Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics

ROBERT S BAAKE

M: 415-***-**** ********@*****.***

PROFILE

Forward-thinking Electrical Engineer with hands-on experience performing quality power electronics system modeling, design and troubleshooting.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Career

Development of analog power converter topologies according to DFX principles for diverse purposes such as LED driver, DC-AC application and MOSFET characterization

Expansion of a wide skillset and technical knowledge applicable to diverse Engineering positions such as Applications, Testing and Programming

SKILLS

Cadence, Allegro, OrCAD PSpice, LTspice, MATLAB, Xilinx, Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Power Converter Topologies (Buck, Boost, Flyback), Schematic Design, PCB Layout, Debugging, Magnetic Design, Loop Compensation, Schematic Review

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

07/2015 to Current Infineon Technologies, Field Application Engineer – Milpitas, CA

Verification (Thermal, static and transient) of CPU and DDR4 digital power management solutions according to Intel specifications

Responsible for managing key customer relationships sustaining high satisfaction through availability, responsiveness, accountability and problem solving

Drastic reduction of product development period through full project support, starting with schematic and layout reviews, board bring-up, loop compensation adjustments and troubleshooting

07/2013 to 07/2015 International Rectifier, Global Rotation Engineer – USA and Denmark

2 year rotational program of 6 months projects for various BUs such as Automotive, HiRel (High Reliability) and EPBU (CPU Power Management) in Los Angeles, Boston and Denmark followed by technical presentations and Q&A.

Projects assigned and completed:

oDevelopment of Qrr Tester using Buck power converter topology

oDesign of prototype PID automation algorithm using Visual Basic

oModification and tuning of high power (75kW) inverter controller for electric vehicle applications

oEvaluation of software simulating effects of SETs (due to radiation in space) on digital cells

06/2012 to 09/2012 Linear Technology, Applications Engineer – Milpitas, CA

Repurposed circuits, primarily flyback converters, to meet customer specifications

Minimized line and load regulation, improved efficiency and increased current capability

06/2011 to 09/2011 Fairchild Semiconductor, Digital Design Engineer – Hayward, CA

Instantiated a variety of memory types on the Nexys 2 FPGA board using Verilog HDL

Stored and processed data intermediately during Gyro sensor analysis

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

06/2013 B.S. & M.S. (combined) Electrical Engineering with emphasis on Power Electronics

California Polytechnic State University

Thesis

Flyback 2-Switch-Inverter Topology applicable to solar panel-to-grid installations

Design, Simulation, PCB Layout, Assembly, Testing, Documentation, Presentation

LANGUAGES

English, German

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