Over 16 Years in Hardware & Firmware Engineering

Hi, I'm Vu Phan
Hardware & Firmware Engineer

I design |

End-to-end product development for IoT, consumer electronics, telecom, and automotive — from schematic and PCB layout to firmware and production.

About me

A bit about my background

What I do and what drives me

Hardware and firmware engineer with over 16 years of experience delivering end-to-end product development for IoT, consumer electronics, telecom, and automotive industries. Proficient in MCU, SoC, and FPGA-based system design, high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR, Ethernet), and embedded protocol stacks (UART, SPI, I2C). Across the full stack — from schematic and layout to firmware and application software — I build reliable, production-ready systems using C/C++, C#, Dart/Flutter, Node.js, and Python.

Skills

MCU/SoC/FPGA Design PCB Layout PCIe DDR Ethernet UART / SPI / I2C C / C++ C# Dart / Flutter Python Node.js OrCAD / Allegro Altium Designer KiCad FreeCAD SolidWorks

Contact

(+84) 386 010 400 ngocvuphan@gmail.com Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam linkedin.com/in/vu-phan github.com/ngocvuphan
Experience

Where I've worked

Places I've contributed and grown

Cadera Systems

Jul 2011 — Present
Hardware Design / Firmware Engineer
  • Architected and delivered custom hardware for IoT, consumer electronics, telecom, and automotive clients, from specification through schematic design, layout, and prototyping
  • Led board bring-up and validation, debugging complex signal-integrity and power-delivery issues on high-speed multi-layer PCBs
  • Developed bare-metal and RTOS-based firmware for MCU, SoC, and FPGA platforms, implementing peripheral drivers, communication stacks, and bootloaders
  • Built cross-platform test tools, data-logging applications, and host-side utilities in C#, Dart/Flutter, and Node.js to support hardware validation and production

Acronics Systems, Inc

Jan 2010 — Jul 2011
Firmware / Software Developer
  • Developed Linux device drivers and application software for Set-Top-Box platforms, working across the kernel-to-userspace boundary
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics
  • Electronics Engineering program at Vietnam's top technical university
Portfolio

Projects & domains

A selection of work I've delivered

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Smart IoT Gateway

Custom MCU/SoC board with Wi-Fi/BLE/LTE connectivity, supporting multiple sensor protocols. Designed for industrial IoT deployments requiring low power and wide temperature range.

MCUIoTPCB DesignFirmware
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10G Telecom Backplane

High-speed multi-layer backplane with 10G Ethernet, PCIe Gen3, and DDR4 interfaces. Signal integrity analysis and stackup optimization for 20+ layer board.

High-SpeedPCIeDDRSI/PI
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Automotive ECU Reference

Automotive-grade ECU reference board with CAN FD, LIN, and FlexRay interfaces. Designed for wide temperature range and high reliability standards.

AutomotiveECUCANPCB Design
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Embedded Test Suite

Cross-platform hardware validation and data-logging framework built in C# and Python. Automated regression testing for firmware releases and production QA.

C#PythonAutomationTesting
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Multi-Protocol Sensor Hub

FPGA-based sensor aggregation hub handling UART, SPI, I2C, and GPIO input from multiple sensor arrays. Real-time data fusion and forwarding over Ethernet.

FPGASPI/I2CEthernetVerilog
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Data Acquisition System

High-precision analog front-end with 24-bit ADC, onboard DSP, and USB 3.0 interface for scientific instrumentation. Custom analog and digital PCB design.

AnalogADCPCB DesignC++
Contact

Let's work together

Have a project, question, or just want to say hi?

Phone
(+84) 386 010 400
Location
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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