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