Omar Tamimi

67 Hadrian Road. Newcastle Upon Tyne. UK. Post Code NE4 9QH

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Personal Profile

I am competent, experienced and self motivated electrical & electronics engineer who has years of experience in the field of design and development. I bring a broad range of skills, ability and experience in relation to the design, research and implementation of electronics & electrical systems. I enjoy working independently and as part of a team, taking initiative and have a mindset capable of handling new challenges.

Career Objectives

Seeking an employment in research or academic field, which offer an inspiring environment and future prospects for a highly qualified engineer. I would like the opportunity to develop deep technical and management skills with solid teaching skills and valuable practical experience.

Key Skills & Attributes

  • Solid understanding of electronic and electrical principles.
  • Strong mathematical, analytical and problem solving skills.
  • Time management, planning, organizational and decision making skills.
  • Have good spoken and written communication skills.
  • Review requirements, specifications, user documentation and other project documentation to ensure quality of products.
  • Ability to lead a technical investigation and resolve problems across multiple disciplines.

Area of Expertise

  • DC motors & controllers
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  • Electromagnetic compatibility tests

  • Semiconductor Memories & BIST
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  • Microcontrollers & microprocessors

  • Writing of technical reports
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  • Power converter architectures & SMPS

  • Embedded systems design
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  • Multilayer PCB design

  • Fault injection & memory simulation
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  • Design of electrical & electronics systems

  • VHDL & FPGA firmware development
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  • Microcontroller based digital system development

Achievements and Skills Gained

  • Keen interest in programming embedded microcontrollers and I consider myself an experienced in firmware verification.
  • Defining and implementing advanced power management architectures for switched mode power supplies, buck and boost converters.
  • Competent in electronic circuits design and PCB designusing the following schematic capture software: Cadence Orcad, CADstar, Altuim designer and ISIS Protues.
  • Experienced in EMC testing, and documenting of test results. I am also experienced in design verification and bench level fault finding.
  • Hands on experience with all electronic lab instruments and EMC equipments including: mixed signal oscilloscope, signal & function generator, PC controlled spectrum analyzer, harmonic analyzer, power analyzer, ESD test equipments, data loggers and multi-meters.

Education & Training

Msc Microelectronics (90% Msc Thesis) University of Newcastle, UK Sep 2007-Sept 2008

Studied modules: Digital Electronics, Power Electronics, Optical Electronics, Semiconductor Devices, Fabrication Technology, VLSI design, Course-work and Graduation Project.

Msc Degree thesis in semiconductor memory testing entitled: Static-RAM fault injection. This project was intended for analyzing and verifying the SRAM behaviour under the presence of physical faults. The faults were injected using a fault injection module developed using VHDL. The project also involves a VHDL coding for built-in self test architecture for testing the SRAM. At the end the project has achieved it is intended objectives and was admired by my supervisor.

Bsc in Electrical Eng(First Degree) Palestine Polytechnic University Aug 1997-June 2002

Modules: Electromagnetic Fields, Data Communication, Introduction to Microprocessors, Methods of Scientific Research, Electronics i & ii, Electrical Circuits i & ii, Computer Organization & Architecture, and etc.

Final Year Project: Real-time human arm motion translation for robots

The aim of this thesis is to design and investigate the use of emerging motion capture techniques for the future robots. In this thesis the human arm motion has been utilized to control the human like manipulator of the robot in real-time dynamic task environment. This technique offers great benefits in advance teleportation and robotic control through performing certain tasks which cannot be performed by the human.

January 2009 Altium Designer Training

June 2005 First Aid Myosotis First Aid Training Services

August 2004 Fire Marshal TrainingSurrey Fire and Safety LTD

The master and bachelor degree programs provided me with the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes to make an effective contribution in the analysis, design and implementation of electrical and electronic devices and systems. It also helped me to meet new technical challenges and to contribute effectively as a team member.

Employment History

October 2008- April 2009 Hardware Design Engineer (confidential) Lancashire-UK

As a Hardware design engineer I was primarily involved with designing and developing of lighting controller units and data acquisition systems. Technology used included: 8-bit microcontrollers, switched mode power supplies, current and voltage regulators, EMC passive filters and solid state relays. My major achievement was implementing a fully automatic controller utilizing a PWM technique by using PIC microcontroller. The controller is optimized for lighting applications with unstable supply voltage.

September 2003- August 2007 Electronic Design Engineer (confidential) Surrey-UK

My key responsibilities were to design and develop the company products which includes: Fire alarms, smart chargers, power LED drivers and emergency lighting systems. The designs were carried out from the initial concept through to prototypes ready for manufacture.

My duties included the following

  • Designing and developing analogue circuits including linear and switched-mode power supplies, buck, boost converters, constant current circuits, amplifiers and op-amp circuits.
  • Designing and developing digital circuits such as, automatic self test unit which utilizes PIC microcontrollers to test and validate the functionality of fire alarms and emergency lighting systems.
  • Optimizing circuit design for full EMC compliant as per British and European standards.
  • Writing EMC test reports and documenting of test results.
  • Producing design related documentations including design calculation and simulation, schematics and drawings, bill of material, test procedures and technical specifications.
  • Designing of schematics, PCB layouts and modifying schematics to reflect design changes.
  • Responsible for providing timely technical support to all levels in a dynamic and busy service environment located in the company.

In addition to the core duties described I have also been relied upon to identify areas of the business where improvements could be made, specifically including.

  • Provided technical support at product launches and trade exhibitions to complement and enforce product sales.
  • Respond to technical letters, fax, e-mail, telephone and FAQ's offering greater scope of customer support.

My major achievement while at this company, was taking an outdated systems and upgrading them using the latest surface-mount technology and switching regulators to allow the systems to be expandable to meet the needs of the 21st century. This enhanced systems in much more flexibility which gives the company plc a competitive advantage.

January 2003-June2003 Developing and testing Engineer (confidential)UK

Programming and testing of DC low voltage electrical drives for linear actuators. My role was specifically related to the customization of blank electrical drives to meet customer requirements. For the purpose of this job I had to develop an automated data acquisition system based on 8085 microprocessors to test each drive.

Computer Skills

  • High level of computer literacy on both PC and Macintosh platforms with extensive experience of (Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point).
  • Very familiar with various Microsoft operating systems (e.g. Windows 98/2000/XP/Vista)
  • As part of my education and work Ibecame very familiar with the following software: X-Fusion, EMI, FEMLAB, Lab View, Dromey-Design, Synapti-CAD, Matlab, Auto-CAD, Embedded-C, Assembly, MPlab-IDE, Proteus VSM, IFS, Xilinx, MATLAB, Tsuprem Medici, Simulink, Concept-Draw and 3D studio Max.

Personal Details

  • Full and clean driving license.
  • Marital State: single.
  • Interests and activities include: team sports participation, including basketball, football. Environmental issues, photography, swimming.I also enjoy reading and dining out with friends and family.

Referees

Dr Nick Coleman (Msc Program Tutor)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7860

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School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

Dr Gordon Russell (Project Supervisor)

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Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 7324

School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU, United Kingdom.

Mr Mark Jordan (Former Line Manager)

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Design & Development Department

United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)1229 492726

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