Summary
Cesar Rico is a Principal System Level Test Engineer Manager with nearly two decades of hands-on expertise designing and automating test systems across semiconductors, telecom, power, automotive and consumer electronics. A certified LabVIEW developer and experienced TestStand/C# practitioner, he has led product introductions and ATE deployments for complex RF, CATV and cellular repeater platforms (SmallCell and DAS). Cesar blends deep test-software architecture skills with practical RF and optical instrumentation knowledge, and has served as a consultant and test architect for medical and automotive programs. Based in Tijuana, he has progressed through senior technical and management roles at Qualcomm and CommScope, now managing teams of 10+ engineers while still maintaining active technical leadership. His background is complemented by an MSc in Engineering and focused certificates in embedded systems and Python from UC San Diego, reflecting a commitment to both systems-level design and modern software practices.
10 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, San Diego
Master of Science (MSc) Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Engineering at CETYS Universidad
Spanish, English