Kent P.Eng

Kent P.Eng is an accomplished professional with over 20 years of experience in electrical development within consumer electronics and communication industries.

He has a proven track record of successfully overseeing the development of multi-hundred-million iPads and smartphones that have been shipped to end customers.

Kent's expertise lies in system hardware design, which includes concept creation, requirement analysis, architecture design, schematics, PCB layout, BOM management, testing, firmware development, and manufacturing support.

He excels in product integration, collaborating with various teams such as mechanical, thermal, acoustics, touch, display, power, RF, WLAN, Bluetooth, DFM, and DFx teams to ensure seamless integration.

Kent is well-versed in a wide range of technologies including SoC, ARM architecture, USB, SPI, I2C, UART, I2S, Can bus, power circuits, analog components, sensors, audio systems, Bluetooth, WiFi, as well as RF, LTE, and 5G technologies.

His skill set includes proficiency in tools such as Cadence Concept & Allegro, signal and power simulation software, programming languages like C/C++, Python, batch scripts, and assembly languages.

Furthermore, Kent has experience in leading and supervising junior engineers, cross-functional teams, and vendors, showcasing his strong leadership and management capabilities.

Kent pursued his B.Sc studies at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and has held key positions at renowned companies such as Apple Inc., Research In Motion, Vitalsines Inc., and Huawei Technologies.

His roles have ranged from Senior/Led Hardware Engineer to Hardware System Engineer and Electronics Engineer, demonstrating his versatility and expertise across different organizations.