// Electronics Engineer, EIT - Langley, BC

ARBAB
AHMED

I design electronics from schematic capture and PCB layout through bring-up, validation, and production handoff.

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4+
Years Experience
10
PCBA USV Platform
800V
Motor Controller Hardware
4-8L
Layer Stack-Up Ownership
// 01 — About

PCB Design.
Bring-Up. Production.

I design PCBAs, bring up prototypes, and work with contract manufacturers through production.

I focus on the details that decide whether a board ships: component selection, layout, power budgets, interfaces, DFM, and bench failures.

Hardware & PCB
PCB Design Schematic Capture Altium Designer Mixed-Signal Layout Power Electronics DFM / CM Handoff
Validation & Test
Prototype Bring-Up Automated Test Jigs DAQ & Instrumentation Test Automation Bench Debug Hardware Validation
Embedded & Interfaces
Embedded C NXP S32 / MSP430 JTAG / SWD CAN / UART / SPI / I2C Sensor Integration
// 02 — Projects

Selected Work

// FEATURED · PROFESSIONAL
Unmanned Surface Vehicle:
10-PCBA Electronics Platform
Owned schematic capture and PCB layout for boards in a 10-PCBA electronics platform for an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle. Took designs from concept through production handoff. Scoped the system architecture with the lead engineer.
Altium Designer Schematic PCB Layout Systems Architecture Prototype → Production
// PLATFORM SPECS
PCBAs10 assemblies
Layers4 to 8 per board
InterfacesCAN, SPI, I2C, RS-485, USB, PCIe
SubsystemsNav, Comms, Power, Telemetry
ECADAltium Designer
StatusField-deployed
// 01 · PROFESSIONAL
Multi-Voltage BLDC Motor Controller Validation
Reviewed and validated client-designed BLDC controller PCBAs for 800 V, 48 V, and 12 V coolant pumps. Corrected gate-driver switching with calculated gate-resistor values and verified the changes on hardware. Debugged NXP S32 peripherals over JTAG/SWD. Built a DAQ-integrated test jig with dummy loads and CAN-to-Ethernet automation for unattended dynamometer runs.
800V / 48V / 12V BLDC Gate Drivers JTAG / SWD Test Automation Hardware Validation
// 02 · PROFESSIONAL
Automated Test Jig for USV Electronics
Designed and built an automated test jig with purpose-built circuits, dummy loads, and external sensor communication. It validated the full USV electronics package before deployment without requiring the complete vessel.
Test Automation Hardware Validation Custom Test Circuits Dummy Loads
// 03 · PROFESSIONAL
Bow Sensor Aggregation & Navigation Lighting PCB
Redesigned the USV bow board to interface with a CAN weather sensor, ambient light sensor, and capacitive water-detection inputs. Firmware relayed sensor data to the main vessel controller and switched red, green, and white navigation lights based on ambient light. The lighting behavior was designed to meet Transport Canada marine regulations.
CAN Bus Sensor Integration Embedded C Navigation Lighting PCB Layout
// 04 · PROFESSIONAL
Solar Power Monitoring & Charge Input PCB
Redesigned the schematic and PCB layout for the USV power-input board. The board monitored DC input from three solar panels and interfaced with the vessel battery charger.
Power Electronics Solar Telemetry DC-DC PCB Layout Altium
// 05 · PROFESSIONAL
I2C Address Conflict Resolution
When the USV power distribution scaled from 16 to 32 rails, two identical boards shared an I2C address. Reworked existing stock, revised the motherboard with slot-based address straps, and updated firmware to self-assign at boot. The boards shipped and are currently in vessels at sea.
I2C Hardware Rework Firmware Problem Solving
// 06 · PROFESSIONAL
Jetson AGX Orin Carrier Board
Completed schematic capture and began PCB routing on a 12-layer carrier board for the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin with PCIe Gen3 x4 and USB 3.1 Gen1 interfaces. The project was discontinued before routing was completed.
12-Layer PCB High-Speed Interfaces PCIe Gen3 USB 3.1 Altium
// 03 — Experience

Where I've Worked

Feb 2024 — Sep 2025
Hedgehog Technologies
Electronics Engineer · Burnaby, BC
  • Primary PCB reviewer for client-designed 800V BLDC motor controller assemblies, catching ground loops and misconfigured MCU pins before boards went to manufacture
  • Led high-voltage motor-control PCBA bring-up and validation, resolving faults with board-level modifications
  • Debugged NXP S32M244 hardware via PEmicro Cyclone JTAG/SWD and wrote test firmware for peripheral validation where production firmware fell short
  • Built automated test infrastructure: a DAQ-integrated jig with 4-20 mA instrumentation and dummy loads, plus CAN-to-Ethernet dynamometer automation for unattended long-duration validation runs
  • Redlined schematics, layouts, and BOMs for component shortages; authored ECOs and test reports to document all design changes
Feb 2022 — Sep 2023
Open Ocean Robotics
Jr. Electronics Engineer · Victoria, BC
  • Owned schematic capture, PCB layout, and 4-to-8-layer stack-ups for mixed-signal boards within a 10-PCBA USV platform, taking designs from concept through production handoff
  • Designed an 8-layer validation PCBA combining a planned 3-board architecture with high-current power, mixed-signal circuitry, communication interfaces, and an NVIDIA Jetson SBC
  • Built and maintained the Altium component library and led the migration from KiCAD alongside an outside consulting engineer
  • Worked directly with contract manufacturers to review layouts, address DFM feedback, and resolve assembly issues during prototyping
May 2019 — Aug 2019
BCIT — SMART Microgrid
Research Assistant · Burnaby, BC
  • Built and tested wiring harnesses and fixtures for AC grid-tied power electronics systems
  • Ran hardware test procedures on off-the-shelf power electronics and wrote formal test reports for verification
  • Proposed a microgrid UI/UX upgrade to replace the existing OEM HMI and cut deployment costs
// 04 — Education

Academic Background

Sep 2017 — May 2021
BCIT
B.Eng. Electrical Engineering · Burnaby, BC
  • Capstone: built a PC power supply from scratch, schematic through physical build and testing
  • Registered as an Engineer in Training (EIT)
// 05 — Contact

Let's Talk
Hardware.

Open to PCB design, hardware validation, and electrical product development roles.

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