Andres Rivera
Senior Hardware Engineer at Geodetics, Inc. / Aevex Aerospace
Senior Hardware Engineer at Geodetics...
Electronics design engineer with over twenty years experience in product design, analysis, and test from system level requirements through detailed design including CPU, power supplies, ethernet, USB and other interfaces. Programming in LabVIEW and C language. Currently working as sole design engineer responsible for all aspects of electronic systems from design through test and interface with production planning. Previously worked as lead engineer while also directing other design engineers in product design and test. Quick learner, regularly working in project areas requiring study of new fields for project completion. Skilled in designs requiring high accuracy, light weight/small size, battery power, and EMI and other compliance issues.
Geodetics, Inc. / Aevex Aerospace
https://www.linkedin.com/company/geodetics-inc.
Geodetics  				San Diego, CA                                        2008 – present
Senior Hardware Engineer. Design high accuracy, battery powered GPS positioning systems from concept to prototype and transition to production.  Sole engineering responsibility for design, analysis, test, troubleshooting and production interface. Perform all hardware design including GPS, CPU, power supplies, RF/Bluetooth design,  digital I/O interfaces, and RS-232/RS422, ethernet, and USB interfaces. Select COTS components from ICs through subsystems. Plan and lead system testing and prepare test reports. Analyze device failures to determine root cause. Project management including system and packaging design, configuration control, and purchasing decisions.
•	Sole responsibility for electronics design in all Geodetics products for the last 7 years.
San Diego, CA
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Senior Hardware Engineer
Icon Systems/SAIC
https://www.linkedin.com/company/icon-systems
Senior Hardware Engineer. Led design of soldier wearables with displays for military training systems. Analyzed requirements and developed technical specifications. Designed an FPGA decoder chip converting incoming laser data to CPU packets for assessment. Redesigned a vehicle detection device with 10 analog/digital/RF boards to a  three board system with1/5 previous volume per customer request. Board utilized power conditioning circuitry and CPUs/FPGAs. Designed I/O interface circuitry. Designed test fixtures with Labview interface. Functioned as project engineer for smaller projects.
•	Converted wired system to wireless RF, increasing reliability and reusability while reducing cost.
•	Designed 50% of all electronics, leading to sale of company for $130 M.
San Diego, CA
Senior Hardware Engineer
IPITEK
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ipitek
Digital Design Engineer. Designed and developed digital fiber optic transmission products. Solved engineering problems and improved digital transport products. Designed FPGA products to transport video signals for cable companies. Digitized video signals, encoded, transported over fiber-optic cables, and decoded. Multiplexed five video feeds into one. Designed power and IF circuitry. Supported transition from engineering to manufacturing. Prepared product documentation and adhered to ISO 9000 policies and procedures.
Carlsbad, CA
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Digital Design Engineer
Icon Systems
https://www.linkedin.com/company/icon-systems
Digital Engineer. Responsibilities similar to those at Icon above. Designed embedded systems with various processors and programmed in C language. Implemented digital logic using Xilinx CPLDs and FPGAs. Encoded and decoded laser signal. Designed test fixtures and developed hardware and software test procedures and documentation. Conducted tests using Labview. Assisted in manufacturing setup and documentation.  Designed entire system and test fixtures except for specialized analog design.
San Diego, CA
Hardware Engineer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
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California State University-Long Beach
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Designed electronics for this product used in applications that need precise navigation data, as well as accurate time reference.
Geo-APNT
https://geodetics.com/product/geo-apnt/
Sole responsibility for electronics design of Geodetics LiDAR Mobile Mapping System.
Geo-MMS
http://geodetics.com/product/geo-mms/
Sole responsibility for electronics design of this GNP-10 replacement used for navigation and control of fighter jets.
HGGR (Hill/Geodetics GPS Receiver)
http://geodetics.com/product/hggr/
Designed electronics for this self-contained high-accuracy, real-time network-centric positioning product designed for precise tracking of dynamic platforms such as dismounted troops and vehicles.
PDSU (Positioning Dismounted Soldier Unit)
http://www.canalgeomatics.com/product_files/geodetics-pdsu-datasheet_669.pdf
Designed all electronics in this system except for the analog detection circuitry.  The WITS provides noncombat vehicles, trucks, and targets with a detection system used for real-time casualty assessment in a MILES-based training environment.
WITS (Wireless Independent Target System)
http://www.hood.army.mil/tsc/tsc%20catalog/supporting%20files/23-Weapons/23-97__A.pdf
Designed video and audio electronic circuit boards as well as a multiplexing circuit board to transmit/receive up to five video/audio streams through one optical fiber.  This project also included designing two different Xilinx FPGA's and software programming in C.
IMTRAN CQ5 Digital Transmission System
http://www.ipitek.com/iproducts/85-ipitek-homepage/products/ipitek-video-transport/108-ipitek-digital-transmission-system-cq-5
My first project after graduating.  Designed automated testing for the electronics inside this device using a National Instruments data acquisition board and LabVIEW software.  Designed some of the motor control software.  Wrote software acceptance test procedures.
MILES 2000 ASAAF (Automatic Small Arms Alignment Fixture)
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Children
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
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Assistant Basketball Coach
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Costa Rica
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Network Architect en Kyndryl
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Munster, IN
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Incoming Start Intern at PwC
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Bogota, D.C.
Andrés Rivera
Digital Creative Director / BBDO México
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Colombia
Andres Rivera
Director de RR. HH. en Cartones America S.A.
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Costa Mesa, CA
Andres Rivera
Amateur Geopolitical Analyst and Economist, Avid Sci-Fi Reader, Life Long Automobile Enthusiast