Beth Beninato

About Beth Beninato

Results-oriented engineer and manager with 15+ years experience in hardware development- Successful history of quickly adapting to new projects and features and driving them to completion- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences- Ability to work closely with team members from multiple disciplines to complete required processesCloverDirector Hardware System Engineering, Senior Staff Hardware Engineer, Senior Hardware Engineer- Hardware implementation for point of sale devices- Manage global electrical engineering team- Work closely with JDM partner in AsiaDrive.aiSenior Electrical Engineer- Hardware implementation for autonomous vehicles including schematic capture, layout, bring up, component selection and interface, cabling and system integrationElectronics For Imaging (EFI)Senior Engineering Manager, Hardware Project Manager, Project Lead, Senior Hardware Engineer- Worked on Fiery print server products, as one of the first members of the hardware design group- Oversaw and implemented all aspects of board design during the production of multiple Fiery products: schematic capture and board simulation, FPGA design and simulation, debugging of individual boards and FPGAs, collaborating with PCB layout team, assisting QA team on system debug, system integration with firmware/software team, and manufacturing support on production issues- Managed a team of hardware engineers including writing performance reviews, mentoring, and recruiting- Collaborated with software, manufacturing, documentation, marketing, and quality assurance team members on schedule tracking, engineering change orders, and product life cycle issues.Loral Western Development Laboratories (formerly Ford Aerospace WDL)R&D Engineer- Managed two subsystems of a portable image processing and communications system based on the Macinstosh IIcx- Designed and entered schematics; designed, simulated and debugged FPGAs; debugged inter-card communications; and aided in hardware/software integration.

Experience

1. Director Hardware System Engineering

   Clover

   Aug 2023 — Present · Sunnyvale, CA, US

   Manage global EE team including engineers and lab manager.

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering

Skills

• Hardware
• Verilog
• Synopsys Tools
• Cadence
• Engineering Management
• Fpga
• Altera
• Xilinx
• Hardware Architecture
• Simulations
• Schematic Capture
• Integration
• Board Bring-Up
• Hardware Bring-Up
• Mentoring New Hires
• Project Management
• Debugging
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Product Life Cycle
• Leadership
• Management
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Program Management
• Strategy