
Lewis Croft
Power Electronics and PCB Layout Specialist
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Power Electronics & PCB Design Engineer
LinkedIn • Indépendant
Feb 2019 - Present • 7 yrs 5 mos
Lead hardware engineer responsible for the architectural design, schematic capture, and multilayer PCB layout of high-power industrial systems and battery management networks. Key Achievements & Technical Focus: • Developed high-efficiency Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) and buck-boost DC-DC converters for industrial automation platforms. • Designed custom Battery Management Systems (BMS) for multi-cell lithium-ion battery packs, incorporating precision cell-balancing and safety protection circuits. • Executed high-density, multi-layer PCB routing (up to 8 layers) utilizing Altium Designer and KiCad, ensuring strict compliance with DFM, DFA, and EMI/EMC reduction guidelines. • Optimized analog and mixed-signal sensor interface circuits with rigorous signal integrity and power integrity validation. • Managed full hardware prototyping lifecycle from hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing to factory mass production handover.