Summary
Eric Ponce is an R&D Director and electrical engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in embedded systems, low-power edge sensing, and motor controller design. He holds a PhD from MIT where he developed low-cost sensing electronics, real-time signal processing, and energy-harvesting approaches for long-lived sensor nodes. At ECM he leads hardware and firmware for BLDC motor controllers, driving advanced FOC and sensorless algorithms while architecting CAN/UART/PWM interfaces and client-facing integrations. He has a strong track record of mentoring and teaching—from top-rated MIT labs to international STEM programs—and building demonstration systems that translate research into customer-ready products. Unusually for a leader, he combines deep mixed-signal circuit design and power-electronics expertise with hands-on firmware and system architecture experience. Based in Belgrade, Montana, he seeks to leverage this blend to build life-changing, energy-efficient electromechanical products.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 5.0, Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 5.0 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology