Chonghui Liu
Tuam,Ireland
Summary
1. Senior Hardware Engineer and Team Lead with over 26 years of experience in electronic hardware design.
2. Expertise in schematic design and PCB layout guidance. Experience in power supply design, analog/digital circuit design, EMC/EMI optimization.
3. Experienced in hardware debugging and mass production support.
4. Proficient in Cadence, Altium, Mentor Graphics EDA tools
5. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and delivering high-quality products from concept through high-quality production while optimizing cost, performance and reliability.
Overview
4
4
years of post-secondary education
26
26
years of professional experience
Work history
Hardware Design Team Lead
Valeo Vision System
Tuam, Ireland
2025.01 - Current
Hardware design and development of embedded systems for use in the automotive Surround Vision Systems.
- BOM generate and review
- review of customer requirements and specifications
- select appropriate components for the application
- circuit design and simulations (SIMetrix) to prove the designs,
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Worst case analysis, DFMEA, thermal analysis
- Interface with software/Purchasing/EMC/SMT production engineer
- R&D plan generate, R&D procedure audit
- Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) test plan, task and resource management
- Lead weekly meetings, providing clear direction on project objectives.
- Monitored team performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement.
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Valeo Vision System
Tuam, Ireland
2024.02 - 2025.01
Hardware design and development of embedded systems for use in the automotive Surround Vision Systems.
- BOM generate and review
- select appropriate components for the application
- circuit design and simulations (SIMetrix) to prove the designs,
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Worst case analysis, DFMEA, thermal analysis
- Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) test plan, task and resource management
- responsible for the Geely, VW, HKMC projects
Hardware Design Team Lead
Valeo Interior Controls (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
2020.01 - 2024.02
Hardware design and development of embedded systems for use in the automotive Surround Vision Systems.
- BOM generate and review
- review of customer requirements and specifications
- select appropriate components for the application
- circuit design and simulations (SIMetrix) to prove the designs,
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Worst case analysis, DFMEA, thermal analysis
- Interface with software/Purchasing/EMC/SMT production engineer
- R&D plan generate, R&D procedure audit
- Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) test plan, task and resource management
- Lead weekly meetings, providing clear direction on project objectives.
- Monitored team performance metrics, identifying areas for improvement.
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Valeo Interior Controls (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
2017.03 - 2019.12
Electronics Design for Automotive Surround Vision Systems (ECU + camera)
Hardware design and development of embedded systems for use in the automotive Surround Vision Systems.
- BOM generate and review
- review of customer requirements and specifications
- select appropriate components for the application
- circuit design and simulations (SIMetrix) to prove the designs,
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Worst case analysis, DFMEA, thermal analysis
- Interface with software/Purchasing/EMC/SMT production engineer
- R&D plan generate, R&D procedure audit
- Hardware Acceptance Test (HAT) test plan, task and resource management
- responsible for the Geely, VW, HKMC projects
RF engineer
Renergy Micro-Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
2016.02 - 2017.02
Electronics Design for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) IC application
Hardware design and development of BLE4.0 Systems.
- BOM generate and review
- select appropriate components for the application
- BLE RF testing
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Interface with software/Purchasing/EMC/SMT production engineer
- C language coding for I2C, SPI, UART driver
Senior Hardware Engineer
Apex Technology (Shenzhen)
Shenzhen, China
2013.08 - 2016.01
Electronics Design for the consumer smart application product
- BOM generate and review
- select appropriate components for the MCU application
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- Interface with software/Purchasing/EMC/SMT production engineer
- Frimware/bootloader coding with C language, I2C, UART, CAN driver
- HW board debugging
RF engineer
Nationz Technologies Inc.
Shenzhen, China
2010.07 - 2013.07
Electronics Design for the Long Term Evolution (LTE, 4G) ICs application product
- BOM generate and review
- select appropriate components for the LTE application
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- LTE EVM board testing, debugging
- PA, LNA, and Front End circuit design
- LTE protocol testing
Haredware Engineer
Gospell Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen, China
2005.01 - 2010.05
Electronics Design for the DC-DC switching power supply product
- BOM generate and review
- Medium Power (100W-300W) DC-DC, AC-DC, DC-AC products design
- schematic design and PCB layout optimized for DFM and EMC performance
- switching power supply testing, debugging
- MCU source coding with C language, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN driver
- write the technical documents
Hardware Engineer
Perception Digital Limited
Shenzhen, China
2002.01 - 2004.12
Electronics Design for the MP3 player product
- BOM generate and review
- schematic design for the MP3 ASIC
- AM/FM Radio debugging, LCD display debugging
- 8-layer PCB design and optimization
- EMC performance optimization and debugging
- technical documents writing
Hardware Engineer
Huawei
Shenzhen, China
2000.09 - 2001.12
Electronics Design for the optical fiber communication transponder product
- BOM generate and review
- schematic design for the transponder, laser diode transmitter and PIN/APD receiver
- development board debugging
- PCB design review and optimization
- 40Gbps transponder Bit Error Rate Test (BERT)
- EMC performance optimization and debugging
- technical documents writing
Education
Bachelor of Science - Opto-Electronics
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
China 1996.09 - 2000.07
Skills
- Lean techniques expertise
- Electronic circuit design
- Automotive regulations knowledge
- PCB review and compliance
- Hardware development and management
- Familiar with EDA Tools
Affiliations
- Hiking, Music, Fishing
Languages
English
Upper intermediate
Timeline
Hardware Design Team Lead
Valeo Vision System
2025.01 - Current
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Valeo Vision System
2024.02 - 2025.01
Hardware Design Team Lead
Valeo Interior Controls (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
2020.01 - 2024.02
Senior Hardware Design Engineer
Valeo Interior Controls (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
2017.03 - 2019.12
RF engineer
Renergy Micro-Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
2016.02 - 2017.02
Senior Hardware Engineer
Apex Technology (Shenzhen)
2013.08 - 2016.01
RF engineer
Nationz Technologies Inc.
2010.07 - 2013.07
Haredware Engineer
Gospell Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
2005.01 - 2010.05
Hardware Engineer
Perception Digital Limited
2002.01 - 2004.12
Hardware Engineer
Huawei
2000.09 - 2001.12
Bachelor of Science - Opto-Electronics
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
1996.09 - 2000.07