SUMMARY

• Experience in a very broad range of technologies for Military, Commercial and Automotive industries.
• Background in Design and Development for H/W and S/W Systems;
• Technical Specialist, TEMPPrincipal Engineer and Program Manager for Product Development and Process Implementation under ISO, Mil - Stds., and CMMI Level 5;

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• MatLab/Simulink/dSpace Control Algorithms
• Circuit Design & Simulation
• Sensor Subsystems
• FEA Analytic Simulation (Optics, EM & Thermal)
• Microprocessor Communications w. 10-GbE /CAN/LIN/FlexRay/SPI Buses
• Power Electronics/MOSFETs and Motor Drives
• Optical Design, Modeling & Image Processing
• Wireless, RF and mmWave (802.11, BLE, Radar)
• MEMs and Materials development for Sensors, Microelectronics and Photovoltaics
• EMI/EMC for PCB design
• X-ray/SEM and Laser Photoluminescence

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Livonia, MI

Sr. Systems and Applications Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Technical Specialist developed RF/Wireless Interface to Driveline/Powertrain Subsystems w. iPhone (802.11g WiFi);
• Prog. Manager for Confidential controls, HW electronics and EM actuator; managed SW, Flashing and EoL procedures;
• Developed Linear Actuator Magnetics models and design of Hall-TEMPEffect Sensors circuitry; Root Cause Analysis; design/analysis 16-bit ECUs managed SW Diagnostics;
• Developed Position Sensing and design of Torque/Position Control Algorithms; worked on CAN-bus, Flex Ray and Fiber-Optical bus interfaces for robust signal transmission; State Machine concept & DBC file dev.;
• In-house EMC expert, testing/qualification wif UL Lab, Analysis and design of 16-bit (9S12XS256/512) and 32-bit (Freescale) Processor-based circuit boards and position/speed control; Vehicle stabilization and HEV subsystems;
• Circuit design and WCA using PSPICE, Altium and ORCAD; Application algorithms w. Matlab/Target Link, dSpace, dev. Base SW as AutoSAR, Application SW; ISO-26262 compliant (Level B/C); Vector Bootloader;
• Investigation of BLDC/PMSM motor control for PTU, RDU shift systems (100W to 300W/+1.2N-m); developed power electronics wif power MOSFETs and driver circuitry for DC-DC converters; Motor Thermal Simulation;
• Developed Requirements for embedded controls, DFMEA/PFMEA; DVPR/PVPR, EMI/EMC mgt., worked w. CMMI Level. 3 Team;, deployed IBM RTC (Agile), Siemens PLM tools for teh Engr data;
• Worked closely wif customer on applications ( Confidential, BMW, Trollhattan/Qoros PDU, Ford (CD4.2), GM (D2UC, 9BUX, E2UL); also managed suppliers incl. Arnold Magnetics, Melexis, Allegro, Futronics, AAM Pune SW Team, Stoneridge (Canton and Juarez), Continental, Hitachi, VAST, others, AAM Minerva and GMC plants;

Confidential, Troy, MI

Sr. Research Engineer/Technical Specialist (Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Developed concept and filed patent for Backup Vision System Interface between Mobil-Eye Camera and Driveline Control system using Flex ray communications in order to be pre-emptive about AWD and Gear shifting;
• Project Manager for NG-ECU (32-bit Freescale Panther Controller) wif Magna Electronics and MSIA-Pune; Specification and Development of Architecture for New Products, DFMEA, DVP&R; completed all systems on-schedule; Final Design built on AutoSAR was ASIL-D compliant (ISO-26262) w. CAN, Flex ray comms;
• Performed Analytical Studies on teh Physical, Software, Hardware Systems for DEMag Short Stroke Solenoid, and Magnetic Clutch; Controls for DEMag actuation and sensing wif Matlab/Simulink Models, Design and Analysis of HE Sensor, Processor Board Analog and Digital Circuitry using Altium & PSPICE, used Vector CAN-based tools (Canalyzer/Canope/DBIC/LDF and ASW/Moto-S-files/XML files), Freescale CodeWarrior, FEA Magnetics (FEMM & FEMLab), dSpace analytic tools;
• Developed concept for Non-contacting (Magnetoelastic) Torque Sensing;
• Designed Controls and RT operation of Torque Vectoring Systems; Generated Reports on Frequency Response, Magnetic and Flux characteristics, Hall TEMPEffect Sensor design and Search Coil signal conditioning, Filtering, and Electrical and Electronic characteristics; HW and some SW Design;

