Hardware Engineer

Objective:

To obtain a challenging position which shall utilize my experience and broaden my knowledge in Electronic Hardware Engineering

Technical Skills:

Over 15 years of experience developing custom circuit boards including embedded microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, power supplies, embedded communication protocols and etc.

• Design and development of various electronic units;

• PCB development using ORCAD Capture, Layout, PSpice, Specctra, Gerber tools for over 10 years;

• Microcontroller design using IAR and Hi-Tech compilers using C and assembler language;

• Firmware debugging using hardware emulators and software simulators;

Education:

M.S. in Computer and Electronic Engineer, Institute of Electronic Engineering, Moscow, Russia, 1989

Experience:

13 years of Experience in Electronic Hardware Engineering

2002-Present, ORBIT Electric Moonachie, NJ

Responsibilities:

- PLC and microcontroller Programmer / Designer

- Design custom-built electronic boards and firmware development for microcontroller part of design

- Design of control units for company clients

- Troubleshooting and repair of various electronics and electro technical equipment.

Latest projects:

• 13.56 RFID reader based on TRF7961 controller and XB 24 wireless module. Duties: lead engineer responsible for schematic and PCB design, firmware development for ATMEGA168 MCU

• PCB design and software development for wireless capsense network controller based on PSoC from Cypress and XB24 wireless module from DIGI. Duties: lead engineer responsible for Zigbee network configuration design, configure Zigbee modules, design capsense controller based on Cypress CY8C20234, capsense sensor design, PCB design.

• Design stepper motor controller based on Luminary Micro LM3S811 chip. Duties: project engineer, responsible for PCB design and firmware development.

• Design VHF generator based on ADF4360 and PIC10F222 chips. Duties: project engineer, responsible for PCB and firmware design.

• Design audio controller based on Luminary Micro LM3S811 and TLV320AIC33. Duties: project support engineer, responsible for firmware maintenance and modification.

1995- 2002- Faza Ltd, Zaporozhye, Ukraine

Responsibilities:

Electronic boards design for industrial control of power transformers.

Duties:

• Development of technical specifications for custom-built electronic systems. Preparation of preliminary and draft design reports schedule and cost estimates.

• Design and simulation of analog circuits and interfaces with the digital units.

• Design and PCB layouts of the analog and digital circuits.

• Development of miscellaneous technical documentation and final reports to the customers.

The most important projects are:

• The Temperature controller TPS120.

Unit was used to control the temperature of cooling oil for high power transformers.

The custom design includes a power supply which is based on TOP220 power supply controller from Power Integration; design of a converter from analog to digital signal which is based on Voltage to Frequency topology; a digital circuit design which is based on 8051 microcontroller.

• 9600 wireless modem for industrial application design.

Was responsible for PCB design and Altera FPGA design using Max Plus + software.

References: available upon request

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