Jonathan Georgino
Hardware Engineer
resume@jonathangeorgino.com
PROFILE
From Concept To Market
From a USB3.0 peripheral device to a BTLE robotic toy, I've got experience designing hardware systems using the latest technologies in the consumer market. I'm an Altium Designer power-user and have built component libraries up from scratch, taking advantage of all the features currently available to speed up the design cycle and generate outputs and reports with a single click.
With a bias towards consumer electronics, I've got an eye for doing things very cost-efficiently, and have worked with some of the high-volume Asian chip manufacturers that aren't so well-known to the outside world. I have a passion for doing PCB Layouts, whether it's a dirt-cheap two layer board that can be fabbed for pennies overseas, or a multi-layer high-density board which pushes the limits of modern fabrication technologies. I'm well-versed in DFM and keep these best practices in mind from the very first board rev. I'm very much hands-on and have no trouble assembling PCBs with fine-pitch SMT components. In fact, I love the challenge of bringing up new boards.
I've navigated through the rough seas of compliance testing (FCC, Bluetooth SIG, etc) and have launched products with CMs in the SF Bay Area as well as in mainland China. I've been working in hardware startups since 2012 so I am quite used to being part of a small team and accomplishing big milestones with limited resources. If you're looking for a passionate engineer to help bring your device to market, let's talk!
Core Skills
Digital Design
Analog / RF Design
PCB Layout / DFM
Firmware Dev & Debug
Hardware Testing & Validation
Hand-Assembly/PCB Bring-Up/Rework
Programming
C/C#/C++
PHP
Visual Basic
VHDL/Verilog
JavaScript
Tools
Altium Designer
LTSpice
MS Visual Studio
MATLAB
IAR Embedded Workbench
2010/2011
Attended Politecnico di Milano on Full Scholarship
July 2011
Entered Industry as Design Engineer at GE Advanced Sensors
October 2012
Joined Saleae as Hardware Engineer
March 2014
Started at Wonder Workshop as Hardware Engineer
RESUMÉ
EMPLOYMENT
Wonder Workshop
- Circuit Design & Component Selection
- Schematic Capture, & PCB Layout
- Prototyping / PCB Bring-Up / Rework
- Design Validation & Failure Analysis
- Compliance Testing & Certification
- Support our CM in China
Saleae
- Schematic capture, simulation, and board layouts
- PCB bring-up, debug, rework, and validation
- Component Selection and Supply Chain Management
- Support production of existing products
- Technical Customer Support
GE Advanced Sensors
- Supported development and launch of embedded RF sensor
- Test bench design and automation
- PCB bring-up, debug, and rework. FA on field returns
- Automation of functional testing + implementation of SPC
EDUCATION
Politecnico di Milano
- Awarded Full Academic Scholarship
- Admitted into the 7th Cycle of Alta Scuola Politecnica
- Completed only first year, deferred to enter industry
Pennsylvania State University - The Behrend College
- 3.43 / 4.00 Cumulative GPA
- Completed Behrend Honors and Scholars Program
- Member of Tau Beta Nu - Engineering Honor Society
- First Place in IEEE Region 2 Student Paper Competition
Pennsylvania State University - The Behrend College
- Earned concurrently with EE Degree
- First to complete dual EE/CE degree in 8 semesters
CERTIFICATES
Bridge-Linguatec, Inc.
- 60-Hour Teaching Certificate
- Certificate Number TO0011132
FEATURED PROJECT
ECAD Best Practices
Altium Designer Level-Up - KELVIN II
I designed the Kelvin II as a sample Altium Designer project that could be used to exercise and evaluate some various features of Altium Designer that I wasn't currently using in the workplace. I had watched a handful of videos on the matter, but I wanted to try it out first hand. The design features schematic re-use via Device Sheets, a fully-featured integrated library where the symbols are linked to Digikey for parameters and pricing, and the footprints all include accurate 3D models. Using the Supplier Links on components allows one to take advantage of Altium's ActiveBOM feature which allows for design decisions to be made with insight into the cost and supply risk. I also created company templates for schematics, PCBs, BOMs, and an output job file to easily and repeatably generate top-notch manufacturing outputs. After test driving the features with this project and presenting them to the team, the decision was made to adopt these best-practices for use in our active projects. As a reward for my efforts on greatly improving our ECAD efficiency, my boss had me ship the board, order the BOM and build it on the company's tab. Since there is no intention of ever bringing this device to market I'm able to publish aspects of the design you see in the photos above.
So that's all nice, but .... what is it? Well, I'm glad you asked. The Kelvin II is a two-channel thermocouple USB interface. Each thermocouple is connected to a MAX31855, which is an amplifier and 14-bit ADC with an SPI-compatible digital interface in a single IC. This chip is also able to compensate for the proper junction type of the thermocouple. They make it for 7 different types, but I chose to build it for just the 4 most common: T, E, K, and J type thermocouple junctions. Each of these ICs is connected to a PIC16F1459. It's a relatively new offering from Microchip and is one of the smallest and cheapest USB1.1 compliant microcontrollers available. The remainder of the PCBA is comprised of an RGB LED, 3.3V and 5.0V LDOs, an Atmel Crypto-IC, and the supporting resistors and capacitors.
This sample project barely scratches the surface in terms of design complexity of the actual projects I work on. However, I am sure that you can understand why I can't publicly share the design files for the commercial products I develop. This is meant just to get the conversation started.
PORTFOLIO
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Dash & Dot - Smart Robots For Curious Minds
Consumer Electronics
What engineer could resist the opportunity to make robots for kids?! In my role on the HW/FW team at Wonder Workshop, I helped bring an impressive toy to market on an extremely tight schedule. Click to find out some tech details about these robots.
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Protocol Analyzers
C++ Programming
While I was a student at Penn State, this would have saved me hours of painful debugging; however I jumped on the opportunity to ensure that not another student would have to suffer through the same situation ever again. Click to find out which lab project students no longer have to struggle through.
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RF Soot Sensor
Embedded Systems, RF, Automotive
In my time at GE, I had the opportunity to work on a really unique product. As a new graduate in EE, I never imagined I'd find myself becoming an expert on diesel exhaust aftertreatment systems. Click to learn about an RF Sensor that's reducing harmful emissions of diesel engines across the world.
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Logic 2.0
Consumer Electronics, Test & Measurement
In early 2012 I bought a Logic Analyzer that changed my life. It was the most impressive engineering tool I had ever used, so I quit my job at GE and moved across the country to work for the brothers who made it. Click here to see how I helped them make it even better.
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University Projects
Embedded Systems, RF, DSP
While the majority of projects from my academic career weren't anything special worth mentioning, there were a few that were memorable enough that I'd like to highlight. Click here to find out which project won 1st Place at the 2010 IEEE Region 2 Student Activities Conference.
Interests
Music Theory - Playing Guitar & Piano |
Web Development - HTML/CSS/LAMP |
Travel, Cultures & Languages - Couchsurfing |
Forrest Gump - Scrubs - HIMYM |
Juggling - Unicycling |
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