# Ali Memar > Senior System Design Engineer Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alimemar As an experienced engineer, I am passionate about solving problems and designing world-class products. As a technical voice for the project, I interpret issues within the team and cross-functional teams, which helps teams understand system constraints, and priorities. As a technical representative, I discuss topics and issues with the management and highlight associated with the product. ## Work Experience ### Sr. System Design-Validation Lead @ NVIDIA Jan 2022 – Present ### Sr. Hardware Design Engineer @ Facebook Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | Menlo Park, California - AR/VR System integrations, including board schematic design, layout review - System performance Analysis using TensorFlow and Systrace - System modeling using Simulink and Virtuoso - Video FPS/WiFi bitrate analysis as result of system performance degradation - Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling - System throttling analysis and policy implementation - High frequency signal integrity - System Coex analysis ### iPhone HW Eng and Validation Lead @ Apple Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 - Lead full system validation from Prototype 1, EVT, DVT all the way to mass production - Reviewed validation results and made decision for next step to path-to-closure - Reviewed/modeled SI issued within the iPhone system - Led a team of engineers in the area of SoC/PMU power management (PMGR), SoC performance states, Throttling mechanism, power sequencing, total system power - Covered all aspects of validation from definition, process and procedure, evaluating the validation based on the product specifications - Identified project issues such as schedule, material, vendor validation failures, factory related failures and reported to the executives - Collaborated closely with silicon engineering team and cross-functional (module) team to report the issues found in validation within system engineering - Collaborated closely with contract manufacturers to provide guidance, and leadership across multiple iPhone projects - Provided proposal to improve the process and procedure of system modeling and validation ### Senior ASIC Design Engineer @ Apple Jan 2014 – Jan 2016 - Desfined high-frequency VCSEL driver - Lead complex multi-silicons on single chip integration and reviewed top-level layout - Adept in Signal Integrity modeling on silicon and system level (PCB board) - Designed 2.5% accurate Bandgap and LDO for power management - Designed low noise comparator for SAR ADC - Integrated full chip in most advanced TSMC nodes - Modeled and integrated low jitter Phase Lock Loop ### RF / Mixed Signal Design Engineer @ IDT - Integrated Device Technology, Inc. Jan 2012 – Jan 2014 - Designed Analog Front-End (AFE) for RGB signal generator - Lead top level chip integration for 4G-LTE - Modeled Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter in CMOS 28nm - Designed Low Drop Out Voltage (LDO), BandGap Voltage Generator - Designed Phase Lock Loop (PLL) for 4G-LTE - Integrated full chip Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) in CMOS 28nm - Designed custom Sinc Digital Filter operating at 2GHz - Designed and modeled 2GHz package for 4G-LTE to achieve higher than 60dB isolation from pin-to-pin ### Post Doctoral Research Staff @ Arizona State University Jan 2011 – Jan 2012 - Co-supervised 3 PhD students and 4 MS students through different projects - Reviewed PhD and Master students thesis - Researched on the area of Doppler Shift Radar, Power Management, Low Drop Output (LDO) voltage regulator design - Presented proposal to DARPA for grant research. ### Reseach Associate Engineer @ Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 Projects: - A Wideband Low Power Low-Noise Amplifier in CMOS Technology - A cognitive radio receiver front-end IC based on spread spectrum sensing technique ### Design Engineer @ Symmid SDN. Bhd. Malaysia Jan 2006 – Jan 2006 ## Education ### Post Doctoral Arizona State University ### PhD in RF, Analog/Mixed Signal Design Nanyang Technological University Singapore Jan 2007 – Jan 2010 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ali-memar --- Source: https://flows.cv/alimemar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alimemar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-30