# Tom Fiske > Engineering Manager | I’m looking for a Staff Display Engineer! Location: Sunnyvale, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tomfiske ♦ Exceptional optical systems engineer, project lead, and manager with deep expertise in electronic displays and optics. Excellent technical problem solver in production and R&D environments. Technical leader delivering solutions for optical characterization and front-of-screen image quality. ♦ Communicates clearly and concisely with internal and external customers. Builds consensus, is fair minded, thrives in a team environment, and is creative, curious, approachable and flexible. ♦ Technology and Application Experience: Display measurement, LCD, OLED, mobile displays, MEMs-based displays, LCOS, projection displays, head-up displays, avionics displays, and optical materials. ✉ tgfiske@gmail.com ✆ 408-832-1387 ## Work Experience ### Senior Manager, Displays and Optics @ Intuitive Jan 2024 – Present | Sunnyvale, CA Our team is tasked with the design and development of display system architectures for the daVinci Robotic Assisted Surgical System. Our work supports the visual experience that enables physicians to provide excellent minimally invasive surgical care to their patients. ### Chair, Definitions & Standards Committee @ Society for Information Display Jan 2012 – Present ♦ Key member of the executive team for the International Committee for Display Metrology (ICDM) that develops the "Information Display Measurements Standard", the industry’s premier display measurement methods standard. ♦ Drove rules & procedures updates to ensure fair, open, transparent, and consensus-driven standards formation process. ♦ Led effort to translate standards into Chinese language (to be released in 2023). Enables the development of a common display testing platform for the international supply base. ♦ Oversight of Society for Information Display’s standards activities, including leadership roles in the International Committee for Display Metrology and SID Symposium Program Committee. ### Manager, Display Design Verification @ Microsoft Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Redmond, WA ♦ Lead display subsystem quality team of 6 engineers and 4 technicians to ensure an excellent display experience on Surface programs. ♦ Assembled team and oversaw training for contract technicians to run display optical and EE testing. ♦ Increased lab efficiency by overseeing development of effective training documentation for engineers and lab staff. ♦ Coached and mentored staff engineers towards career advancement and higher impact. ### Senior Display Quality Engineer @ Microsoft Jan 2015 – Jan 2022 | Redmond, WA ♦ Delivered superior display experience as the lead quality advocate on 6 successful Surface programs. ♦ Co-led creation of a state-of-the-art display characterization lab (personnel, equipment, lab infrastructure, specifying SW) to support device optical quality. ♦ Re-organized and expanded Critical-To-Quality test set to ensure display subsystem quality. ♦ Pioneered introduction of new optical metrology capabilities to Surface. ### Senior Staff Engineer @ Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, Inc. Jan 2009 – Jan 2014 Provided technical leadership in optics, characterization and image quality in support of mobile displays for commercial markets. ### Principal Systems Engineer @ Rockwell Collins Jan 2002 – Jan 2009 | San Francisco Bay Area Technical lead for custom microLCD device development. Project lead for multi-color heads-up display human factors project. Proposed and implemented several performance improvements for existing rear-projection avionics display system. ## Education ### MA in PhD, Physics University of California, Davis ### BS in Physics, Mathematics (minor) California State University, Fresno ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tomfiske - Portfolio: http://www.sid.org - Portfolio: http://www.tomfiske.com --- Source: https://flows.cv/tomfiske JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tomfiske/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13