Summary
Vince Patron is an electrical engineering consultant with 9+ years of hands-on experience designing analog, mixed-signal, power management and embedded systems that bridge hardware and software. He has built end-to-end solutions from battery characterization rigs and automated production testers to ultra-low-power IoT sensors and custom USB devices, pairing circuit design (SMPS, ADCs, PMICs, FPGAs) with practical firmware in C and Python. Comfortable across the lab bench, PCB layout tools, Linux systems and manufacturing workflows, he repeatedly moves prototypes into high-volume production with overseas and local contract manufacturers. He’s led small teams and mentored engineers while owning test automation, instrumentation and technical documentation for complex products including autonomous robots and LTE/LoRa gateways. Notably, he engineers both the physical test fixtures (spring contacts, bed-of-nails) and the software that drives them, blending mechanical CAD and Python automation to close the loop on manufacturability. Based in San Diego, Vince combines deep RF/PMIC experience with a pragmatic focus on elegant, time- and resource-efficient solutions.
9 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
California State University, Sacramento
None, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, None, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at UC San Diego Extended Studies