Confidential, Auburn Hills, MI

Control Systems Engineer (Contract/Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Concepted In-Cylinder, Fiber-Optic Pressure Sensor and demonstrated prototype;
• Developed Sensor Fusion Model for ADAS using Radar and CMOS Vision Camera;
• Developed Charging Model for Battery Electric Vehicle (Li-Ion batteries);
• Analysis of Radar and Camera/Vision Fusion algorithms; some work on instrument cluster design;

Confidential, Sterling Heights, MI

Senior TEMPPrincipal Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Vetronics Lead for BFoV A3-A4 (Bradley); Led technical Trade Studies on Electrical Power Architecture (200 pages); Directed development on UGV subsystems and robotic vision systems w. sensor fusion;
• Technical Lead on Confidential Near Range Vision Systems for Situational Awareness; Evaluation of visual acuity, glass-to-glass latency, video stitching of multi-spectral, multi-camera system, C-Day, NIR, MWIR, LWIR spectral content evaluation using Zemax Optical Ray Tracing and design;
• Technical Lead on AOPET Program (Advanced On-board Power, Thermal and Energy) assisting as Chief Engineer working wif Program Manager; Program had 40+ engineers on a $20M TARDEC Program;
• Wrote five (5) proposals for submission as IRADs or TARDEC BAAs: 1) Forward-Looking GPR (Low freq. RADAR), 2) CMPS for TARDEC modular power architecture, 3) Ultracapacitor-based Gun recoil Recuperator; 4) APS-survivability (active protection, anti-missile system), Near-Range Vision for Crew stations; 5) AOPET Power, Thermal and Energy Program for TARDEC;
• Architected Software systems for OE and OS (SoSCOE-compliant, CORBA and DDS; Led development of S/W and H/W controls for JLTV, BFoV, Paladin and Confidential variants; review and analysis of vetronics system components (ICS Computer, Computing, Data and Vetronics Systems, DC/DC converter & energy storage S/S), LRM (Vita-48 compliant) packaging;
• Established Requirements, CDD and PIDS for Power System Vetronics; led team for development of BFV Propulsion Components;

Confidential, Sterling Heights, MI

Propulsion & Vetronics Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Technical interface wif C4ISR for, Radar systems, Servo motor designs, SiC Power MOSFETs and Integrated Computer System (ICS) on MGV IPT;
• Assessment of AiTR and ANS/INS/GPS autonomous navigation system and video compression;
• Architected Multi-wavelength Fiber-Optic communications bus based on 10-GbE and using DWDM for Slip Ring, free-space interface; over 400 vehicle subsystems interfaced to dis network including turreted vehicle areas;
• Review and analysis of propulsion system components (DC/DC converter & ESS energy storage S/S);
• Wrote 50-page analysis on Time/GPS Synchronization Concept w. Networked Fires; produced 200-page report on Cross Domain Solution, and Computing Resources Allocation for USI, Secret, TS/SCI (Boeing Award);
• Evaluation of SSDDs, Requirements, Use Cases, CIDS, PIDS, ICDs; Primary Lead for Vetronics Architecture;
• Performed analysis on Confidential Generator for MGV Electric Generator and Propulsion Subsystem (Boeing Award);
• Developed concept, wrote patent for Spread-spectrum, LIDAR Camera and presented to corporate review board;

