Bryan Karlson

Background

About Bryan Karlson

Friendly, engaging and driven Electrical Engineer with 30+ years in electronic hardware design, including (most recently) 12 years in semiconductor field applications- FAE: As a customer-facing part of the sales team, identifying and driving revenue - vetting, strategy, return potential and effort involved, prioritizing, tracking, and reporting. Clear and effective communication over a range of levels and requirements: from one-on-one debug in the lab, to driving collaboration with both internal and external customers, to technology discussions in front of a large group- Relationships: Building, fostering and maintaining. Comfortable being the 'face-of-the-company' to customers - especially with design engineers. Recognizing the importance of internal relationships and collaboration within business units to achieve win-win solutions- Electronic Hardware Design: Concept to production. Working with sales and marketing to spec product performance and features, then translate into hardware design documents. Distilling further into circuit blocks and their individual componentry needs. Working with suppliers to identify the best devices for each block. Schematic capture, bill of materials, PCB layout and assembly docs. Support production with test docs, fixtures and continuation.