Samantha Muhhuku

About Samantha Muhhuku

Experienced Electrical Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the consumer electronics industry as well as the Biomedical industry. Skilled in:1. Hardware testing including stress testing, system testing and verification, functional testing and power validation.2. Voltage Regulator (VR) testing including: Timing, Line-Load Regulation, Noise, Ripple, Efficiency, OCP, OVLO and Transient Load Testing3. Point-of-Load (POL) testing in both no load and maximum load conditions2. Battery Testing and Verification.3. Schematic and PCB design with Altium/EAGLECAD. Programming and automation experience in LabVIEW, Matlab, Python, C++, GreenPAK designer, PLC Ladder Logic, BQ Studio and Maccor Battery Tester. Use of Lab equipment like; Maccor battery pack and cell test equipment, Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, Battery Simulators, Function generators, Electrical loads, Signal Analyzers, Temperature Chambers, and RF chambers.Strong engineering professional with a Bachelor\'s degree focused in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology and an Associate Degree in Biomedical Engineering Technology from Pennsylvania State University.

Experience

1. Hardware Engineer (Microsoft)

   Capgemini Engineering

   Apr 2022 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   Individual contributor to an electrical engineering team doing thermal testing and validation of consumer electronic deviceso Developed and executed test plans and procedures for thermal validation on the system and component levels. Run various test scenarios under different workloads and ambient temperature conditions to monitor DUT behavior and to measure Component and Skin temperatures Validated different thermal safety settings including high and low temperature shutdowno Identifying hotspots using FLIR IR camera under different workload conditionso Wrote Batch Scripts to automate testingo Worked closely with hardware and software teams to resolve bugs related to thermal subsystemo Performed thermocouple repair, soldering and rework to facilitate testing and to fix identified hardware issues

Education

• Penn State University

  Associate's degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

  2012 — 2014

• Radiology Service Training Institute

  Radiology Training Level I

  2014 — 2014

• Penn State University

  Bachelors, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

  2014 — 2017