Electrical Engineer Power Electronics

AQUIL SALAHUDEEN

**** ******* ***** ****** ****, California 94585 707-***-**** ***********@*****.*** Engineer with a detailed, analytic, solution-oriented approach to problem solving with 15 years of experience in new product development of power management and control circuit products from product conception to mass production. Demonstrable leadership, issue resolution, and effective oral/wrien communication. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORE COMPETENCIES

Organization skills, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration Power System Architecture for Low-Power Electronics Applications Test Strategy Leadership and Development

Schematic Capture & Layout for Mixed-Signal PCB Development Board-Level re-work (soldering, re-routing, external circuit fixes) Lab Instrumentation expertise for electronic circuit analysis (Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, DMMs, Source Meters, Network/Spectrum Analyzers, Electronic Loads, Power Supplies, V/I Probes) Troubleshooting skills for circuit debugging of power management and control circuitry in electrical/electronic systems to root cause failures Micrel, Inc. (now Microchip) San Jose, CA

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (APPLICATIONS)

Design and Development of application circuit solutions addressing power supply, delivery and control in mainframe computing, automotive electronics, industrial manufacturing and automation, as well as consumer/mobile devices (phones, laptops, tablets, PLCs, game consoles, set-top boxes)

Built Hot Swap IC portfolio from initially 4 to over 20 product offerings as the sole technical lead from product conception/definition, evaluation, documentation, marketing collateral and promotion, and customer tech support pre- and post-production. Expansion of portfolio increased its annual revenue from $250,000 to just under $2,000,000 within 3 years

Validation of new products as the lead for test plan strategy and development including test apparatus and fixtures setup and automated test characterization, and failure analysis on existing products

Datasheets and associated technical materials (design guides, electrical specs, marketing collateral) documentation for DC-DC power management products and applications to increase customer product knowledge and enhance product positioning

Customer demo board/kit development and design in Altium schematic capture, managing project builds by providing layout guidance to engineering techs for PCB layout and fabrication culminating in power conversion, isolation, high signal integrity, and lowering EMI, while directing the procurement of evaluation kit materials for optimal component selection and vendor approval

Collaborated with Marvell Technology engineering team on power management designs implementing LED drivers for display back-lighting and battery charging circuits for several generations of the Blackberry

Selection and use of microcontrollers and SOCs alongside peripheral semiconductor devices and mixed- signal circuits in developing power system architecture (MOSFETs, BJTs, GATE drivers, monolithic power controllers, power modules, switches, rectifiers, Op-Amps)

Electronic Power Supply Design/Implementation of synchronous/asynchronous switching power supply circuits (DC-DC Power Converters: Buck, Boost, Buck-Boost/Cuk)

Familiarity with bus communication protocols I2C, SMBus, SPI, PCIe, and UART

Familiarity with basic programming routines in C, LabView ELECTRICAL ENGINEER (PROJECT MANAGEMENT)

Served as the technical lead during numerous domestic trips to customers in brokering key design wins in the enterprise computing space at Tier 1 clients including Dell (MIC2582), Microsoft (MIC2592), and IBM

(MIC2591/MIC2592)

Accountability for product life cycle from definition, design, characterization/evaluation and prototype to mass manufactured release of 100+ new products with contributions in Marketing and NPI launch strategies

Developed, directed, and implemented a UL Certification Test Platform for assigned Micrel USB Power Switch product families (MIC2012/MIC2072, MIC202x, MIC207x, MIC252x, MIC253x, MIC254x), resulting in an avg. of 30% year-over-year increased revenue upon securing high-volume design-win opportunities in the automotive and industrial sectors that adhere to stringent specifications and standards for all of their vendor products

Traveled to customer sites worldwide in both a marketing/sales role to promote products via presentations and customer interface, and as a technical lead for existing customers to resolve issues during product design-in (prototype) phase and/or preventing show-stopping production problems

Supervisory role of 3 reports (Engineer/Lab Techs) over a 3-year period including managing workloads, training, approving and signing off project tasks, authorizing time off, and completing performance reviews EMPLOYMENT HIST ORY

Finance Specialist (Contract) From The Heart (Landscaping & Construction) 03/2018 – 05/2019 Production Associate CompuMail, Concord, CA 08/2017 – 12/2017 Sr. Applications Engineer Micrel, Inc., San Jose, CA 06/2000 - 01/2015 IT Associate Marcel Schurman, Fairfield, CA 09/1998 - 01/2000 EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, University of California, Davis Associates of Science Physics, Mathematics, and General Science, AA English, Solano College

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