Kevin Yeap
Hardware Design Engineer at Cisco
Fremont, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Yeap is a hardware design engineer with 8 years of cross-disciplinary experience in electrical and mechanical engineering, currently designing x86 CPU boards for Cisco Nexus switches and leading board bring-up, debug, and system integration. He blends hands-on schematic capture and layout direction with supply-chain-savvy product engineering—taking projects from NPI through large-scale production while coordinating mechanical, BIOS, software, SI, power, thermal and manufacturing teams. Past roles include high-power automotive inverter PCB design at Lucid and rapid prototyping of IoT and energy-harvesting systems at Flex, reflecting a strong mix of high-speed, high-power, and consumer-facing hardware expertise. Based in Fremont with an M.S. in Electrical Engineering and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, he is known for translating complex cross-functional requirements into manufacturable, cost-optimized designs and for driving first-article and vendor collaborations that accelerate time-to-market. An uncommon strength is his breadth across product lifecycle areas—from component selection and DFM to first-article coordination and supply-chain resiliency—making him effective at both technical problem-solving and program delivery.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Electrical Engineering, Master's Degree Electrical Engineering at San José State UniversityUniversity of California, San Diego
Github Skills (21)
greenplum10
postgresql10
data-warehouse10
data-platform10
analytics10
backup10
grav-plugin10
database10
plugin9
parallel9
machine-learning9
warehouse9
sql9
mpp9
aws-s37
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
kyeap-vmware/gpupgrade
Jun 2018 - Oct 2024
GPDB Upgrade Utility called gpupgrade
Contributions:5 PRs, 450 pushes, 175 branches in 6 years 5 months
gpdbdatabase
greenplum-db/gpbackup-s3-plugin
Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
S3 plugin for use with GPDB backup utility
Contributions:4 reviews, 15 commits, 14 PRs in 3 years 3 months
gpdbpluginaws-s3grav-pluginaws
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