ISAAC N.

KARIUKI
11800 Grant Road #3708, Cypress, Texas 77429
832.688.8633 ~ 443.850.0306
kariuki_isaac@yahoo.com

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
- An innovative and dynamic engineer with proven experience in design, de
bugging and repair of electrical systems, combined with ability to establish and
maintain effective working relationships among staff
- Highly talented professional who possesses outstanding leadership and in
terpersonal skills coupled with excellent problem solving abilities while workin
g under pressure
- Adept at increasing responsibility, analyzing and streamlining systems,
while prioritizing a broad range of responsibilities efficiently and effectively
- Results-driven individual with exceptional planning and organizational s
kills in coordinating all phases of project cycle from inception to completion

TECHNICAL SKILLS
VHDL, Xilinx ISE, ModelSim, MATLAB, Verilog, Microwind31, Electronics Workbench,
Allegro Layout Viewer, Linux, Logic Analyzer and Oscilloscope, Schematics and C
ircuit Layouts, Cadence Allegro Layout Tool, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Microsof
t Office 95/98/2000/2003, Microsoft Project

RELATED EXPERIENCE
Hewlett-Packard, Houston, TX 2007-Present
Electrical Design Engineer (Hardware)
- Design hard-drive backplanes and motherboards for 100 series servers as
well as debugging and troubleshooting industrial standard servers
- Serve as lead engineer responsible in the development and production of
two servers as well as sustaining one server in production
- Provide technical assistance to customers and field engineers
- Lead schematic reviews for the saverâ⠬⠢s motherboard as well as in the functiona
erification and environmental evaluation on prototype and existing products to g
uarantee compatibility of all products and all design specifications are met
- Develop and establish relationship with other teams within HP, outsourci
ng partners, HP partners and customers to find solutions to problems and issues
that are seen on the servers that the company produce
- Organize functional and design specifications, and determine problems fo
und during internal verification testing
- Oversee HP factory to isolate and root cause technical issues seen in th
e factory, and provide assistance in preparing functional and design specificati
ons

EDUCATION
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 2004-2007
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (GPA: 3.21/4.0)
Relevant Courses: Digital Electronics, Biomedical Engineering, Principles of Des
ign, Communications Theory, Advanced Digital Design, Electronic Circuits, Electr
ic Circuits, Introduction to Electrical Lab, Introduction to Digital Logic, Sign
als and Systems, Electronic Materials & Devices, Calculus I, II & III, Linear Al
gebra, Applied Probability & Statistics, Differential Equations, General Chemist
ry, Engineering Mechanics, University Physics, and C Programming
TESST Technology Institute, Towson, MD 1999-2001
Diploma in Analog and Digital Electronics, Computers and Telecommunications

INTERNSHIP
Undergraduate Researcher, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 2006-200
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Intern, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 2006

AFFILIATIONS
National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Member 2006-Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Member 2005-Pre
sent