Michael Hand

Experience

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  Motorola

  May 1996 - Mar 2003

  Frequency Generation Engineer.• Designed and Worked with vendor to implement VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) module with “Embedded Passives” in substrate• Determined fix for “stop ship” ACCPR failure on i90c (Nextel cell phone)• Layout RF test boards for VCO circuit optimization• Received “Engineering Excellence” Award for engineering efforts (out of job description) that improved production quality Frequency Generation Engineer• Owned and adjusted Reference Oscillator for i90c• Owned and tuned Offset Local Oscillators for i90c• Championed investigation of synthesizer IC related issues• Layout RF and Digital test boards for circuit optimization• Received Three “Engineering Excellence” Awards for engineering efforts (out of job description) that helped solve production issues. • Evaluate Triband GSM RX Front - End chips (Mixer’s and LNA’s)• Evaluate Triband GSM VCO modules for optimal performance• Evaluate RX saw filters and work with vendors to meet specification• Help design RF “test geometries” to compare PCB variations per vendor • Design and Evaluate Audio section of cost reduction of i600 platform.

  • Senior RF Design Engineer

    Oct 2001 - Mar 2003

  • RF Design Engineer

    Jan 2001 - Oct 2001

  • Co-op Next Generation Intern

    May 1996 - Dec 2000
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  Motorola Solutions

  Mar 2003 - Feb 2022

  Devices Engineering team.• Currently involved in maturing new product/technology ideas to the point they can be made into a production product. Including Layout area studies, schematic creation, PCB Layout, parts procurement, support manufacturing on processes need to manufacture the product. Then develop test plan to test the product fully.• Last two years working on Transmitter section of our Radio. • Lead team in Agile process of scrum meetings and sprint planning.• Self taught to program Arduino and RPi (B model).• Coordinated activities of multiple design centers on two products that are currently in decision making process about becoming part of the product portfolio.• Investigated Intel's total solution for wireless connectivity (processor, Bluetooth, GPS, etc)• Provided Engineering support for Prototype, Pilot and Ramp up manufacturing builds in Malaysia and Mexico. Show less • Served as Receiver lead engineer for cross-functional team tasked with designing a handheld all frequency band, multiple modulation, high specification public safety portable (hand-held) two way radio.• Schematics, layout design, test plan and testing of receiver section.• Worked closely with IC design team to implement a Front End Receiver IC – multiple frequency bands amplifiers and mixers. Filtering was done externally.• Receiver lead on project where reuse of the APX7000 design was needed to create a single frequency band portable radio. Cadence modules and reuse practices enabled a quick turnaround to get APX6000 to market quickly. • Designed Power Amplifier on UHF portable radio – SRX2200. • Lead a team in the hiring process of five entry level engineers. Then acted as a mentor to two of the engineers Show less • Owned Receiver Front End section (layout and testing) for multi-band, multi-modulation, high spec “Mackinaw” – APX7000 portable (hand-held) radio.• Co-Owned Receiver Mixer, IF (Intermediate Freq) and BE (Back End)section on same “Mackinaw”radio • Designed First “80 dB” receiver (80 dB or better InterModulation Rejection) in portable “Mackinaw” radio• Owned Receiver Front End section (layout and testing) for new high power mobile (for car) radio.• Layout RF test boards for Receiver Front End on SSE5000 radio (NYPD) Show less

  • Senior EE Product Manager at Motorola Solutions

    Mar 2019 - Feb 2022

  • Principal Staff Team Lead

    Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  • Principal Staff Engineer

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2019

  • Senior Staff RF Design Engineer

    Apr 2007 - Aug 2014

  • Senior RF Design Engineer

    Mar 2003 - Apr 2007
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  Ford Motor Company

  Feb 2022 - now

  Hardware Supervisor