RF and control circuits

							Robert Elson
Huntington, NY
516-308-2203
contact@elsonrobert.com


Education:
    Polytechnic Institute of NYU – 2009, MSEE
    Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia – 1983, BS in Radio Engineering

IEEE member, Professional Engineer licensing is in progress.


Skills:
      Electronic Circuits and Systems design, Hybrid microcircuits.
      Embedded Firmware development for microprocessor and FPGA configuration.
      Windows, DOS, CAD tools, Office.


Experience:

12/2005 - 11/2011 - Senior Electrical Engineer, API Defence Inc. Ronkonkoma, NY
    Power, RF and control circuits, components selection, PCB's design.
    New proposals, prototypes, breadboarding, documentation.
    Testing procedures and equipment design.


04/2003 –11/2005 - Electrical Engineer, Bren-Tronics, Commack, NY
    Military battery chargers manufacturing support.
    Analog and Digital circuits troubleshooting at system and board level.


Experience prior to 2003:
    Power AC Motor Digital Controller design, programming and prototyping.
    Test fixtures design for components incoming quality control.
    Gas Analyzer control circuits design and prototyping.
    Mobile Radar and Communication Systems troubleshooting during two years of
       compulsory military service, Georgia.


NYU Poly MSEE program (2007-2009, GPA 3.519):

   •   ANALOG & HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS DESIGN
   •   DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
   •   PRINCIPALS OF COMMUNICATION NETWORK
   •   INTRODUCTION TO VLSI DESIGN
   •   INTERNET ARCHITECTURE & PROTOCOLS
   •   MODERN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
   •   ELECTRONIC POWER SUPPLIES
   •   PRINCIPLES OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATION "MODULATION & CODING"
   •   PROBABILITY THEORY
   •   HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS
Projects in 2003-2010:

- Video deflection pattern generator - FPGA based (complete design
from idea to prototyping and manufacturing documentation, military contract)
- RF electronic switch - Hybrid microcircuit design (complete design, military contract)
- System for video devices testing (military contract)
- Night vision goggles testing device (accepted proposal of electrical and mechanical design,
military contract)
- Test fixtures and procedures design (cable, High Voltage transformer, several low power
transformers, all military contracts)
- Ball Grid Array Testing Socket reliable connector for 1553 Data Bus transceivers
(complete design, problem solving)
- 1553 Portable networking device (Pocket Pal, low power DC-DC converter, schematic,
PCB and mechanical design)
- Solid State Power Controller (successful redesign of Hybrid Microcircuit device
significantly improving device quality and reducing production cost, problem solving)
- Low power DC-DC converter for multichannel power distribution board
- Sustaining engineer for SSPC ASIC design.
- Troubleshooting of a microcomputer controlled multichannel battery charger
on hardware and software levels

Projects prior to 2003:

- Microprocessor based motor controller hardware and embedded software design,
  Real time Assembly coding
- Electronic components test fixtures for incoming quality control
- Oxygen gas analyzer control electronics design