Daniel Morales Maldonado

Hardware function owner for BMW Telematic Control Unit, responsible for:

• Oversee hardware activities from conception to retirement at BMW.

• Define hardware requirements in collaboration with development teams.

• Coordinate interdepartmental efforts for effective hardware integration.

• Troubleshoot hardware issues during development, validation, production, and post-sales phases.

• Ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

• Identify and mitigate risks associated with hardware development and deployment.

• Stay abreast of technology trends for continuous improvement and innovation.

Automotive hardware design of ADAS, door control and lighting systems for top car companies, including:

• High complexity schematic and PCB simulation and design (800 pins SoC, LPDDR4, video, 16 layers stack-up), always considering cost reduction to maximize production benefit

• PCB bring-up, verification and validation, following ASPICE standard

• BOM components selection and BOM price optimization

• RFQ support on technical proposal and development cost estimation

• Support to manufacturing and production team

• Schematic and PCB design for cutting-edge Ultrawideband solution for a Tier1 semiconductor company targeting automotive systems and precise indoor location use cases (UWB reference dev. board, UWB tag board, UWB kit board)

• Hardware Design of a new wearable with a proven and ready-to-go NFC platform (MK101)

• EMVCo L1 (hardware point of view) certification for consumer electronics.