Summary
Peter Liu is a Senior Hardware Designer with over 20 years of hands-on experience delivering electronics for industrial, transportation, medical, and telecom systems. He combines deep analog and digital circuit design with FPGA/HDL expertise (Xilinx, Lattice, Actel; Verilog/VHDL) and broad microprocessor experience from PowerPC and ARM to MIPS, MC68K and DSPs. Skilled from schematic and PCB design through system integration and production, he excels at troubleshooting, verification/validation, and collaborating across software, mechanical, test, and manufacturing teams. His toolset includes ORCAD/AutoCAD Capture, Six Sigma SPC, ISO9001 processes, SAP, ClearQuest and DOORS for disciplined lifecycle delivery. Notably, he pairs RF/WiFi/ZigBee wireless expertise with practical lab mastery—oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers and CAN bus debugging—to bridge component-level detail and operational systems. Based in Canada, he has led hardware efforts at Thales, GE and other firms, consistently turning complex requirements into robust, certifiable products.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Northwestern Polytechnic University