MIKE KROON

Experienced senior engineer with over 30 years of experience in the Electronics design industry. Excellent reputation for resolving problems and improving customer satisfaction.

Started working career in test engineering and telecommunications electronics, to industrial and hostile environment product design.

Being exposed to a wide range of projects from varied clients has lead to a broad experience.

Working with multi faceted teams is a great way to investigate problems from different perspectives, presenting exposure to many challenges requiring innovative solutions to solve.

• I am an electronics engineer designing electronic systems and products since the 1988
• Being involved in telecom, railway signalling and roadside equipment have gained an appreciation of the rigours of the real world and attention to detail
• Starting out in designing test equipment for production, to test telecom systems
• Moving to Australia I headed a team developning parking equipment, prior to starting Custom Circuit Solutions
• At Custom Circuit Solutions, I manage the projects and engineering for a wide range of products for my varied clients
• From initial concepts, circuit design and programming, to final prototypes and production
• These products are designed and used in the Medical, Food, Industrial and Domestic Sectors
• My core areas of expertise and primary areas of experience include:
• Electronics circuit design
• Embedded software skills in a wide range of environmental
• Manage multi programmer programming teams
• Developing robust software that is maintainable
• Being able to grasp the concept of an idea to create a requirement and product specification
• PCB circuit layout ( Altium Designer )
• Special attention to regulatory compliance at the design stage ( EMC , Mechanical, etc)
• Analog electronic design with simulation in LTSpice
• Mechanical integration interfacing with Electronics (Altium and Solidworks / Inventor/ FreeCad )
• Version control using Subversion and Git
• Prototype assembly ,power up, testing and debugging
• Both hardware and software
• Hardware analysis and validation
• Customer Service and Support Management
• Projects that I have worked on include:
• Linear Scale Reader (XYZ Quadrature decoder)
• Shine Solar Lamp
• Vacuum transport System
• Grain moisture and protein analyser
• Ultrasonic industrial cleaner ( Industrial )
• Endoscope tracking System ( Hospital )
• Temperature logging and alarm system ( Food and Vaccines )
• Roof Controller ( Home )