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Rafmag Cabrera

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Hello! I am Rafmag Cabrera. I'm an R&D electronics engineer who specializes in the design of radiation hardened integrated circuits.

I currently work at Sandia National Laboratory, Microsystems Engineering, Science and Applications (MESA) in the III-V Microelectronics Department.

Basic Information
Email:
mail@rafmagcabrera.com
Location:
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A
Language:
English, Spanish
Professional Skills
Software Programming
C# .Net
70%
C
75%
C++
85%
Assembly x86/x64
95%
MySQL
70%
LabView
85%
Linux Fundamentals/Scripting Skills
70%
Source Code Management (SCM Tools)
85%
Circuit Simulation, Mask layout, PCB Design
Altium Designer
75%
LTSpice
85%
Tanner EDA
95%
CALIBRE Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/PEX)
95%
K-Layout
85%
Xyce, H-Spice, Cadence Capture/PSpice
95%
Engineering
Embedded Systems (PIC32, Xilinx FPGAs)
85%
MEMS (design, fabrication, and testing)
75%
Analog and digital IC circuit design
95%
Analog and digital control system design
95%
System Modeling and Simulation
Mathematica
80%
Matlab
95%
COMSOL Multiphysics (FEM)
85%
Solid Works
75%
JMP (Statistical Analysis)
90%
Clean Room-Microfabrication
Si CMOS
70%
GaAs HBT Integrated Circuits
95%
Work Experience

February, 2017 - Present

Sandia National Laboratories
HBT PRT Design Agency Lead

Responsible for the design of new ICs; Translating system requirements to circuit level requirements, schematic level design, and layout; Serve as the interface to our customers; Mentoring junior design and test engineers.

January, 2015 - January, 2017

MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Postdoctoral Researcher

Chemical, Microsystem, and Nanoscale Technologies Group, Advanced Technology Division

Projects:

  A flexible and implantable abiotic glucose based fuel cell

  Microelectronic Interfacing to Neural Devices

May, 2013 - August, 2013

AFRL Wright Patterson Air force Base
Summer Faculty Fellowship Program

Project: Re-configurable antenna array system and a thermal energy harvester through phase change materials

  • Developed fabrication techniques which incorporates the use of a smart material (VO2) with standard MEMS fabrication processes.
  • Design, developed, and tested VO2-based MEMS devices.

May, 2008 - August, 2008

Cornell Center for Material Research
NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Project: Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Temperature Control System

  • Designed, developed, and tested a temperature control system for use in a UHV chamber.
  • Researched and tested the temperature dependence of the quality factor (Q) of VO2 coated micro-cantilever resonators.

May, 2007 - August, 2007

Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (University of Colorado Boulder)
NSF Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Project: Measurement system for the GVD of femtosecond optics

  • Designed, developed, and tested an automated system that used white light interferometry to measure the Group Velocity Dispersion (GVD) of femtosecond dielectric mirrors.
Education

2014

Ph.D. Degree
Doctorate in Electrical Engineering

Michigan State University

Thesis: “A Comprehensive Study in the Applicability of the Solid-Solid Structural Phase Transition of Vanadium Dioxide to Micro-Electro-Mechanical Devices”

Award: Outstanding Graduate Student 2014

2011

M.Sc. Degree
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Puerto Rico

Thesis: “VO2 based Micro-Mechanical Memory”

2009

B.S. Degree
Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

University of Puerto Rico

Specialized in Control Systems.