Mobby Sandhu
Langley,BC
Summary
- Hardware Engineer with over 7 years of expertise in diverse domains including consumer electronics, Industrial and AgTech Products.
- Extensive experience in development and testing of products from scratch, encompassing Requirement analysis, Product definition, Product Integrity, Testing requirements, Test plans.
- Active participant in full product lifecycle from development to prototypes, MVP and mass production.
- Expert in certification of products as per latest regulatory standards to make sure products are fully compliant.
- Worked with Firmware team for Firmware support in board bring ups.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Hardware Test and Validation Lead
Argus Control Systems
07.2022 - 12.2023
- Improved yield to 99.7% on hardware products by implementing DFM, thorough testing and training, continuous improvement and materials/components management.
- Improved product reliability, by overseeing any failures in design phase and mitigating risk, implemented enhanced testing protocols such as high/low temperature tests, humidity tests, vibration/drop tests.
- Implemented FAT (Factory acceptance Testing) to validate performance and functionality of Argus system.
- Develop Python scripts to fully automate the hardware system thus reducing testing time by >5mins per unit.
- Contribute to design and testing of product throughout entire lifecycle from prototype stage to mass production stage
- Mentor Junior engineers and Interns by implementing KPIs
- Lead development of ECN and ECO process at Argus.
Hardware Developer
Argus Control Systems
07.2021 - 07.2022
- Oversee product Compliance as per FCC/CE standards and lead UL safety certification, also ensured compliance per ROHS, REACH, WEEE.
- Helped Argus to launch and sell in Europe and UK by testing and getting products certified as per UKCA/CE standards, making sure proper homologation process is followed, thus capturing 5M+ USD in clients sale.
- Enhanced Argus system performance by designing and developing custom hardware solutions, efficiency increased to 95% or more.
- Saved company 400K+ dollars by finding alternate components in hardware design and working with suppliers.
- Ensured product Quality and regulatory compliance are met by spearheading development of RMA and conformance process in engineering and manufacturing, as per ISO9001.
- Write internal test procedures and working instructions in-accordance to quality management system (QMS).
- Do schematic Updates in ORCAD and PADS, also update corresponding layouts
MTS, Hardware Engineer
Maxim Integrated
02.2018 - 06.2021
- Tested and Validated DC/DC converters such as bucks, boosts, and buck-boost by doing thermal testing, efficiency measurements, ripple measurements and line/load regulations.
- Documentation, development and testing of communication protocol which works over I2C, UART and SPI
- Enhanced product quality by doing proper RCA (root cause analysis), continuous improvement and debugging of failure products.
- Improved manufacturing processes by studying product requirements: researching, formulating, and modifying test methods
- NPI for new products, prepare and estimate BOM costs for proto builds by working with Contract Manufacturers (CMs)
- Verify Mechanical Enclosures for PCBAs and modify drawings for specific dimensions using solidworks, autocad.
- Review hardware schematics and board layouts, also work on RFQs and EQs on hardware design.
Junior Hardware Engineer
Icron Technologies
05.2016 - 01.2018
- Certified Icron products by doing immunity/radiation testing such as EFT, ESD, Voltage Surge, Voltage Dip, conducted immunity and radiated emissions as per required specs such EN55032, EN55035, FCC Part 15 and 61000-X-Y
- Tested Video and USB extension products, such as DisplayPort, USB-C, USB3.0/3.1 over LAN and fiber
- Tested USB cables by doing jitter and cross-talk testing over data lanes, thus improving overall quality of USB cables sold with products.
- Validating PCBs by doing proper electrical checks (ICT) using appropriate electrical equipment such as bench power supply, DMM, electronic loads, Oscilloscope.
- Supporting other engineering teams in different tasks by troubleshooting and debugging various bugs reported in JIRA
Education
Bachelor of Applied Science Program - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC04.2016
Skills
- Hardware: Schematic Capture, Schematic Reading, Board Bring ups, Circuit Analysis, signal Integrity, Power analysis
- Testing: Debugging, Thermal Testing, Environmental stress Testing, Failure Analysis, Firmware Integration, PCB testing, component Level testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Test Procedures, ICT, FAT
- Lab Equipment: Power supplies, DMMs, electronic Loads, oscilloscopes, function generators, temperature chamber, signal generators
- Communication Protocols: I2C, SPI, USB, ETHERNET, PCIe, UART, RS232, RS485, MODBUS, DisplayPort, HDMI
- Compliance/Environment/Safety: FCC, CE, UKCA, UL, ROHS, REACH, WEEE
- OS/Tools: Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Postman, JTAG
- Software/Programming: Python, MATLAB, Javascript
- Project Management: JIRA, Confluence, Github, Gitlab
- Soft skills: Time Management, Communication, Problem Solving, Multitasking, Teamwork and Collaboration, Work Ethic
Timeline
Hardware Test and Validation Lead
Argus Control Systems
07.2022 - 12.2023
Hardware Developer
Argus Control Systems
07.2021 - 07.2022
MTS, Hardware Engineer
Maxim Integrated
02.2018 - 06.2021
Junior Hardware Engineer
Icron Technologies
05.2016 - 01.2018
Bachelor of Applied Science Program - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Simon Fraser University
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