Mutaz Y. Melhem

Highly fortunate engineer with a diverse background in various industries and education from prestigious US schools. Specializing in wireless communication networks and semiconductor fabrication, I have gained valuable expertise in these areas. My well-rounded knowledge extends to electromagnetic waves and security systems. Additionally, I have honed my skills in optical communication systems, IoT, and automation through coursework and teaching senior design classes during my PhD tenure.

• Intel, Hillsboro, OR, Module development Engineer (Stress test and Reliability), 01/22, Present, Own the process of 9 Low cost Burn In (LCBI) tools, Sustain LCBI tools, fixing BIB/Socket related problems, Review Stress test results and identify problems like current leakage, extra temperature and overvoltage, Sustain ESD requirement new LCBI tools, Manage, track and analyze HTOL related data for CPU and SRAM's certifications, Generate Python/SQL scripts to automate the operation of Burn In test process, Fix ATE test program related problems, Implement Quality and reliability recommendations on stress test, Manage Low cost Burn In (LCBI) tools operation and maintenance by working with 3rd party engineers to do tool PM, Generate BKMs (best known methods) to operate and maintain the LCBI tools, Run DOEs on the tools to enhance the burn in process for example: to optimize refrigerant flow, Thermal array operations and best configurations to reduce module related failures., Use JMP to highlight problems in the module and make the necessarily recommendations and actions, Manage the streaming the stress test data to shared database across the Fab., Meet with Quality and reliability teams, class test teams and Product engineers to manage the process, Fix tool leakage issues, system aborts and scanning issues., Resolve problems in token files over the flow, Work with teams in other US states, Europe, Asia and Latin America to manage the tools, process transfer and develop the process, Install new firmware to different hardware components of the LCBI tool, Installed a complete LCBI tool on the lab, Run weekly Areas of Service meeting for the Burn In process, Mentor Product engineers, Night Shift Engineers and other QRE teams on LCBI tool operation, Attended many classes in device, process, statistics, customer service, communication, data analysis, Test program development, Received 6+ department and organization level awards
• Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, PMIC Test Engineer, 10/21, 12/21, Worked for a short period on running bench tests on power management ICs
• Mobility Integration Services (a Contractor AT&T), Plano, TX, Radio Integration Engineer, 06/21, 09/21, Integrate the 5G radio Sites to AT&T network.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Graduate Researcher, 03/17, Present, Currently developing the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noise secure key exchange, a competitor to the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), a noise/circuit-based hardware security scheme that can work on computer chips and wireless networks. The scheme exploits the thermal noise in particularly designed circuit to generate secure key., Accomplishments: Simulated in Matlab novel attacks against the chip based KLJN secure communication protocol, exploiting the existence of parasitic AC and DC ground loops in the KLJN circuit or the effect of radio interference., Simulated the attacks successes on the KLJN noise based secure exchange protocol on Matlab at low and high temperatures., Published 5 journal articles.
• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Teaching Assistant - Electrical Engineering Senior Design Projects, 01/18, Present, Managed and supervised several undergraduate projects, and below are some relevant projects:, Developed drones to map the radiation patterns of radio sites., Designed non terrestrial network composed of drones to detect aerial objects and communicate with land-based communication subsystems., Novel energy harvesting radio transceiver., Developed several standalone systems for integration of the internet including wildfire detection systems and wild animals' detection by terrestrial vehicles.
• Institute of Solid-State Electronics, TAMU, Radio photonics Student, 01/16, 02/17, Researched the strength of Hermite-gaussian basis functions for modelling optical filters.
• IMEC LAB, Ghent, Belgium, Optical Research Engineer, 12/12, 12/14, Built a computer software to co-simulate electrical and optical circuits, by integrating PSpice and Caphe (Photonic Circuit Simulator).
• Aircom International Inc, Abu Dhabi, UAE, Radio Access Network (RAN) Consultant, 01/13, 08/15, Optimized the performance of LTE the Radio Access Network by monitoring the system's main KPIs., Conducted Radio Access Link budget analysis to design indoor LTE solutions., Collaborated with other team members for handover planning between 3G and LTE Cells., Calibrated the Radio Propagation wave Models in Asset solution to simulate the radio coverage of 2G/3G/LTE sites.
• Ericsson Inc, Khartoum, Sudan, Radio Access Network (RAN) Consultant, 01/12, 09/12, Conducted Automatic Frequency planes that are based on the analysis of radio wave propagation and antennas database, the project was collaborated with professionals in Sudan, Spain, India, and Jordan., Enhanced the performance of 2G ZTE network by troubleshooting the radio problems and worked with other teams on modifications.
• FWX Inc., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Radio Access Network (RAN) Consultant, 05/11, 10/11, Led the operation of the radio access system distributed in Amman, Abha, and Riyadh., Contributed to the creation of wireless access operation and research strategy.
• Orange , Amman, Jordan, Radio Measurement Team Lead, 06/09, 05/11, Built the measurement systems for Orange Jordan network to monitor the performance of the radio access network., Studied the radio wave interference from neighbor counties on the radio coverage of Jordan network., Collaborated with several technical, sales and marketing teams in Jordan, France, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Morocco to benchmark the performance of the radio network with other wireless networks in Jordan., Led a team composed from 6 technical professionals with a mission to monitor and measure the performance of Orange's Jordan radio access network.
• Motorola LLC, Amman, Jordan, Radio Access Network (RAN) Consultant, 01/08, 05/09, Generated technical reports about the performance of the radio access network., Worked as part of Motorola's and Zain teams to implement and run the automatic frequency plan for Zain's Jordan Network.
• The Electro Science Laboratory, Columbus, OH, RF and Electromagnetic Research Engineer, 01/05, 09/07, Designed novel radio GPS antenna with low high front to back ration by applying resistive cards to absorb surface waves from propagating the ground metal. Conducted in HFSS and tested and verified in the anechoic chamber., Managed the integration of frequency selective surfaces technology to patch antennas operating in the L band, by replacing the ground plane with and FSS so the antenna's operation which was limited by the frequency band of the FSS., Developed higher order basis functions and built C/C++ numerical based finite element code to integrate them in FEM/MOM EM solvers for next generation of HFSS software., Conducted weekly presentations for the progress of the research.

