Google Nest™ smart home products
Google Nest smart home products are a family of internet-connected consumer products for home entertainment and security.
Company
Designer
Product Design and Development Areas
System electrical engineering
Lead system electrical engineer for the first three generations of Nest Chromecast™ video streamer, and the first generation of the Nest Audio™ smart speaker. Designed circuits, capturing schematics using Cadence OrCAD. Worked with board layout designers to obtain electrically robust layouts. Tested electrical functionality, and worked with compliance and validation engineering to verify designs met product requirements.
Audio electrical engineering
Audio electrical engineer for the first two generations of the Nest Mini™ smart speaker, the Nest Hub™ and Nest Hub Max™ snart displays, the Nest Cam™ (battery) security camera, and the Nest Hello™ (battery) video doorbell. Evaluated and selected digital audio amplifiers and digital microphones. Designed amplifier and microphone circuitry, capturing schematics using Cadence OrCAD and Allegro Design Entry HDL. Tested electrical and audio functionality, and worked with acoustical, compliance, and validation engineering to verify designs met product requirements.
System power electrical engineering
Designed the doorbell power sharing accessory, including a semicustom controller chip, for the Nest Hello™ (wired) video doorbell (patent pending on controller chip).
Hardware platform electrical engineering
Designed hardware platform development systems for advanced research into future-generation Nest product designs and architectures.
References
- "Google Nest". Wikipedia. 16 May 2023. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
- "Welcome to Google Nest". Google LLC. Retrieved 2023-05-16.