Brian Carlton
Staff Systems Engineer Architect, Fitbit at Google
California, United States
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Top SchoolBrian Carlton is a Staff Systems Engineer and architect with 11+ years driving cross-disciplinary product development from concept to high-volume production, currently leading systems work on a forthcoming Fitbit watch and previously heading electrical for the Charge 5. He combines hands-on FPGA, RF and low-power hardware design with program-level project management, routinely delivering multi-million dollar projects on time and under budget using Agile and formal PM techniques. Known for rapid ramps—he led Versa Lite from kickoff to production in six months—and for design changes that recovered millions in sellable product by cutting SMT and assembly fallout. He mentors engineering teams, improves processes, and has a history of lifting partner JDM performance across electrical, CAD and test disciplines. Comfortable with both government and consumer products, he pairs deep technical breadth (Verilog/VHDL, RF, imaging, embedded systems) with pragmatic manufacturing and test strategies.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of California San DiegoBSEE, Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, BSEE, Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude at Rice UniversityMSEE, Electrical Engineering, MSEE, Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
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Github Skills (15)
brian10
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perl6
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Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
bdc0/businesscard
Nov 2016 - Nov 2021
Brian D Carlton PCB business card
Contributions:2 releases, 1 review, 31 commits in 5 years 1 month
brianpcbbusiness-card
penguintelecom/bdc0.github.com
Apr 2015 - Mar 2016
Contributions:3 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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