1. RONEN SARIG
1919 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
RobotRonen@gmail.com
Cell: (510) 418 - 8953
WHY HIRE RONEN SARIG?
Hardcore EE with skills in a wide variety of engineering disciplines! Not many EEs can design a 10-
layer, mixed signal, high voltage/power PCB. Even fewer EEs can design and TIG-weld a bike frame,
or create a fully parameterized 100+ part assembly in SolidWorks. A diverse skillset, coupled with
excellent communication skills and intense creative zeal makes me a powerful and profitable asset to
any product design team.
SKILLED WITH POWERFUL TOOLS
Electrical: Altium schematic and PCB layout, SPICE, digital scopes, analyzers, sources, loads, data
acquisition. Expert at SMT soldering.
Mechanical: SolidWorks, well versed with shop tools - manual and CNC mills/lathes, MIG/TIG
welding, plasma cutter, 3D printer, laser cutter.
Coding: C, Assembly, Java, Python, Verilog.
STRONG WORK EXPERIENCE
Electrical Engineer, Mission Motors Sept 2013 – Present
 Lead EE responsible for all electrical hardware on large harsh-environment hybrid-electric
vehicle.
 Designed mixed-signal PCB that rendered multiple downstream electronic systems impervious
to brutal transients. Circuit protected from over/under/reverse voltage, ESD, and myriad harsh
automotive-environment transients up to 200V/100J. I employed automotive transient analysis
equipment validate design.
 Redesigned PCB containing a high-voltage DC-DC module to increase design power output
from 400W to 1kW, while lowering costs of peripheral circuits by 15%.
Electrical Engineer, Ekso Bionics July 2011 – Aug 2013
 Lead EE responsible for all electrical hardware on harsh-environment military robotic
exoskeleton. Designed mixed-signal PCB for sensing, control, and driving hydraulic servo
valves.
 Redesigned 60V (13S) Lithium Ion battery management system: Reduced PCB from four layers
to two. Increased SI and improved EMC. Passed FCC, CE, UL equivalent, and FDA.
 During off-hours, designed hardware and software for 8-node steerable haptic feedback device
for balance training. Project was later incorporated into a grant-funded project for further
development.
Electrical Engineering Intern, Power Standards Laboratory May 2011- July 2011
 Wrote impulse-detecting firmware for a power quality monitor.
 Wrote highly optimized assembly code that increased bandwidth of peak-detection by 10x over
compiled code.

2. Electrical Engineer, Miga Motor Company May 2009 – Apr 2011
 Designed an actuator in SolidWorks using Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires to rotate a shaft
in high-torque / low noise applications in naval ships.
 Researched methods of increasing cycle rate of SMA by using paraffin-like phase change
material that conducted heat away from the metal once it reached a threshold temperature
(allowing it to cool rapidly, thereby increasing cycle frequency), but allowed the alloy to heat
(and therefore actuate) below that threshold.
 Redesigned superlight miniature SMA actuators, reducing weight by 20% while increasing
reliability.
 Designed automated lifecycle testing platform for SMA actuators.
Research Assistant, Biomimetic Millisystems Laboratory, UC Berkeley May 2010 – Dec 2010
 Assisted in design of microstructure chassis for SMA-actuated tetrapod milli-robot.
 Designed performance testing and lifecycle testing platform for said robot.
RELEVANT PERSONAL PROJECTS
Light Suit: Designed, built, and programmed a 26 node networked RGB light suit. Light patterns
would change in color / intensity in response to data from a 3-axis accelerometer at each node. Each
node communicates with master node, so light behavior is a weighted response to node’s motion and
overall motion of suit. I designed the schematic, laid out the PCB, designed and 3D-printed the
housing, designed the light diffuser, built a cable harness, and wrote all software. It was a complete
end-to-end design and it draws plenty of attention when worn at events and parties!
Loop-de-Loop: Designed in SolidWorks, then constructed a 12' diameter loop-de-loop for bicycles.
Welded modules bolt together to create a platform that supports a helical wooden ramp. The 14' x 14' x
14' structure folds down to fit on a small trailer for shows and festivals.
Omni-bot: Designed, built and programmed a three-wheeled omni-directional robot that responded to
wireless joystick control. The robot had a radial wheelbase that allowed it to move in any direction, as
well as turn. By using vector addition, the robot could respond to any combination of linear and
rotational drive vectors that the user commanded.
Automated Holiday Lights: Designed, built, and programmed a controller to drive 30 individual AC
holiday light strands. A microcontroller sampled and analyzed the audio signal from a stereo system,
calculated the time signature of the song, and cycled through a state machine to generate patterns
transitioning on and between bass hits.
A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, December 2010
HIGH INTEGRITY REFERENCES
Alan Cooney, Senior Electrical Engineer, Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA
(Director of Electrical Engineering and immediate supervisor while at Ekso Bionics.)
Nancy Sun, Senior Electrical Engineer, Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA
(V.P. of Electrical Engineering and immediate supervisor while at Mission Motors.)
Sam Waldbaum, Senior Electrical Engineer, Google, San Francisco, CA
(Senior Electrical Engineer and acting manager while at Ekso Bionics.)