Nazanin Najari
Helsinki
Summary
Electronics Engineer with 10+ years of experience in embedded systems, analog/mixed-signal hardware design, and PCB development across industrial electronics, sensor-based systems, and embedded control applications. Orchestrated collaborative efforts with embedded software teams, improving signal-to-noise ratio by 5 dB while leading cross-functional work to deliver robust, low-noise hardware in multidisciplinary environments.
Overview
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Certification
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13
years of professional experience
Work History
R&D; & Embedded Systems Engineer
NodAI
Tehran, Iran
02.2024 - Current
- Architected and validated an industrial IoT acoustic emission monitoring system, achieving ~30% improvement in detection stability through targeted analog front-end optimization.
- Designed structured electrical test strategies that cut debugging time by ~40%, reducing resolution cycles from days to hours.
- Resolved 20+ critical system-level issues through rigorous hardware debugging with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and DAQ instruments.
- Reduced noise impact by ~25% by redesigning signal-conditioning stages, directly improving measurement reliability.
- Built Python-based test and data-acquisition tooling that eliminated ~50% of manual testing effort and enabled repeatable automated validation.
R&D; & Embedded Systems & HVAC Control
Azarakhsh Tavan Afarin
Tehran, Iran
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Developed embedded control systems for industrial HVAC applications, improving closed-loop control stability by ~20%.
- Validated sensor-based hardware systems, reducing system-integration issues by ~30% through structured test plans.
- Integrated embedded vision and sensor modules into industrial monitoring platforms, supporting multi-iteration prototype verification.
Embedded Systems & Hardware Test Engineer
Kish Spark
Tehran, Iran
06.2020 - 06.2023
- Delivered embedded firmware in C for STM32-based industrial systems, achieving >95% functional reliability across field deployments.
- Accelerated hardware bring-up by ~35%, reducing prototype iteration cycles through systematic board-level debugging procedures.
- Designed multi-layer PCB layouts in Altium Designer for industrial embedded applications, reducing EMI by ~25% via optimized routing and grounding.
- Resolved 50+ hardware/firmware failures through field troubleshooting and structured root-cause analysis.
- Developed and executed production-readiness test plans for hardware validation in harsh environments (ATEX-related applications).
Electronics & Embedded Systems Engineer
Arya Teb / Electropeyk / Ara Research
Tehran, Iran
06.2013 - 06.2020
- Engineered analog front-end circuits for sensor-based systems, improving measurement accuracy by 20% through signal-chain optimization and integration of advanced sensors for industrial applications.
- Developed embedded C/C++ applications for industrial electronics under tight resource constraints and real-time requirements; used oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for debugging; supported projects with budgets exceeding $500K.
- Applied reverse engineering techniques for root-cause analysis to identify and resolve recurring electronic failures, improving reliability and reducing failure recurrence by 30% across product lines.
Education
M.Sc. - Nano Electronics
Shahid Rajaee University
Tehran, Iran01-2023
B.Sc. - Electronic Engineering
K. N. Toosi University of Technology
Tehran, Iran01-2013
Skills
- Hardware Design: Altium Designer (multi-layer PCBs), SPICE, Multisim, EMC/EMI design, noise analysis
- Embedded Systems: STM32, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, Embedded C/C, firmware bring-up
- Programming: Python (test automation, data acquisition), C/C
- Test & Measurement: Oscilloscope, logic analyzer, signal generator, DAQ, multimeter
- Signal Processing: MATLAB/Simulink, analog filtering, FFT, system simulation
- Interfaces: UART, SPI, I2C, GPIO
Certification
Level-2 Electrical Engineer — Tehran Construction Engineering Organization (TCEO)
LANGUAGES
English — Fluent (C1)
Persian — Native
Turkish — Intermediate
Finnish — Elementary
Timeline
R&D; & Embedded Systems Engineer
NodAI
02.2024 - Current
R&D; & Embedded Systems & HVAC Control
Azarakhsh Tavan Afarin
08.2023 - 02.2024
Embedded Systems & Hardware Test Engineer
Kish Spark
06.2020 - 06.2023
Electronics & Embedded Systems Engineer
Arya Teb / Electropeyk / Ara Research
06.2013 - 06.2020
B.Sc. - Electronic Engineering
K. N. Toosi University of Technology
M.Sc. - Nano Electronics
Shahid Rajaee University