Kavitha Ferreira

• Managed RF design and validation for Humane Ai Pin's Wi-Fi/BT.
• Led design and debugging efforts to mitigate desense/coex in HW as well as SW by creating robust test plans and collaborated with cross functional teams to achieve optimal performance with the product confines.
• Directed PCB layout, grounding, and schematic reviews, ensuring we pass all desense and compliance limits with Wi-Fi/BT/LTE/GPS standards
• Innovated wireless user-level testing to inform the product|marketing team of any user-level issue and make improvements
• Led field testing for cellular and GPS technologies to evaluate the user impact.

• Led a versatile team of 9 engineers, spanning diverse expertise levels in VR and Portal hardware, fostering a collaborative and growth-centric culture.
• Exercised good judgment and decision-making in escalating concerns and resolving issues.
• Mentored team members, facilitating their professional evolution within RF engineering.
• Delivered successful end-to-end deliveries of flagship products like Quest 2, Quest Pro, Portal Go, and Portal Plus.
• Pioneered the integration of Wi-Fi 6 | Wi-Fi 6E | Wi-Fi 7 and UWB technologies, staying ahead in the competitive market landscape.
• Forged and maintained strategic partnerships with crucial RF industry suppliers, ensuring access to cutting-edge technology for innovative hardware development.
• Collaborated with operations and procurement, streamlining RF component sourcing for high-quality, cost-effective solutions and minimizing development risks.
• Worked on cost-efficient strategies optimizing RF hardware development, driving down manufacturing expenses.

Hu.ma.ne

• Led RF design, integration, validation, and certification initiatives for multiple Nest products like thermostat, smoke detectors and security products.
• This encompassed intricate RF front-end design work spanning Wi-Fi/BT/Zigbee and LTE/3G/2G technologies
• Led the meticulous selection and characterization of RF chipsets and components, aligning them precisely with design objectives
• Conducted rigorous schematic and layout reviews to ensure seamless RF design implementation
• Resolved complex system desense, radio co-existence, and EMC challenges by devising innovative solutions harmonizing the intricate tradeoffs among PD, ID, EE, and software teams
• Successfully steered Nest products from the prototype phase to mass production within stringent timelines
• Collaborated extensively with contract manufacturers (CM) in Asia, ensuring the smooth delivery of RF hardware solutions.

• Developed and implemented new testing methodologies to identify and resolve multi-radio co-existence issues
• This included debugging efforts for Cell-to-WiFi, Cell-to-GPS, and CA-LTE co-existence issues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze system performance and optimize multi-radio co-existence
• Managed process of bringing up and supporting test stations for same in large volumes and ultra fast paced production lines at CM
• Formulated a complete test suite to identify and solve any coexistence issues found between multiple radios - LTE CA/3G/2G/Wi-Fi/GPS both in-house and in-factory

• Researched, developed, and validated communication system models for a co-existence interference prediction simulation toolkit called EMIT (Electromagnetic Interference Toolkit)
• This tool was developed to predict the EMI phenomenon and suggest plausible mitigation solutions in complex RF environments
• Currently part of HFFS design tool.