Summary
Toshiaki Yamada is a seasoned hardware design engineer with 35 years’ experience leading product development as both an electrical engineer and project manager, currently working at VRAIN Solution in Tokyo. He has designed digital cameras, imaging systems and algorithms, mobile phones, telecom and high-temperature measurement equipment, combining hands-on circuit and firmware work with cross-functional leadership in global projects. His expertise covers digital/analog/power supply design, image signal processing, communication integration (WLAN, IRDA, CAN), and EMC/safety compliance, with proven capability to design for extreme reliability up to ~180°C. Fluent in Japanese and proficient in English (TOEIC 870), he excels at extracting and quantifying risks, negotiating stakeholder trade-offs, and defining balanced technical specs that meet cost and reliability targets. Though experienced as a manager, he still contributes technically to hardware validation and software for test, and brings a practical, systems-level view shaped by decades of product delivery.
13 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics at Doshisha University
English