hardware engineer

Summary of Qualifications

Highly Motivated Hardware Engineer with Expertise in Board Design, Simulation, testing and Pcb Layout. Analytical thinker and contingency planner. Extraordinary expertise in technical problem solving and dedicated ability to mentor others. Effective communicator and skilled leader who creates synergy among team members. Exceptional ability in understanding and implementing complex digital systems. Outstanding design skills and ability to solve customer issues.

Objective

Project Engineer, Hardware Engineer or Signal Integrity Engineer

Education

MBA, Our Lady of the Lake University, 2003, GPA 3.9

MS of Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, June/1997

BS in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Berlin/ Germany 1991

Professional Experience

Hardware Engineer– CTG

May 2005 to May 2008

• Simulated DDR2 topologies with Hspice

• Simulated PCIe and Xaui high speed buses with Hspice and Cadence tools

• Created board routing rules and communicated them to the physical layout team

Product Development Engineer – AMD

May 2005 to May 2008

• Simulated DDR2/DDR1 topologies

• Created Test plan for DDR2/DDR3 Characterization

• Validated Platform silicon Designs

• Created test plans for platforms

• Qualified VRM for CPU mass production

• Resolved customer technical issues

• Instructed and directed manufacturing and testing operations in China

Signal Integrity Engineer – Intel

June 2004 to May 2005

• Developed and validated add-in card for System interface Units

• Simulated various topologies with Hspice, Specctraquest

• Outsourced platform designs to Asia

• Tested and qualified products and made sure they meet local and international standards

Hardware Engineer – Compaq

June 1997 to February 2003

Team lead in the signal integrity simulation division

• Worked in the design, the simulation and the board layout of Intel-based motherboards

• Provided Design Guidance through Signal Integrity Simulation and support to product development team

• Designed back planes for SCSI systems for the main stream server group

• Designed 4-12 layer PCB Boards using Viewdraw and Spectraquest

• Trained Board Design Engineers on various simulation tools such as Quad and Hspice

• Helped Board Design Engineers verify the Boards in terms of Stability and Quality

• Create Ibis Models and Quad models

• Automated the extraction and model translation process during database built

• Managed and maintained model libraries by working with 3rd party vendors to assure a high level of model accuracy

• Analyzed SCSI, ISCSI, Fiber Channel and PCI Buses

• Conducted thermal testing and EMI on Storage and computer systems

• Familiar with Infini band, Scsi bus, GTL, Iscsi, AGP, Pentium Processor

• Developed and implemented a strategy to eliminate unutilized tool licenses to reduce cost

• Negotiated pricing of components and licenses with 3rd party vendors

Electronic Design Engineer - Ascom Audio System

April 1992 to February 1994

• Developed Circuits for Hearing & Acoustic Equipment

• Developed testing strategy to reduce test time and reduce cost

• Provided Professional Customer Service

Mathematics Teaching Assistant - Technical University of Berlin

October1988 to April 1989

Training

Training at Siemens in Germany (1994)

• Analyzed electrical Data to determine Machine Productivity

• Developed Macro-Program in Multiplan to process Machine Data

Technical Skills

• Cadence simulation tools certificate

• Storage Area Network Certificate

• Maintained Windows and UNIX Operated Computers

• Designed ALU Controller using Mentor Graphics Simulator

• Computer Programming: Pascal, Ada, Assembly Programming Language and C language

• Unix, Windows, Emacs and Perl script

• Tools: Saber, Cadence Tools (Verilog, Leapfrog), Synopsys, Matlab, fiesta, Vulcan, Viewlogic and Spectraquest

• Languages: German & Arabic & English

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