Brandon Schell

• Technical Leadership: Serve as the North American lead for Wireless Function Group, creating and delivering training material for the wireless field specialists and customers as well as serving as a subject matter expert for customer engagements.
• Specialized Engineering: Design and support wireless applications utilizing Bluetooth, WiFi, sub-GHz, UWB, and 802.15.4 technologies. Provide hardware and firmware support for 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit embedded systems.
• Problem Solving: Achieve trusted advisor relationship with customers by providing solutions for challenges and issues utilizing combinations of silicon, hardware, and firmware.
• Collaboration: Partner with Microchip’s Aerospace and Defense business unit to provide field support for radiation tolerant and hardened microcontrollers, power conversion, timing, mixed signal, networking, and memory devices.

• Analyzed component specifications to ensure compliance with industry standards.
• Developed and implemented testing protocols for new components, enhancing reliability.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues and improve product performance.
• Led initiatives to streamline component selection processes, reducing lead times.

• Designed and implemented digital circuits for satellite communication systems.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate hardware and software solutions.
• Developed test plans and procedures to ensure design reliability and performance.
• Led design reviews to evaluate project requirements and technical feasibility.

Supported development of satellite receivers and digital video recorders. Maintained bill of materials while authoring engineering change orders for internal and contract use. Identified and qualified components to prevent design obsolescence.

▪ Achieved a role of trainer for newer members to the sustaining team.

▪ Developed a LabVIEW program to execute a sequence of tests on a digital satellite receiver.

▪ Authored a theory of operations guide for a digital satellite receiver in the development stage.