Confidential, Rochester Hills, MI

Project Manager/Technical Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Developed proposal and feasibility study for Near Range Automotive Radar (24.5 and 76.5 GHz) based on GaAs and SiGe materials and DS-CDMA spread spectrum techniques (DC-Ulm - $250K/yr-3yrs);
• Proposed and wrote fiber-optic Bragg grating sensor concept (1550 nm) for combustion pressure meas.
• Developed simulation, system strategy and ASIC design for new MEMs-based (micro-bridge) Fuel System Sensor to measure simultaneous fuel properties and fuel flow (Oak Ridge NL Fuel Burn Pgm);
• Initiated and wrote study on Solid-Oxide and Direct-MeTEMPthanol Fuel Cells (PNGV/FreedomCar);
• Performed study for Ultracapacitors, Li-Ion, Li-P, NiMH battery (42V & 300V traction motor UCD, SNL);
• Design of Battery Management System (BMS) for Natrium and Jeep Commander Fuel Cell Vehicles
• Supervised PE group and developed proposal & feasibility study for power electronics and inverter based on BJT/MOSFETs/diodes; prepared APQP plan (w. Rockwell, NRL);
• Produced assessment for Thermoelectric Generator based on segmented Skutterudites (JPL, Hi-Z); Co-wrote, conceived, and filed patent on Thermoelectric Energy Recovery.
• Managed team in teh development of teh 2-kW, Free-Piston, Electric Power Cell (EPC), in a matrix organization wif full implementation of QS 9000 procedures (APQP/DVP&R/DoE and FMEA); administered budget, resource allocation, project management using IFS;
• Wrote proposals for DARPA Man-Portable EPC ($3.7M/2 yrs awarded), GE Sensor/Control Network ($250K/6 mos, awarded), TACOM Fuel Cell APU for Abrams Tank ($2M/yr), DoE Auxiliary Power EPC;
• Controls design in MATLAB/Simulink/StateFlow; overall design of real-time controller using D-Space/ Matlab HiL environment w. CAN 2 bus HW level; wrote interface specifications, control algorithm design and development of servo-loop PID controllers, adaptive & model-predictive control algorithms;
• Performed EM Simulation for systems in FEMLab FEA, circuit simulations in PSPICE;
• Developed proposals (SBIRs and STTRs) in conjunction wif local universities and partner organizations for tactical UAVs, tactical generators and prognostic/diagnostic condition based monitoring of HEVs.

Confidential

Sensor Specialist- Advanced Sensor Technologist

Responsibilities:

• Wrote technology assessment for Blind-spot and Lane Departure Warning/Detection wif NASA, Iteris;
• Developed power train rotation and position sensors based on GMR (giant magneto-resistive) Cu/Co multilayer devices which were developed at Ford Research Laboratories and MSU;
• Developed business case, technical study and DOE for Linear Exhaust Gas Sensors based on Y-ZrO2;
• Designed high frequency silicon micro-machined (capacitive MEMs) accelerometer for automobile crash system and engine knock sensor; worked wif Cornell University and Lucas NovaSensor; evaluation of Ford piezoelectric sensors manufactured by Bosch/Siemens; digital interface to CAN bus;
• Performed novel research on ‘smart’ optical (IR/Vis/UV) sensor devices based Si, InSb, and III-V matls.;
• Constructed extensive semiconductor and SPICE models for sensor elements and interface circuits using SABER/MAST, MicroSim and SGF Semiconductor modeling packages.
• Established & managed teh electronics product engineering group (incl. 4 EE/CE/MEs - $ 1M/yr sales);
• Designed high-speed data acquisition and optical telemetry circuitry for NIST-sponsored ATP program;
• Successful release of several products resulted in 2 patents awarded and 2000+ units sold in 2 yrs;
• Constructed extensive SPICE models for sensors and motor drive circuitry as part of NIST program;
• Designed sensor-based and microprocessor-based controllers and digital/analog circuitry using Intel 8052/Motorola 68HC11/TMS320C30, (IAR C/C++ cross compiler and TI DSP firmware);
• Wrote firmware and PC interface software (C++/Visual C) for measurement and control applications;
• Designed PCB/COB assemblies; performed thermal/electromagnetic (EMI) FEA on PCB/packaging;
• Established electronic CAD facilities and prototype development lab (PSPICE, ProSPICE for analog simulations; Orcad, Accel schematic/PCB design; Viewlogic VHDL/HDL, ASIC, FPGA & PLD design);
• Initiated and wrote proposals, specifications, protocols, product manuals and quality/reliability doc.; system-level simulations performed using MATLAB, ANSOFT Finite Element software.

Confidential

Electro-Optics Engineer/Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Supervised advanced development team for High Speed ICM system (Integrated Vehicle Computer);
• Designed controller (Motorola 6803/68010, Xilinx FPGAs) for teh Image Capture Module and Microfilm Camera System as a team member of teh DP1800/DP3600 high-speed document sorter program;
• Circuit design and simulation (including PLD design) performed on UNIX-based Mentor workstation;
• Designed optical components (using Code IV) and CCD/video interface and compression circuitry;
• Designed PCB/COB assemblies using surface mount technology; performed thermal and electromagnetic finite-element analysis on power/daughter boards; EMI and compliance documents;
• Designed forward looking infrared imaging systems (FLIR) for military surveillance and fighter aircraft;
• Design and analysis of InSb and c-Si-CCD focal plane array and image processing circuitry.