Umer R Malik

Fremont, CA
(408) 882-7077
umca2620@westpost.net
OBJECTIVES
Seeking a challenging Electrical Engineering position. My career ambition is to
be working for a firm that allows me to deal with both analog and digital aspect
s of cutting edge of hardware technology. My high aptitude for quickly absorbing
and applying new information allows me to work on any platform, under any envir
onment.
EDUCATION
Sep. 2007 - Dec 2010 MSEE Electrical Engineering, NTU / UC Berkeley GPA 3.9 Be
rkeley, USA
Sep. 1999 - April 2003 BASC Computer Engineering, University of Toronto Toront
o, Canada

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
March 2007 - Present Logitech International SA Silicon Valley, USA
Hardware Design Verification Engineer
- Design, development and test of a remote control prototype via Cypress program
mable system-on-chip (PSoC) mixed-signal.
- WiFi technologies 802.11a, b, g (electrical- PHY layer, firmware - MAC & appli
cation layer, conformance to IEEE 802.11 standards)
- Battery technologies (electrical safety, redundant protection, charge and disc
harging algorithm and conformance).
- Responsible for verifying and reviewing electrical schematics, layout, firmwar
e and product design
- Responsible for Audio/Video verification of Logitech video and next generation
product.
- Design and verification on CMOS sensors and ASICs
- C/C++ embedded programming
- Failure mode engineering analysis on top products.
- Products: Logitech Google set-top box, new technology web camera, new technolo
gy remote control
July 2006 - March 2007 Microsoft Corporation (LionBridge) Redmond, USA
Hardware Design Verification Engineer
- Development & test of an accessory board for serial / UART communication betwe
en Zune MP3 player and peripheral and accessory
- Designed, developed and tested various analog & digital circuits such as peak
rectifier, and RS232 level shifter utilizing LT (linear technology) Spice
- Implemented an audio detector and a precision temperature sensing board for re
liability and environment (RET) testing including data acquisition module via La
bVIEW.
- Signal integrity, electrical characteristics and protocol verification between
Microsoft Zune and accessory.
- Responsible for Audio/Video verification for Microsoft Zune and next generatio
n products utilizing VM700T serial digital video measurement set.
- Embedded C++ and Arm programming on Windows CE environment
- Products: Microsoft Zune mp3 players, FM transmitter, remote control, car char
ger, 3rd party accessories.
Feb 2006 - July 2006 Royal Philips Electronics Bothell, USA
Systems Engineer
- Designed, developed and tested large-scale applications for Philips Medical Sy
stems with multi-tier architecture.
- Assisted team in design and architecture of dynamic data-driven applications o
f x-ray, cardiovascular Ultrasound, X-ray, defibrillator and patient monitoring
electronic devices.
Feb 2004 - March 2006 Microsoft Corporation (V-Empower) Redmond, USA
Systems Engineer
- Lead software engineer and architect for development of 5 internal application
s and 1 data-driven email application utilizing cutting-edge windows/console/net
work application.
- Experienced of Assembly / Machine Language programming (16-bit Intel 8086 Proc
essor and IA 32-bit Processors).
o Led security analysis of console, web and network based business applications
of Microsoft corporate network and associated applications.
Oct 2003 - Feb 2004 Docupartners Inc. Markham, Canada
Electrical Engineer
- Design and development of operational amplifiers and analog circuits via OrCAD
& spice software.
- Experience touched upon various aspects of embedded level software design and
reading various analog / digital circuit diagrams and investing their behavior w
ith HSpice and LTSpice.
- Application level development and debugging of multi-threaded software used fo
r communication with embedded NXI NetLinx integrated controller over RS422 and R
S232.
- Control system design, temperature control design, audiovisual system design,
network system engineering, control system programming and system integration.
April 2001 - Oct 2001 University of Toronto (Pr. Jianwen Zhu) Toronto, Canad
a
Electrical Engineer Intern
- Investigation concentrated on High Performance System Designs of circuits with
CMOS and Domino CMOS technologies.
- The Domino CMOS circuits resulted in significant improvement of performance an
d lower power consumption.
- Reading various analog / digital circuit diagrams and investing their behavior
with HSpice and Max Plus II.
- Investigation, thorough understanding and analysis of: SRAM, SDRAM, Latches, C
ache, and Register File.
- Technologies: C-MOS, Domino CMOS technologies, DSL, DPTL, FPGA, PLA, SRAM, SD
RAM, Latches, Cache.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
Hardware:
- Design, development and test of analog and digital circuits such as operation
amplifiers circuits, power supplies, analog-to-digital converters (simulation) a
nd digital-to-analog converters (simulation).
- Audio MP3 design and verification, accessory design and verification & Video c
amera verification.
- Wireless 802.11x and portable power system.
Tools & Software:
- Experience with VHDL, OrCAD 16, HSpice, Cypress PSOC Microsystems, Spectrum a
nalyzer, Micron Imaging SDK, Mentor Graphics PADs (basic), Cadence Allegro PCB (
basic) Magic, Scirocco and VirSim logic Simulation Tools
- Experience with USB Viewer, USB 2.0 tools, Tektronix USB Analyzer, C/C++, Nati
onal Instruments LabVIEW 8.2, Assembly M68k, Visual Studio 2010, Matlab, Perl, .
NET 4.0 and windows/firmware application development.
General:
- Quick learner and excellent verbal, written & public speaking communication sk
ills.
- Skilled at conveying complex technical issues to non-technical audiences (e.g.
management / investors / stakeholders)

RELEVANT COURSES/TRAINING

- Microelectronic Circuits I / II / III

- Digital ASIC Design (VHDL/VERILOG)
- Advance object-oriented/ software engineering
- Advance Analog Integrated Circuits
- Engineering Management
- Wireless networks IEEE 802.11 / Bluetooth

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

- Certificate of Distinction from the University of Toronto for the Leonardo da
Vinci Mathematics competition.
- Member of the Deans Honor Society (Above A GPA).
REFERENCES
Available on request.