Dehice Chavez

About Dehice Chavez

I’m super passionate about having an inclusive and diverse environment and world. I currently work as a pcb designer for Vast a space start up dedicated to creating the next generation of space stations. I own digital designs and test boards. I’ve worked with RF, DDR, backdrill, power boards, etc. I have my CID from IPC and love what I do and am self taught xpedition and altium. I’m familiar with DFM and love what I do, all things hardware, and learning

Experience

1. Printed Circuit Board Designer

   Vast

   Mar 2025 — Present · US

   I work on power and digital boards talk with venders design to DFM and DFT guidelines mostly for class 3. I’ve visited vendors and advised our purchasing team. I’ve updated our altium templates to include DFM/DFT rules and guidelines and for signal integrity and handling hot parts. I provide feedback for stack ups and created a guideline for our staking maps and other processes. I’ve trained interns and done peer reviews for layouts

Education

• UCLA

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2015 — 2020

• Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

  Bachelor's degree, Erasmus

Skills

• Machine Shop Training
• Microsoft Office
• Youth Mentoring
• Powerpoint
• Teamwork
• Microsoft Word
• Leadership
• Youth Development
• Cleanroom Safety Training
• First Aid Training
• Bilingualism
• Ferpa