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Mahdi Jamali

San Jose,CA

Summary

Dynamic individual with hands-on experience in product development [SW/HW] from POC to mass production. Brings strong problem-solving skills and proactive approach to new tasks. Known for adaptability, creativity, and results-oriented mindset. Experienced in handling numerous projects at once. Effective at prioritizing tasks and meeting deadlines.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, Special Project

Apple Inc.
03.2023 - Current
  • Manage team, working with multiple vendors, hire engineers and contractors on special project developments.
  • Design, build and deployment of a novel high voltage/high frequency precision measurement system enabling wall noise measurement launched to field across the world and resulted in a wall noise database widely used in Apple for product architecture.
  • Design, build and deployment of wall noise playback system adapted by multiple Apple teams including Charger, EMC, Audio, Adapter, and Touch teams for product validation.

Manager, Apple Watch Hardware

Apple Inc.
04.2018 - Current
  • Manage DV team [Over 7 engineers, 4 technicians] since the Apple Watch Series 7 (first OCT Technology), from incubation to mass production.
  • Actively involve in the product planning, resource allocation, design and validation plan for upcoming products, headcount justification, interview and hiring of new engineers, and performance review.
  • Developed several novel validation coverages that have been extended to all Apple products including iPhone and iPad.
  • Influenced Apple Watch marketing strategy via touch sensor feature enhancements.

Senior Product Development Engineer

Micron Technology
02.2016 - 03.2018
  • Designed novel non-volatile DRAM memory technologies (analog sensing amplifier) and lead the design validation
  • Proposed an improved self-reference sensing scheme for 3D based memory (US Patents 10692547 & 10878874) incorporated in Micron next-gen NVRAM memory
  • Developed statistical analysis and failure prediction using ML and Monte-Carlo simulations to enhance device failure rate

Senior Research Associate

CSPIN Center, University of Minnesota
08.2012 - 01.2016
  • Published 6 patents and over 30 papers in peer review journals including 4 Nature papers
  • Lead of the spintronic team on several projects including Cspin and NSF-NEB
  • Designed and developed magnetic based materials and devices concepts for boolean and non-boolean computational applications

Education

PhD - Electrical Engineering

National University of Singapore

M.Sc. - Electrical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology

B.Sc. Dual degrees - Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology

Skills

  • Applied Artificial Intelligence
  • Applied Machine Learning
  • Technical Leadership
  • People Managements
  • Product Development
  • Hardware Design
  • Analog and Digital Design
  • Embedded System
  • System Integration
  • System Validation
  • Product Roadmap
  • Touch Technology
  • Memory and Storage Technologies
  • Lithography & Fabrication
  • Data Analytics
  • Technology Development

Patents

  • Techniques and devices for canceling memory cell variations, US Patent 10878874, 2019
  • Self-referencing sensing schemes with coupling capacitance, US Patent 10692547, 2020
  • Two-terminal spintronic devices, US Patent 10529775, 2019
  • Spin orbit torque generating materials, US Patent 10878985, 2017
  • Fast magneto-electric device based on current-driven domain wall propagation, US Patent 10217522, 2017
  • Spin hall effect magnetic structures, US Patent 10302711, 2018
  • Spin current generation with nano-oscillator, US Patent 9660582, 2017
  • Spin-based logic device, US Patent 9240799, 2014

Timeline

Manager, Special Project

Apple Inc.
03.2023 - Current

Manager, Apple Watch Hardware

Apple Inc.
04.2018 - Current

Senior Product Development Engineer

Micron Technology
02.2016 - 03.2018

Senior Research Associate

CSPIN Center, University of Minnesota
08.2012 - 01.2016

M.Sc. - Electrical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology

B.Sc. Dual degrees - Electrical & Mechanical Engineering

Sharif University of Technology

PhD - Electrical Engineering

National University of Singapore
Mahdi Jamali