Rd, Waterloo

MEHDI SALEHI

• ON, N2J 2N9, 226-339-

7812

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http://web.uvic.ca/~msalehi

SUMMARY

Electronic system engineer with more than eight years of experience in design, prototyping, troubleshooting, and

installation of analog/digital electronic, wireless communication systems in industrial plant as well as analysis,

manufacturing and measuring of passive RF/microwave structures; Seeking a challenging position within the electronic

system engineering that utilizes my technical expertise and abilities and offers advancement opportunity in wireless RF

engineering through industry experience.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Hands-on experience in the measurement of RF/Microwave circuits and modules using

high frequency equipment and standard lab tools such as network analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal

generators, oscilloscopes, multi-meters, and power supplies.

• Analog and digital prototyping, design, analysis, and troubleshooting experience using

basic lab equipment and analytical software such as Orcad, Spice, Hspice and ADS.

• Practical experience in hardware and system development using simulation tools, ADC, DAC, and assembly.

• Proficient in set-up, calibration, utilization, and data processing of various design and optimization equipment

and software.

• Analytical evaluation of the quantization noise introduced by analog to digital converter and channel estimation

in ultra wide band transmitter baseband systems in Matlab.

• Mathematical analysis, simulation, and hardware modelling using Matlab and Mathematica.

• Familiar with Digital Signal Processing (DSP), data acquisition systems, VHDL codes, as well as FORTRAN

and C programming.

• In-depth knowledge of analog/digital modulation systems as well as OFDM-based such as 802.11.

• Experienced in RF network design, capacity and frequency planning, evaluation of antenna performance, antenna

selection, and Interference analysis.

• Experience with schematic entry, PCB layout design and component library maintenance

for RF circuit/modules using Altium tool (Protel) and Orcad.

• Ability to work in most sections of the baseband wireless communication systems and protocols.

• Experience working in a lab performing various testing and documenting results in reports.

• Interpersonal skills, communication skills, and quick learning ability to new technologies.

• Great hand-eye coordination and high attention to details as well as problem solving ability.

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Associate April 2013-Now

Coding and Signal Transmission (CST) Laboratory, University of Waterloo and

Center for Intelligent Antenna and Radio Systems (CIARS), University of Waterloo

• Design and analysis and measurement of parasitic antennas for GSM (2.4 GHz) band.

• Design and analysis of couplers and phase shifters in GSM band.

• Prototyping a multi-pattern antenna at 2.4 GHz for two-way communication.

• RF circuit design, installing, and measuring of the evaluation boards of PLL, Multiplier, I/Q mixer, Amplifier,

filter, ADC, and USB interface in 30 GHz.

• Design and assembling of system in a package for RF module structures.

• Hardware measurement techniques using standard lab equipment.

• Design, manufacturing, and test of a calibration system for measuring phase and amplitude of a communication

satellite (C-Comsat Project).

• Interacted closely with co-workers in a weakly seminar to develop and design custom solutions.

Research Assistant December 2011 – April 2013

Computer-Aided Design of Microwave Integrated Circuits (CADMIC), University of Victoria

• Design, analysis and manufacturing of Substrate Integrated Waveguide components such as band pass filters,

combiner, divider and couplers.

• Gained manufacturing experience in communication with PCB designers.

Electronic Engineer September 2008 –December 2011

Kavosh-Samaneh Institute, Tehran, Iran

Privately Held; 11-15 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry in the area of military and communication systems.

• Hardware assembling and troubleshooting of RF and IF boards.

• Measurement of RF/Microwave circuits and modules using high frequency equipment and standard lab tools.

• Design and analysis of Radar front-end systems.

• Analysis and modeling of baseband section of an Ultra-wide-band receiver (from antenna to baseband processor)

as well as design of a UWB CMOS modulator for 5.8-10.6 GHz using Matlab/Simulink and Hspice.

• Design and installation of electronic and wireless communication systems in industrial plants.

• Prototype design and testing of digital and analog circuits.

• System level and circuit design of altimeter for missile radar.

• Design and manufacturing of a switching power supply for missile system

Electronic Engineer June 2001 –September 2003

Information and Communication Technology Institute, Esfahan, Iran

A semi-private company; 20-100 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry in the area of military and

communication systems; supported scientifically by Esfahan University of Technology.

• Participated in design, implementation, installation and finalization of various building blocks of

advanced communication systems from baseband to L-Band with COTS components.

• The design stage included system-level simulation, block specification extraction, and circuit-level

implementation.

• Design and development of RF, IF and base-band communication circuits for S200 Missile system.

• Design, analysis and testing of digital (timing circuits) and analog structures.

Project completed at Information and Communication Technology Institute:

• Target Simulator block for radar communication system

• Direct Digital Synthesizer to generate digitally programmable sine-waveform

• Linear attenuator using pin diode and Low noise amplifier at 100 MHz and 300 MHz

• High-Q band pass and band stop crystal filter at 300kHz and 9MHz

• Various analog filters in different frequency bands, RF frequency mixers and frequency multipliers

EDUCATION

PhD. in Electronics

2008-2013

University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

MSc. in Electronics

2003-2006

Malek-Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

BSc. in Electronics

1997-2001

Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

Diploma in Mathematics and physics

1993-1997

Non-government Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

1. BSEE preferred.

Answer: Phd

2. 3+ years of experience with RF High Frequency Analysis, DC and AC.

Answer:YES

3. Familiar with programming languages for firmware/software analysis.

Answer:YES

4. Ability to generate packaging concepts for product production and test plans and procedures for production manufacturing.

Answer:YES

5. Local or close enough for a short easy move.

Answer:YES

6. Experience in high frequency PCB layout and a CAD package a plus.

Answer:YES

7. Experience in network/spectrum analyzers, field test RF equipment a plus.

Answer:YES

8. Experience with CATV/SAT distribution a plus.

Answer:NO

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