Steve Pollmann

About Steve Pollmann

Over 37 years designing and developing Wireless communication and signal processing products for both military and commercial systems. My Expertise focuses on, RF systems, Custom ASIC development, Spacecraft Telemetry, Satellite communications, Satellite Payload architecture, Link Budget analysis, Digital filtering, Forward error correction, Video Compression and decompression, pipelined ADC design, the MAC layer, Physical Layer and Modem design. Worked on radio systems from UHF band to KaBand. Have a large number of years of experience designing high order modulation formats including PSK, OFDM, and QAM. Have implemented mostly Physical baseband Processing for High Speed wireless communication systems using FPGAs and ASICs. Well experienced in Verilog, and C programming languages. 6 Issued Patents. Trained in EVM Process, familiar with CMMI development process, Hold Top Secret Security Clearance.

Experience

1. Director of Hardware Development Project Kuiper

   Amazon

   May 2019 — Present · Bellevue, US

   Working on a variety of tasks to put the next generation of LEO Satellites into operation

Education

• San Diego State University

  MSEE, Electrical and Computer Engineering

  1982 — 1990

Skills

• Spacecraft
• Rf Design
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Wireless
• Digital Communication
• Satellite Communications
• Rtl Design
• Processors
• Mpeg
• Wimax
• Phy
• Fpga
• Asic
• Program Management
• Antennas
• Communication Systems
• Xilinx
• Simulations
• Modems
• Systems Engineering
• Rf Engineering
• Systems Design
• Digital Filters
• Ip
• Satellite
• Spectrum Analyzer
• Link Analysis
• Verilog
• Electronics
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Rf
• Radio Frequency (Rf)
• System Design
• Engineering Management
• Modelsim
• Rf Circuits
• Uwb
• Altera
• Signal Processing
• Digital Signal Processors