Project Manager Management
Resume:
Nevada City, CA *****
********@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralph-andersson-01772a/ CAREER SUMMARY
• Over twenty years of design, management and leadership experience in the Semiconductor and Commercial Power Distribution industries.
• Proven ability to set strategic directions and develop the tactical actions required to achieve project goals.
• Design teams, under my direction, invented, developed and brought into production unique products that delivered superior performance. Aggressive and successful project development enabled through thorough design definitions, reviews and a motivated engineering staff. A can-do philosophy is encouraged and fostered.
• Very strong analog design skills. All semiconductor design leadership positions and designs incorporated CMOS process nodes including: 1000nm, 800nm 650nm, 350nm, 250nm, 180nm, 90nm or 14nm FinFet. Strong BiCMOS skills.
• Low voltage design expertise with operational voltages down to 1.2V and operational currents down to 200nA.
• ESD, Latch-up mitigation and power clamp design. Experience with noise reduction techniques using multiple power domains and guard-ringing.
• Commercial Power Distribution skills: Large scale, medium voltage (up to 60kV) electrical distribution projects. Direct contribution to large scale, medium voltage infrastructure designs.
• Proven project management skills. Skilled in the handling of priorities between conflicting schedules and resource demands required by complex project developments.
• Ensured conformance to ISO-9001 and TS16949 quality standards. Responsible for internal and external audits. Contributed to IEEE 802.3 standards bodies.
• Superior communications, written and spoken skills. Strong interpersonal skills and pronounced ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Holder of 11 patents in IC design.
CONSULTING POSITIONS:
Triple Crown, Campbell, CA Jan, 2024 – Feb, 2024
Sr. ESD Design Engineer Set up as a 1 Month Contract……. Contract Position Completed Feb, 2024
• Design of ESD structures used in conjunction with TSMC 28nm process node.
• Low-C, High Speed, 6kV device configuration.
Tesla Laboratories, Arlington, VA Dec, 2021 – Sept, 2023 Senior Project Manager / Electrical Engineer Contract Position Completed Sept, 2023
• Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements prevent discussion of specific military work-site details.
• Electrical engineer and project manager for large scale, medium voltage (up to 60kV) electrical projects. Direct contribution to large scale, medium voltage infrastructure designs.
• Plan, design contribution, analysis and reviews involving single and three-line schematics for Commercial Power Projects. Provided required technical deliverables. Monitored and verified work of sub-contractors.
• Expertise working and interfacing with the multitude of teams involved in the design of complicated systems.
• Responsible for deep-scale understanding of project and the required infrastructure for Commercial Power Distribution projects. Keen skills in design, planning, documentation, checking, oversight and management. Intermediate AutoCAD.
• Successfully managed, multiple concurrent, multi-million-dollar projects from concept through completion. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Mythic, Austin, TX Dec, 2020 – Aug, 2021
Senior Director of Mixed Signal Engineering
• Coordinated the procedures and methodologies required to allow a smooth release into production of Mythic’s first commercial product.
• Mixed-signal design team reported directly to me.
• Resolved an ESD and latch-up issue with prototype silicon allowing a subsequent poly-up design spin saving months of processing time and lost productivity.
• Identified and attracted individuals with the skills required by the engineering department. Interviewed senior level positions up to and including Vice-Presidents.
• Implemented and supported projects and goals set forth by the company’s Chief-Executive-Officer. Ralph Andersson
Silicon Technologies Inc., Salt Lake City, UT July, 2019 – Dec, 2020 Director of Engineering / Staff Engineer
• Led mixed-signal design engineering through two large scale projects with very aggressive schedules. Hands-on design (90%).
• Designed a family of two stage opamps, comparators, bandgaps, watch-dog timer, over-temp monitor, power-on-reset and oscillator in 14nm, 90nm and 180nm), Developed a diode in 14nm. Set-up these products to be reusable with the Adonis design package.
• Designed ESD protection for an analog test chip.
• Worked with RHBD (Radiation Hardened by Design) products designed in 14nm.
• Identified, interviewed and hired new engineering resources. Crocus Technology, Santa Clara, CA May, 2018 – Jan, 2019 Vice President of Sensor Products
• Vice President of a start-up company requiring a hands-on (90%) role in the design and support of products.
• Design engineering and layout groups reported directly to me.
• Recruited and managed a design team of three analog IC design engineers, one CAD Support & Design Verification Engineer and two mask designers. Coordinated with external recruiters and held weekly interviews.
• Supported design team and participated in design and lab work.
• Directly contributed to the design of 4 new products and the support of 2 legacy products. Two of the 4 new products are currently the highest revenue generators for Crocus. o Hammer:
Þ Lab debug and redesign of duty cycle sampled analog front end measurement circuitry. Result was sample worthy silicon with an operational current of 200 nA
Þ Responsible for the design, the on-bench verification and validation of the “Hammer” product. Þ Designed ESD, Latch-up mitigation and power clamps. Þ Coordinated with test-engineering in the development of test code. o Halo:
Þ Designed try-before-buy fuse controller/programmer interface which interfaced using existing single analog pin.
• Products were developed through strict adherence to thorough design, test and manufacturability requirements. Authored IC development process documents which covered entire development process from concept, to tapeout, to release into production. This document supported conformance to ISO standards.
• Identified and implemented methodologies that were used to build the design engineering organization. Analog Devices/Linear Technology, Grass Valley, CA July, 2003 – Oct, 2017 Design Center Manager, Grass Valley Design Center
• Design, technical contributor and team leader of successful, motivated, mixed-signal, product development groups. Disciplines included: Power, Temperature Sensor Products, VCOs and ADCs (up to 24 bits).
• Founded and built from the ground up, Linear Technology’s Grass Valley Design Center. Directed operations. Identified, interviewed, hired, managed and mentored design, application and test engineers.
• Fast paced, success-oriented design engineering, test engineering, layout and laboratory personnel report directly to me.
• Interfaced with cross functional teams in new product development to facilitate release into market. These teams included design engineering, layout, test, design verification, system validation, FA, applications, sales and marketing.
• Strong ability to generate excitement within the design center generated strong morale. Directly responsible for achieving the lowest attrition rate within any of Linear Technology’s 13 remote design centers.
• Design teams, under my direction, invented, developed and brought into production unique products that delivered superior performance. Aggressive and successful project development enabled through thorough design definitions, reviews and a motivated engineering staff. A can-do philosophy is encouraged and fostered.
• Implemented all-encompassing reviews of all analog and mixed signal products developed within the design center. Required thorough design reviews of all portions of the design including block level, spec, test, layout (including ESD, power/ground guard-ringing, device matching and signal cross-talk), GDSII data and data-sheet. Insisted on reviews of all major mile-stones
(what lessons could be learned for the next design).
• Designed and implemented ESD, Latch-up and power clamp designs for multiple power domains. Experience with noise reduction techniques using multiple power planes and guard-ringing.
• Technical skills:
o Skilled with all standard laboratory equipment including: oscilloscope, arbitrary waveform generator, function generator, probe station, laser, focused ion beam (FIB), network analyzer, power supplies, PCB rework tools, spectrum analyzer. o Standard interface protocols: CAN, I2C, PMBUS, SMBUS, MDI, MDX, RS-485, 10/100 Ethernet. o Strong debugging skills.
• Ensured conformance to ISO-9001 and TS16949 quality standards. Responsible for internal and external audits. EDUCATION:
§ BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of California, Davis.
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