Summary of qualifications:
• ~5 years of experience in design and development of hardware systems for high volume consumer electronics products
• Hands-on expertise in board design, bring-up, testing, debugging, and optimization for 1x1, 2x2, and 4x4 WLAN+BT SoCs
• Experienced in RF systems architecture definition and tradeoffs
• Strong RF fundamentals and background in RF simulation
• Proficient in RF and mixed signal circuit layout for multi-layer PCB design
• Accomplished in managing and working with OEMs and ODMs
• Demonstrated ability to identify and troubleshoot critical issues from design bring up to mass production
• Experience with various host interfaces such as PCIe, SDIO, UART, USB, PCM
Equipment and Computer Skills:
• Equipment: WLAN and BT testers, Spectrum Analyzer, Network Analyzer, Oscilloscope, PCIe Protocol Analyzer, Function Generator, Power Meters, Logic Analyzer, Soldering
• CAD Tools: Cadence Allegro Capture and PCB Designer, PADS, ADS, PSpice, ICstudio, MATLAB, HFSS, AutoCAD, Xilinx tools
• Programming: C
• Hardware Description Language: VHDL
Senior RF/Wireless Hardware Engineer @ Mobile and Automotive Wireless Connectivity
• Designing 1x1 and 2x2 MIMO WLAN+BT reference boards customized to premium customer requirements
• Directing key customers with integration of WLAN chips from evaluation phase and PCB design to manufacturing
• Leading key customer meetings to provide technical guidance on system architecture & algorithm
• Defining interface connections for WLAN/BT SoCs with Qualcomm Snapdragon and 3rd party hosts
• Solving critical, high-visibility product production issues
• Managing chip specifications, tracking HW bugs, and authoring technical reports
• Debugging hardware designs to optimize various parameters such as linearity, noise figure, spurs, impedance, to fulfill specs for EVM, PER, target power accuracy, spectrum mask, etc. From May 2013 to Present (2 years 6 months) San JoseWireless System Hardware Engineer @ • Designed, debugged, and tested WLAN reference modules for 2.4-5GHz 4x4 MIMO SoCs
• Designed RFIC validation boards for transceiver chips bring up and troubleshooting
• Defined RF front end architecture and specifications for WLAN reference boards
• Successfully finished design and production of three FCC compliant WLAN modules
• Identified, characterized, and qualified RF components for next generation designs From January 2011 to May 2013 (2 years 5 months) EMC Test Engineer Co-op @ • Prepared EMC test plans, hold review meetings, and configured high-end Cisco products with Cisco IOS
• Assisted engineers to perform compliance testing on Cisco products in Anechoic, Thermal, and Acoustic chambers From January 2010 to August 2010 (8 months)
M.S. Electrical Engineering. Concentration in RF, Electrical Engineering, GPA: 3.8 @ California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo From 2009 to 2011 B.S. Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, GPA: 3.4 @ California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo From 2005 to 2009 Hamid Asgarian is skilled in: RF, WLAN, Debugging, WiFi, Testing, Hardware Architecture, Wireless, Embedded Systems, PCB Design, Hardware, 802.11a, Firmware, Matlab, 802.11g, C, SoC, Digital Signal..., Semiconductors, Mobile Devices, 802.11n