ERIC YAM www.ericyam.com TECHNICAL SKILLS § Embedded circuit design skills and work experience through Arista, as well as through six engineering internships. Fluent in project management through Apple Co-op § Passionate about electrical and mechanical design shown through Sparkdrive, NASA project and autonomous boat project § 24 months of engineering work experience in data center, consumer electronics, automotive, digital cinema, and aerospace industries § CAD: Cadence OrCAD and Allegro, Altium Designer, DxDesigner, Solidworks, Unigraphics NX, Google Sketchup § § Measurement/Analysis: LTSpice, Matlab, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters § Other: Verilog (Questasim, synthesis with Xilinx ISE and Altera Quartus), C/C++, PLC ladder logic, Microsoft Office, Visio/Omnigraffle Lab: SMT soldering as small as 0201, circuit prototyping, metal and plastic machining (mill and lathe) WORK EXPERIENCE Arista Networks § Board level hardware design of high speed network switches, from design spec and schematic capture to layout guidance and bringup § Designs are very complex –featuring multi-gigabit data traces (10Gbps+), high power consumption and dissipation (150W+), and constrained layout space § Designed switch controller test card from start to finish, from Spec definition to Schematic design to bringup: http://www.ericyam.com/arista-networks/ § Adapted Verilog code for controller test card, programming on-board FPGA and CPLD using Xilinx ISE and Altera Quartus tools § Investigated and Evaluated multi-phase CPU Core power supplies for performance under high current transient loads § Lead manager for field failure analysis (FA) of new Lightning based accessories for iPhones, iPods and iPads, as well as new EarPod earphones § Interpreted and reported FA results in the most extensive reporting of accessory product releases to date § Initiated and managed a unique unit tracking system, and developed process flow for sustaining FA to be conducted by accessory manufacturers Nuvation Engineering § Designed circuit/schematic and component selection of automotive grade battery management Tank controller: http://www.nuvation.com/battery-management-system Hardware Design § Board featured 16 bit MCU, 4 isolated power domains, 20 high side load drivers, Hardware Engineer June 2014 to Present Arista Networks Hardware Engineering Intern May 2013 - Aug. 2013 Apple Engineering Project manager (EPM) Intern Sept. 2012 – Dec. 2012 Engineering Ethernet, CAN, SPI, LINBus & SMBus connectivity, and designed to tolerate harsh battery transients Jan. 2012 – Apr. 2012 § Optimized high voltage surge stopper circuit via simulation in LTSpice, and prototyped circuit elements for tradeshow demo of battery management system Christie Digital Systems § § Improved cooling of cinema processing FPGA by 30°C for over 2000 in-field projectors § Presented tests results to senior engineers and managers, and recommendations to be implemented in future circuit boards Electrical/Mechanical Engineering May 2011 – Aug. 2011 Developed and performed extensive impedance test and analysis of PCB bypass capacitors EDUCATION Bachelor of Applied Science, Honours Mechatronics Engineering University of Waterloo - Waterloo, Ontario (Sept. 2009-May 2014) Relevant courses (and concepts covered): § § Integrated Analog Electronics (differential gain stages, feedback amplifiers, output stages) § § § Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing (parallel and serial buses, synchronization) § http://www.ericyam.com/my-education/ for specifics Radio and Wireless Systems (transceiver architectures, Analog and Digital Modulation, system figure of merits) Sensors and Instrumentation (op-amp circuits, filters, signal conditioning) Microprocessors and Digital Logic (Combinational Logic Design, Sequential Logic & state machines) RELEVANT PROJECTS Sparkdrive § Member of 4 person team that designed and built an electric skateboard for university final year design project: http://www.ericyam.com/sparkdrive/ § Responsible for selecting and assembling electronic components needed to power and control the board § Project won alumni entrepreneurship award for best final year project, as well as award for best advertising video § Designed autonomous boat with 4 other students as part of design workshop competition: http://www.ericyam.com/autonomous-boat/ § Controlled with Arduino microcontroller and uses 3 proximity sensors in order to travel the circumference of a rectangular pool of water § Tied for 1st place for fastest circumnavigation of pool out of 23 competing teams Jan. 2014 –March 2014 Autonomous Boat Jan. 2013-April 2013 NASA Space Settlement Design Competition NASA Ames Research Center (2006-2009) § 1st Canadian winner in international contest’s history, competing against 874 students from 13 countries § Presented design at numerous venues, including 2009 International Space Development Conference and Google TechTalks program § Entry published on NASA website http://www.nss.org/settlement/nasa/Contest/Results/2009/ASTEN.pdf INTERESTS Design concepts § Biomimetics/Bionics, Passive dynamics/Underactuation, Remote-Control/Autonomy § Rapid Prototyping § Data Visualization and Infographics Hobbies: Watching TED talks and "How It's made", Lego building, techno-thriller novels, playing piano Sports: Rock climbing, badminton, bowling, snowboarding