Goat Mountain Semiconductor Solutions
The Summit View: From the high-altitude perspective of an Architect, the goal is not just to see the circuit, but to understand the entire ecosystem. As the Ibex watches the valley, I oversee the intersection of hardware, software, and power to ensure architectural grace.
The Seasoned Presence
Current Status: Active: Open for SOW/FTC in EMEA/UK
Location: Wiltshire(BRS–OXF–BHX) and Greece in the southern EU
⏳ Professional Expertise: Semiconductor Hub
Strategic Oversight & Advisory (The Ibex)
2020 — 2025 | Logiicdev GmbH (Remote, Graz) — Chief Adviser / CTO
Led Horizon EU bids; mentored interns on AI/ML in battery projects; guided UAV HW design.
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Tier 1 Semiconductor Hub (The Goatherd)
2023 — 2023 | Texas Instruments (Freising) — ISFET Characterisation Specialist
Setup of custom microfluidics MEMS wafer‑prober stations.
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2022 — 2023 | Renesas (ex‑Dialog), Germering — Contractor Mixed-Signal Specialist
Validation & triage for high‑efficiency BOOST converters.
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2021 — 2022 | Infineon AG (Am Campeon) — Post‑Si Component Verification
Automotive-grade SiC/IGBT gate driver & FMEDA.
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2020 — 2021 | Infineon AG (Am Campeon) — Embedded T&V Engineer
FMCW radar embedded validation in an Agile/Bare‑Metal environment.
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2018 — 2020 | Texas Instruments (Freising) — Validation Expert
Low‑noise, dynamic validation for high‑performance DCDC stages.
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2018 — 2019 | Dialog Semiconductor (Germering) — Evaluation/Validation Engineer
Mixed‑Signal PMIC (Buck DCDC) evaluation on key milestones.
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Baseband & Foundation Engineering (The Fuchs)
2010 — 2014 | Intel Mobile Communications (Nürnberg) — Senior Baseband Digital Design Engineer
2G/3G/4G platform design verification & FAE support.
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2006 — 2009 | Ericsson/ST (Nürnberg) — Consultant HW
Power systems on FPGA-based platforms; 3-phase core supplies and ideal-diode OR-ing.
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1992 — 2003 | UK Engineering Foundation — Design Authority & Lead Engineer
M25 MIDAS infrastructure; ISO 13485 medical diagnostics; ARM-based handhelds.
▼ Reveal Technical Coalface (The Fuchs)
🌍 Endnote The moniker “Der Fuchs” originates from my time contracting at Ericsson (later as ST Ericsson) located in the separatist Franconian state of modern Germany. It reflects the German idiom **“Der Fuchs findet den Fehler, den keiner sieht” — the fox finds the flaw no one else sees [our clever fox]. — a recognition of my diagnostic intuition and ability to resolve elusive system-level issues. I remained with the programme for four years — unusually long for a contractor — reflecting the trust and reliance the team placed in my pivotal designs and diagnostic work.