Hi, I’m
Joel Kartchner
Provo,UT
Overview
4
years of professional experience
Work History
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Masters Research Assistant
09.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Used HFSS to simulate RF thin film flex cables in a research setting.
- Designed and simulated Coupled Line and Stepped Impedance filters using Python and HFSS.
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Teaching Assistant
09.2025 - Current
Job overview
- Teaching assistant for Wireless Communication Circuits and EM Fields and Waves.
- Tutored students on topics related to Stub/Lumped Element Matching, Noise, Gain and Stability Circles.
RaytheonTucson, AZ
RF Products Summer Intern
05.2024 - 08.2024
Job overview
- Tested and troubleshot RF circuit cards, wrote test code in Python, assisted with EME/EMI testing.
- Used SystemVue and ADS to simulate RF exciters and receivers across frequency and temperature.
- Tested circuits in a lab using Network and Spectrum Analyzers and Signal Generators.
- Correlated simulated results to hardware measurements to validate circuit component changes.
- Raytheon - Tucson, AZ
RaytheonTucson, AZ
RF Products Summer Intern
05.2025 - 08.2025
Job overview
- Tested and troubleshot RF circuit cards, wrote test code in Python, assisted with EME/EMI testing.
- Used SystemVue and ADS to simulate RF exciters and receivers across frequency and temperature.
- Tested circuits in a lab using Network and Spectrum Analyzers and Signal Generators.
- Correlated simulated results to hardware measurements to validate circuit component changes.
- Raytheon - Tucson, AZ
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laser Ablation Lab
Research Assistant
05.2023 - 05.2024
Job overview
- Developed a laser ablation tool to create RF metal mesh filters and microscopic flexible cables.
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Teaching Assistant
09.2023 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Tutored students on circuit analysis concepts and assisted students in creating circuits in the lab.
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Assistant
09.2022 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Used Python to model, simulate and find S-parameters for photonic components.
Education
Brigham Young University
Masters of Electrical Engineering
04.2027
University Overview
- Anticipated Graduation: Apr 2027
- Selected Courses: Radar and Comm Systems, Math of Signal and Systems, Numerical Methods, Applied EM and Optics, Autonomous Aircraft Control.
- GPA: 3.85
Brigham Young University
BS Electrical Engineering
04.2025
University Overview
- Magna Cum Laude
- Graduated: Apr 2025
- GPA: 3.98
Skills
- Python
- C
- C
- Matlab
- Java
- System Verilog
- Portuguese
- HFSS
- ADS
- KiCad PCB
- LTSpice
- Vivado
- SystemVue
- Network Analyzer
- Signal Generator
- Spectrum Analyzer
Languages
Python
C
C++
Matlab
Java
System Verilog
Portuguese
Other
- Served a 2 year voluntary mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
- Secretary for the BYU chapter of IEEE for 2023-2024 school year. Helped to organize and run events.
- Achieved the rank of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America in 2016.
Selected Publications
J. Kartchner, B. Ferguson, D. Jensen, J. Payne, G. Nielson, S. Schultz, Fabrication of High Density Flex Cables Using Direct Write Laser Ablation, 2024 Intermountain Engineering, Technology and Computing (IETC), Logan, UT, USA, 2024, 135-140, https://doi.org/10.1109/IETC61393.2024.10564256
Selected Projects
- 2022, Designed and built a 500,000 Volt Tesla Coil and safely demonstrated it to groups of people.
- 2023-2024, Junior Team Design Project: Built a Laser Tag Game System and Laser Tag 'Grenade'. Designed transmit & receive circuits, power systems and wrote game code and drivers.
- 2024-2025, Senior Capstone Project: mmWave Radar: Developed and built 80GHz radar system for detecting small high velocity projectiles in a laboratory setting.
Timeline
Masters Research Assistant
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
09.2025 - Current
Teaching Assistant
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
09.2025 - Current
RF Products Summer Intern
Raytheon
05.2025 - 08.2025
RF Products Summer Intern
Raytheon
05.2024 - 08.2024
Teaching Assistant
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
09.2023 - 12.2023
Research Assistant
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laser Ablation Lab
05.2023 - 05.2024
Research Assistant
BYU College of Electrical and Computer Engineering
09.2022 - 05.2023
Brigham Young University
Masters of Electrical Engineering
Brigham Young University
BS Electrical Engineering