Wale Akinwale

Experience

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  Analog Devices

  Jun 1999 - Sept 1999

  System Engineering Intern

  - Designed and developed software programs. - Supported the testing of GSM chipsets.

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  AppliedMicro

  Jul 2000 - Nov 2004

  Senior Hardware Engineer

  - Designed and developed high-speed FPGAs and complex test platforms / design kits for Framers, Mappers, Physical Layer Devices and Switch Fabrics. - Provided expert guidance on signal integrity and power integrity analysis tools.

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  Haemonetics

  Apr 2005 - Sept 2010

  Senior Product Development Engineer

  - Served as the technical leader of a multi-national/multi-site team that redesigned 80+ complex PCBAs for several Haemonetics devices. - Provided expert guidance for resolving several EMC/EMI and Electrical Safety issues. - Authored several documents: hazard analysis, requirement specifications, design specifications, test specifications, product labeling, drawings, test protocols, and test reports. - Designed and developed complex PCBAs/FPGAs for new and existing products.

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  Syneron Candela

  Oct 2010 - Jun 2015

  Principal Systems Engineer

  - Co-managed efforts to design and develop medical devices for aesthetic applications. - Defined and developed: product concepts, product requirements, system / sub-system requirements, system architecture, verification and validation plans, risk analysis report, traceability reports, test reports, schedules and resource plan. - Scheduled and conducted design reviews for the system architecture, and electrical, software, mechanical and optical designs.- Contributed to manufacturing process development and design transfer plans Show less

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  Flex

  Feb 2017 - May 2023

  Systems Architect Senior Staff Engineer

  - Led the effort to develop and manage new requirements for a class III medical device with cloud services. - Technical leader of different multidisciplinary teams that developed various medical devices (I, II and III).- Championed the use of MBSE (SysML) to gain early insights during product development, which resulted in significant time savings. - In-house expert in writing requirements- Completed an Accelerated Management Program from Mckinsey & Co.

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  EXB Solutions, Inc

  Sept 2023 - Dec 2023

  Principal Systems Engineer

  Collaborated with a customer (Medtronic) to develop SysML models for a class II medical device.

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  Baxter International Inc.

  Mar 2024 - now

  Risk Engineer