Vimalkant B. Amin
Electronics Engineer
Naperville, IL
ad0ubv@r.postjobfree.com
PROFILE
Results-oriented Electronic Engineering professional with 45 years of expertise. Good knowledge and experience on basic hardware designing
(Schematic and PCB – Altium), Embedded software (C) programmer. Ability to understand existing designs to resolve problems. Committed to and recognized for outstanding quality of work and the ability to think outside-the-box. Linkedin profile link:
linkedin.com/in/vimalamin
Status - US Citizen
CORE COMPETENCIES
1. Embedded Software C programmer – 12+ Years
2. Expert on many families of microcontrollers like 8051, STM8, STM32, MSP430, Microchip etc. 3. Familiar with various IDEs like Keil, ST tool set, Code composer etc. 4. Experience in writing device drivers and creating module libraries. 5. Implemented different hardware peripherals like SPI, I2C, I2S, USB, ADC, RTC, UART, TIMERS, SPI. 6. Worked on variety of industrial projects
7. PCB Designer (PCB and Schematic) – Altium – 10+ Years Major Milestone projects
• Fetal Monitoring system - 1990
89C51RD based system with database (Assembly language), Dot-matrix and inkjet printer graphic printing.
• Piezoelectric Hysteresis tracer - 1995
Analog instrument, testing at 3KV and with PC interface (Dos based)
• Pulse-oximeter - 2000
monochrome Graphic display
• Monochrome Densitometer – 2010 (Complete product development) Team leader - Development for industrial x-ray films optical density measurement (For NDT)
• Radiation Survey meter - 2012
Team leader – Project based on STM32L151
• Automatic Weather Observation System – Embedded programmer Developed Analog front-end, sensor interface and user interface for Automatic Weather Observation System
(AWOS) for Indian Meteorological Department (IMD)
STM32F373 based System
EDUCATION
• Diploma in Radio and Electronics Engineering 1974 Mumbai (India) Name of school: St. Xavier Technical Institute, Mumbai, India Field of study: Electronics and Radio Engineering
Years completed: 2 Years (After 2 Years of Science education at Mumbai University, India Diploma/Degree: Diploma in Electronics and Radio Engineering Summary: Vacuum tube, transistor, Op-amp, Logic circuits Designing, Transmission, reception and Antenna designing. INTERESTED IN TYPES OF JOB
• PCB designing – Altium Designer
• Embedded software development
Work History
Previous company: Elite RF
Location: Hoffman Estate, IL, USA
Title: PCB designer
Date from: 10/31/2022
Date to: 2/20/2023
Reason for leaving: Decreasing of engineering staff Summary of work performed:
Designed RF Circuit PCBs and Standardized and maintained Footprint and schematic libraries - Altium Previous company: American Standard Circuits
Location: West Chicago, IL, USA
Title: CAM Engineer
Date from: 10/05/2021
Date to: 31/10/2022
Reason for leaving: Better technical Prospects at Elite RF Summary of work performed: CAM Engineer for PCB Panel designing for Manufacturing Previous company: Digital Systems
Location: Mumbai, India
Title: Technical Partner
Date from: 1980
Date to: 2016
Reason for leaving: Migrated to USA
Summary of work performed: Hardware, Embedded software, PCB design and Library maintenance etc. Skill Set
1. Troubleshoot instrument hardware issues
2. Use a digital voltmeter, scope, hand tools, and soldering. 3. Extensive experience in R&D
4. Read and design Schematics
5. Designing PCB in Altium
6. Debugging of software and troubleshooting hardware 7. C programming
8. Experienced in using most general electronics instruments like Oscilloscope, logic analyzer etc. References
1. Jitendra Bhesanis 630-****-***
Cam Manager at American Standard Circuits, West Chicago, IL 2. Devid Ziliak 217-****-***
RF designer at Elite RF, Hoffman Estate, IL
3. Gordhan Patel 847-****-***
Founder of Elite RF and American Standard Circuit, West Chicago, IL