Kim Schulze

About Kim Schulze

Over the years I have worked on a variety of wireless and cellular consumer devices.…

Experience

1. Director, Rf Silicon Development

   SpaceX

   Oct 2014 — Present

   Working on SpaceX\'s Satellite internet project. I manage the RF/RFIC team in Seattle. My team is determining the RF architecture of the communications system, deriving the system specifications and chip specifications through modelling in SystemVue/Matlab. We develop the RFIC\'s in-house: GaAs power amplifiers and LNA\'s, CMOS power amplifiers, beamformers and work with external partners to develop additional IC\'s that we don\'t yet have the engineering bandwidth for. We build and maintain the lab we use for testing and characterizing the IC\'s and run extensive tests on our chips. In some cases we also perform the ATE and calibration functions where the foundry is not yet capable of doing so. We work with the antenna, modem, MAC and general EE teams to perform system trade offs across disciplines and resolve cross functional problems with integration of the chips and the RF system. In addition to this I pick up odd functions where we have gaps, e.g. I install and maintain the IC CAD tools, manage our SOS revision system, writes various scripts, does local Linux maintenance on our workstations, run and fix LVS/DRC issues, some IC layout, some test and small SW pieces for test automation.

Skills

• Gsm
• Bluetooth
• Rf Engineering
• Rf
• Integration
• Device Drivers
• Embedded Systems
• Telecommunications
• Software Engineering
• Electronics
• Cellular Communications
• Testing
• Wireless
• Cdma
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Umts
• Mobile Communications
• Mobile Technology
• Mobile Devices
• Software Design
• Embedded Software
• Wifi
• System Architecture
• Lte
• Handsets
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Debugging
• Digital Signal Processors