Professional Biography

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Ted Salazar
step_response@yahoo.com
SUMMARY:
15+ years of engineering design and project-management experience
EDUCATION:
Graduate, James Logan High School (Union City, CA)
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, San Jose State University,
December 1996
SKILLS:
Responsible for over 500+ successful product releases from idea to production
including:
-Initial Objective Specification
-Hardware, Software and Firmware System Design Reviews
-PCB Layout Design Reviews
-Bill of Material Generation and Reviews
-Component Selection and Procurement
-Prototype Test and Production Test Reviews
-Firmware and Software Beta Test Plan Reviews
-User Manual Reviews
-Interface with external CMs
Mixed-signal hardware/firmware system design, engineering and product
management covering the areas of:
-Microcontroller hardware/firmware systems
-Low cost FPGA systems
-DSP hardware/firmware systems
-DC-DC converters and power management for portable systems
-ADC/DAC related systems
-I2C, SPI, UART, RS-232, RS-485, IrDA and USB systems
EXPERIENCE:
JUN 2012 - PRESENT
Reference Design Group Engineering Manager
Maxim Integrated Products, San Jose, CA
Manage 4 Person Team: Reference Design Development
Design hardware/firmware for Reference Designs
-PCB/BOM/Schematic process
-Analog and Mix-signal Hardware Design
-Firmware Design
-User Manuals and Design Documentation
-Production Release
-Production Test
Products:
-Cupertino
-Campbell
-Corona
-Fresno
-Lakewood
-Riverside
-Oceanside
Processors/Microcontrollers:
-Xilinx 7 series Zynq & Spartan 6 FPGAs
-Renesas RL78
JAN 2004 – JUN 2012
Reference Design/Evaluation Kit Development Engineering Manager
Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA
Manage 5 Engineers: Reference Design/Evaluation Kit Development
Design hardware/firmware for Reference Designs/Evaluation Kits
-PCB/BOM/Schematic process
-Hardware Design
-Software Design
-Firmware Design
-User Manuals and Design Documentation
-Production Release
-Production Test
Processors/Microcontrollers:
-Spartan 3 and Spartan 6 FPGAs
-Cyclone III FPGAs
-TMS320C5509, TMS320C6201 DSP
- PIC18F442, PIC16F84
- MAXQ2000
- 68HC16
JUL 2000 – JAN 2004
Reference Design/Evaluation Kit Development Engineer
Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA
Responsible for implementing designs from start (idea) to finish.
Designed hardware/firmware for Reference Designs/Evaluation Kits
-PCB/BOM/Schematic process
-Hardware Design
-Firmware Design
-User Manuals and Design Documentation
-Production Release
-Production Test
Interfaces:
-Asynchronous (RS232, RS485, IrDA, USB)
-Synchronous (SPI, I2C, SMBus, Parallel)
JAN. 1997 - JUL 2000
Customer Applications Engineer
Maxim Integrated Products, Sunnyvale, CA
Designed analog and mixed-signal application circuits:
Including microcontrollers, UARTs , interface
transceivers (RS-232, RS-485 and IrDA),
switching power supplies (Boosts and Bucks),
operational amplifiers, charge pumps and
temperature sensors.
Supported Customers
Answered customer technical questions via phone, email
and fax.
Proposed new products
Proposed new and innovative Integrated Circuits
including UARTs, IrDA transceivers, RS-232
transceivers , RS-485 transceivers, Switching
Power Supplies, and Charge Pumps.
MAY 1995 - AUG. 1995 Engineering Intern,
Ashtech Inc. , Sunnyvale, CA
Assisted in releasing a Global Positioning
System (GPS) receiver product.
DEC. 1994 - FEB. 1995 Engineering Intern,
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA
Designed and built over voltage and over
current protection circuits for lab equipment.
PUBLISHED DOCS:
Technical articles, application notes and design ideas
Articles:
Full feature Article: Designing with proven implementations of the
Inter-IC Bus
Embedded.com
August 8, 2007 Issue
Full feature Article: IR and RS-232 can be a match made in silicon
Portable Design
October 1, 2003 Issue
Full feature Article: Trim the fat off RS485 designs;
Planet Analog
October 18, 2000 Issue
Full feature Article: Pre-emphasis Improves RS485 Communications;
Electronic Design News
(EDN) June 10, 1999 Issue
Design Ideas:
Design Idea: Microcontroller discerns addresses in RS485 systems;
Electronic Design News (EDN)
November 8, 2001 Issue
Design Idea: uC multiplexes six digital potentiometers;
Electronic Design News (EDN)
May 11, 2000 Issue
Design Idea: High-Voltage Circuit Breaker Protects to 26V;
Electronic Design News (EDN)
September 11, 1998 Issue
Also published in Maxim Engineering Journal
Volume 33
Ideas for Design and Design Notes:
Ideas for Design: UART Test Mode Provides Clock for
RS232-TO IrDA Translator;
Electronic Design (ED)
February 21, 2000 Issue
Design Note: Pump Powers Encoder Transmitter;
Electronic Engineering (EE) Times
November 9, 1998 Issue
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