Matthew Getz has over 5 years of experience in engineering roles, including as a test engineer and contractor. He has experience designing test hardware and software, characterizing analog and digital circuits, and modifying FPGA code. He has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and skills in programming, PCB design, and using test equipment.

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MATTHEW GETZ
PROFILE
One year of industry experience as test engineer with Rochester Electronics, the world's most comprehensive
solution for mature and end-of-life semiconductors. Successful track record in releasing products (test boards
and software) to manufacturing. Capabilities in analog circuit design, PCB level design and layout and
fabrication.
WORK AND PROJECT RELATED EXPERIENCE
Rochester Electronics, Test Engineering (Employee) May 2015 – Present
 Designed and developed test solutions, hardware, and software within the ASL1000 test environment
 Fabricated test setups for various analog chips, including but not limited to Transistor arrays, Op-amps
(Single, Dual, Quad), Switches (SPST, SPDT, and DPDT, SPST), Linear Regulators, Current Drivers
 Debugged system level issues and corrected hardware and software defects when necessary
 Assisted in the creation of FMEA (Failure Mode Effects Analysis) and Eight Disciplines (8Ds) problem
solving analyses for various automotive and aerospace defence customers
 Crafted a white paper that compared and contrasted active and passive loads for debugging and proving
different test environments can be used to test the same parts
Analog Devices, Applications Technology Group (Employee) May 2014 – Aug 2014
 Characterized high-speed DAC/ADC converter evaluation platform
o Tested skew on parallel LVDS lanes at speeds reaching 1600 Mbps per lane with
o Tested skew on Xilinx GTX transceiver lanes exceeding speeds of 12.5 Gbps per
o Characterized DC-DC switching power supply to ensure maximum current capability, minimum
ripple, and proper thermal performance with a DC electronic load and a FLIR infrared camera
 Debugged and troubleshot high-speed analog and digital circuits from schematics/layout
 Solved various outstanding issues via lab testing combined with schematic analysis. Verified proposed
solutions with PCB level and software modifications before committing to schematic changes.
 Transformed a converter evaluation board to be compatible with the FMC connector and followed FMC
specifications
o Worked with a PCB Layout Engineer to bring my designs into Cadence Allegro
o Went through the design review process to get my board approved and fabricated
 Modified existing Verilog code and implemented new IP blocks for Xilinx FPGA (Series 6 and 7)
University of Massachusetts Lowell, EE (Contractor) January 2014 – May 2014
• Adapted Circuits I & II and Electronics I & II labs (2nd
and 3rd
year classes) to be used with new USB-
based, student-owned lab equipment (Analog Discovery)
Analog Devices, Applications Technology Group (Contractor) May 2013 – Aug 2013
 Debugged software issues in converter evaluation platform which included Windows host application in
Visual Studio 2010 and embedded Blackfin (Analog Devices DSP) software in VisualDSP++
 Full system design of a self-contained alarm system
o Defined a problem through state diagrams
o Created a schematic design for the solution to the problem
o Selected electronic components (active and passive), based on applicability, availability and cost

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o Developed missing library parts for PCB design package, including schematic symbols and
footprints
o Generated PCB layout which was fabricated in a PCB manufacturing house
o Assembled prototypes by hand, and verified and debugged operation
Analog Devices, Advanced Learning Program (Contractor) May 2012 – Aug 2012
 Reviewed Circuits I/II course materials and labs using “Analog Discovery” USB-based instrumentation
o Reviewed and contributed to the development of a circuits program (textbook, labs, and videos)
using various SPICE simulation tools for verification including Tina and Multisim
 Presented my work at several Indian academic conferences in the Hyderabad area over the course of 4
weeks
Analog Devices, Digital Signal Processing Division (Contractor) May 2011 – Aug 2011
• Wrote patch for Blackfin architecture in GNU sim (built into the GNU debugger, GDB), ensuring that the
simulator matched the hardware (16 and 32-bit illegal opcodes)
• Wrote and presented a report detailing opcode tables for the applications team in Power Point
EDUCATION
Universityof Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA
May 2015: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Relevant Course Work:
• Logic Design (Logic Works—Creating logic circuits to prove basic concepts)
• ECE Application Programming (C++, Visual Studio—Course work included addressing, bit manipulation,
arrays, linked lists)
• Engineering Differential Equations (MATLAB—Weekly labs that involved solving and plotting equations)
• Electromagnetic Theory I, II (MATLAB—created a moving electromagnetic wave on a boundary as a
final project)
• Signals and Systems I, II (MATLAB, R studio—Plotting of FFT’s and time-varying signals)
• Electronics I, II (Multisim—Labs to show the difference between simulation and real hardware)
• Microprocessor System Design (MPLAB, Pickit 3—Final project was to use a PIC16F877A to create
several scenarios of emulating a traffic system)
• Intro to Engineering I
o Created a “Service-Learning Integrated throughout the College of Engineering” (SLICE) project
that demonstrated Lenz’s Law, which was selected out of 250 proposals by the Village
Empowerment to help schools in Peru.
RELEVANT SKILLS
Programming: Exposure to Visual Basic, PBasic, C#, C++, R, Logo, Verilog, MATLAB
Software: Familiar with Logic Works, AutoCAD, Fritzing, PCB 123, Tina-TI exposure to NI Multisim, MATLAB,
Visual Analog, ISE, Vivado, Cadence Allegro Viewer, MPLAB
Equipment: digital multimeter, oscilloscope (experience up to 25 GSPS), power supply, function generator,
clock source (up to 6GHz), soldering through hole and surface mount parts, infrared camera, DC electronic load