R D Engineer

Borislav Simeonov

Silver Spring, MD, USA Cell: +1-727-***-****

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/borislav-simeonov-95899049 OBJECTIVE

Senior Electrical R&D Engineer with over 23 years of accumulated and specialized experience in wide range of technologies for medical, industrial, and defense applications. Strengths in system design, development of electrosurgical/surgical medical products, component selection, and lab testing. Extensive experience and strong expertise in analyzing and resolving complex issues that require knowledge in hardware, software, FPGA/CPLD/ASIC, and domain/system.

EDUCATION

1981 – 1986 Masters of Science, Radio and TV Engineering Technical University, Sofia

1986 -1987 Specialization in Direct Current Drives University of Power Engineering, Sofia

1987 -1988 Specialization in Mathematics and Computer Sciences Technical University, Sofia

1988 – 1991 Post Graduate course on Electric Drives Automation, Certificate of required for PhD Degree minimum

University of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Sofia COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office Package: MS Word, MS Excel, Power Point, MS Access, MS Project, OrCAD, Altium, HTML, Math Lab, Adobe Writer, etc.

EXPERIENCE

2015 – Present Senior R&D Engineer at US Medical Innovations, Washington D.C., USA

• Responsible for consulting and preparations of prototypes, leakage sensors, pneumatic sensors, voltage and current sensors, Hall Magnetics sensors, Piezoelectric transducers. Current Amplifiers for low impedance Piezoelectric transducer (40 kHz).

• Practical design of low power supplies for motor control circuits.

• Experience with analog regulators. Low voltage, low noise OP Amplifiers.

• Low power SMPS, PFC, Switching Regulators (Buck, Boost, Flyback).

• Working experience with Automatic control systems, open and close loop system.

• Familiar with “OrCAD Capture”, “PSpice “circuit simulation.

• Familiar with “Altium Designer “

• Responsible for initiation of new test protocols, product verification and validation.

• Interacted with and guided PCB layout designers to select layer structures, design rule sets and practices.

• Conducted electrical testing and troubleshoot electrical circuits that include motors, sensors, batteries, microcontrollers, RF, analog, & digital components, resulting in the identification and resolution of system defects by using oscilloscopes, power meters.

• Maintained technical documents such as acceptance test procedure, prototype documentation, and custom generator technical user interface manuals support test technicians, assemblers, manufacturing department. 2001 – 2015 Senior R&D Engineer, Bovie Medical Corporation, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA

• Research and development in the field of electrosurgery by designing innovative products with a high level of quality, while providing an effective path to the medical device industry.

• Experience with EMC (Electromagnetic Compatibility)-Requirements and test, for Medical Electrical Equipment (ANSI AAMI IEC 60601-1, 60601-2-2); Standard IEC 61000-3-2, IEC 61000-3-3, IEC 61000- 4-11, ANSI AAMI HE75, ANSI HF-18, IPC J-STD-001 Join Standard.

• Established appropriate test protocols for product verifications and validations following GMP, FDA, ISO operational procedures, ISO 9001, ISO 13485, and ISO 14971.

• Contributed to technical support and the creation of quality protocols, Engineer Change Orders (ECO), Design History Record (DHR), technical files and safety.

• Experience with digital and analog design of Electronic Medical Devices. Implementation of hardware and software.

• Designed and developed RF generators and Amplifiers for General Electrosurgery.

• Experience with Full Bridge, Half Bridge Output Stage topology.

• Initiated and consulted the preparation of prototypes and RF Leakage measurements.

• Actively supported FPGA, CPLD software implementation, Quartus 2 Programmer, including RS 232, SPI, UART bus communication Standards.

• Special projects, including Argon plasma coagulators with New Plasma Technology.

• Development and implementation of J-Plasma in the field of medicine, laparoscopes, etc.

• Experience with Automatic control systems, open and close loop system and PMW control regulation.

• Interacted directly with management, customers, suppliers and subcontractors to submit an updated project schedule and included modifications according to customer requirements to improve and ensure product quality.

2000 - 2001 Tester Diagnostic, Jabil, Saint Petersburg, FL

• Responsible for PCB board-level functional testing, troubleshooting.

• Analyzed and diagnosed PCB failures, testing process and configuration.

• Actively supported Dell, Avaya, and Lucent production lines. 1991 - 2000 Research Associate, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, Bulgaria.

• Design, installation and setup of Automatic control systems.

• Design of power supplies, and op-amp circuits.

• Implemented hardware modules for information acquisition and processing, test and support.

• Used neural networks in control systems and their application. AFFILIATES:

Founding Member of the International Society of Plasma Medicine (ISPM). Member of “Academic” Sport Club Bulgarian Federation of Yachting HONORS & ACTIVITIES

• Awarded the prize GOLD MEDAL –INTERNATIONAL FAIR – Plovdiv “INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT”

• Awarded the rank of Master of Sport in Yachting,

• REPUBLICAN CHAMPION IN YACHTING CLASS “QUARTER TON K25, 1986, Awarded the Prize GOLD MEDAL.

SOCIAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Aptitude for a teamwork, transparency in working and a team-oriented work ethic; Capacity to establish and maintain excellent working relations in a multicultural context; Good communication skills and strong inter- personal qualities including discretion, diplomacy and tolerance; Positive and constructive attitude; Initiative, flexibility, perseverance and empathetic approach. LANGUAGES

Fluent in English and Bulgarian (native).

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