Cosmin Tacea

EMC Design Engineer HMI & E-Mob @ Preh Romania

About

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life" said Confucius and I'm so lucky to have done so choosing the field of Embedded Systems. Through hobby projects and my career in R&D in the automotive industry I've gained and developed System, Hardware, PCB and EMC Design and Debugging skills, Embedded C Software as well as Project Management skills and also improved my social skills. I love challenges and especially the feeling of playing a part within a team on the journey towards reaching our goals. I would say I'm an open, creative, ambitious, serious goal-driven person yet also fun, friendly and selfless since I would rather share an incredible achievement rather than authoring 'just' an impressive one. I'm also so grateful I'm able to give back to up-and-coming engineers (either juniors or current students) through my employer since I've been in their shoes and I would rather put my experience in head-banging to good use so others won't have to do it as much.

Country

Romania

City

Brasov Metropolitan Area

Industry

Automotive

Skill

Electrical Engineering, EMC Compliance, Leadership, Project Management, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Embedded Software, LTSpice, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Electronic Components, Embedded C, Worst Case Analysis, Altium Designer, Microcontrollers, Controller Area Network (CAN), LIN, Schematic, Circuit Design

Experience

EMC Design Engineer HMI & E-Mob

Preh Romania

2020-7 - Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

Brasov Metropolitan Area

EMC responsibilities: - Key role in the EMC/ESD Competence Growth in both HMI and E-Mob in Preh Group - Preventing EMC/ESD issues via design-for-EMC reviews up to system-level (EMC Risks analysis, ESD concept, filter topology, connector and signal optimization, key components placement on PCBs etc.) - Actively participating in and leading EMC/ESD optimization activities in Preh Romania sites

Hardware Architect / Senior Hardware Engineer

Preh Romania

2020-7 - 2021-9 · 1 yr 3 mos

Romania

First project was an HMI CenterStack with Functional Safety requirements, touch technology, LEDs, DC/DC converter, mechanical HMI elements etc. the main controller being 144-pin which led to a very challenging dense PCB design (fortunately :D ). - Analyze hardware-relevant customer requirements and cooperate on the system specification. - Define the Hardware Architectural Design in collaboration with the System Design and close coordination with the other disciplines considering risks like thermal, emc, illumination targets, integration etc. - Interface with suppliers on finding and correctly implementing the technical solutions in the design - Create/update Hardware <-> Software/Mechanical interface documentation - Advise/support the hardware developer with respect to the circuits' design.

EMC and Senior Hardware Engineer

Preh Romania

2018-5 - 2020-7 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Brasov County, Romania

EMC responsibilities in addition: - Leading the EMC/ESD Competence Growth Effort in Preh Group - Preventing EMC/ESD issues via design-for-EMC reviews up to system-level (ESD concept, filter topology, connector and signal optimization, main components placement etc.) - Actively participating in and leading EMC/ESD optimization activities in Preh Romania sites

Hardware Development Engineer

Preh Romania

2015-8 - 2018-5 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Develop and contribute to Automotive HMI projects with/by: - Schematic Design including SPICE simulations, WCCA calculations (LTSpice, Excel etc.), discussion with Component Suppliers, - Collaborating with Software, PCB Design, Mechanical Department for fulfilling thermal, EMC, ESD, functional, diagnosis-related requirements among others. - Also involved in student-related activities (contributing as well as creating student-targeted workshops as well as to the yearly summer hardware internship)