Jim Hall

About Jim Hall

30 years of industry experience and a diverse backgroundCurrent Skills:• Analog Design – Op amp and CFA circuitry for instrumentation, signal processing, and audio - ADC and DAC systems and circuits - RF detectors and filters • High Speed Digital Design – Board Level • Embedded Systems - Microprocessor systems design• Power Electronics design and Power Distribution for Systems, 3 phase and single phase • Low power battery based design• RF design using ICs and modules • CAD tools – Schematic Capture and PCB Layout: Altium, OrCAD, Mentor DxDesigner and Board Architect, Cadence Concept, – Signal Integrity: Hyperlynx, Cadence Allegro SI tools• Mathematical Analysis, Simulation, and Testing of Circuits and Systems: MATLAB, Simulink, MathCAD, Pspice, LTSpiceSkills I\'ve used in the past:Programmable logic - Xilinx and Altera FPGAs and CPLDs, though not in the last 4 yearsEmbedded Programming - C and assembly and FORTH (man I\'m old)

Experience

1. Hardware Engineer

   Ribbon Communications

   Jun 2025 — Present · Morrisville, NC, US

Education

• North Carolina State University

  MSEE, Electrical Engineering

  1988 — 1990

• University of Cincinnati

  BS, BA, Physics, Math

  1982 — 1986

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  Biomedical Engineering

  1986 — 1988

Skills

• Embedded Software
• Hardware Architecture
• Electronics
• Sensors
• C
• Pcb Design
• Signal Processing
• Debugging
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering
• Power Electronics
• Orcad
• Xilinx
• Firmware
• Simulations
• Systems Engineering
• Systems Design
• Test Equipment
• Signal Integrity
• Rf
• Hardware
• System Design
• Embedded Systems
• Analog
• Altium Designer
• Schematic Capture
• Microcontrollers