• Earned three Organization level awards in Intel.
• Earned the third place in HACK3D a cyber-security competition a part of Cybersecurity Awareness Worldwide (CSAW'19) event, held on November 7-9, 2019 in Brooklyn, New York.
• Graduate Merit Scholarship by Texas A&M University, 2015-2016.
• Graduate Associateship by the Ohio State University, 2005.
• Full Scholarship for four years' Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, for distinction in high School by the Jordanian Social security department, 2000.

• A Static-loop-current Attack against the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson Noise (KLJN) Secure Key Exchange System, Melhem, M. Y., & Kish, L. B., Applied Sciences, 9, 4, 666, 2019
• The problem of information leak due to parasitic loop currents and voltages in the KLJN secure key exchange scheme, Melhem, Mutaz Y., and Laszlo B. Kish, Metrology and Measurement Systems, 26, 1, 2019
• Generalized Loop Current attack against the Kirchhoff Law-Johnson Noise (KLJN) Secure Key Exchange System, Melhem, Mutaz Y., and Laszlo B. Kish, Metrology and Measurement Systems, 26, 4, 2020
• Man in the middle and current injection attacks against the KLJN key exchanger compromised by DC sources, Melhem, Mutaz, and Laszlo Kish, Fluctuation and Noise Letters
• AC Loop Current Attacks Against the KLJN Secure Key Exchange Scheme, Melhem, M., Chemon, C., Ferdous, Sh., and Kish. L., Fluctuation and Noise Letters