Narinder Kumar

About Narinder Kumar

Highly skilled IPC Advanced Certified Interconnect Designer (CID+) with over 30 years of experience. Complement with a strong working knowledge of IPC Standards used in PCB Design/Manufacturing/Assembly. Designed complex digital, analog High Speed and RF multi-layer PCB layout. Expert in Altium. Varied experience in Automotive, Telecom, Computer, PCB manufacturing, Power Systems, and Video Security industries. Designed PCB in concurrent engineering method to enable manufacturing quality at six sigma levels. PCB design experience with SoC, DDR2/3, I2C/SPI, the flash interface on boards.Design PCB layout with High Speed, HDI, Fine line, and High pin count, fine pitch BGA (0.5mm).Experience with high-speed digital interconnects including impedance control, differential signaling, signal/power integrity and LVDS pair

Experience

1. Staff Engineer (Pcb)

   Planet

   Oct 2015 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Planet has designed, manufactured, launched, and operates the World\'s largest constellation of earth imaging satellites, bringing a unique and critical data set to the masses.• Responsible for PCB layout and all aspects of a PCB design, including design reviews and release documentation.• Ensure PCB layouts meet all relevant industry standards and internal requirements.• Coordinate with outside PCB contractors and fabricators to ensure quality designs.• Create and maintain schematic symbols, PCB footprints, 3D model and database library.• Developing a PCB design and release process.• Automated Altium Library Maintenance with PLM System to sync component parameters & life cycle state• Evaluated and implemented solution for ECAD Release into PLM System (Aras) for automatic component Validation and BOM push eliminating manual errors.• Did market analysis for different PCB Exchange solutions and implemented for MCAD-ECAD Design collaboration.