Hardware Engineer · Seattle Area
Jon Mash
I'm Jon Mash — a hardware engineer in the Seattle area. I run Mash Engineering,
and I write at High-Z.
I was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. I'm currently at Amazon Project Kuiper,
building the technology to deliver internet connectivity to unserved and
under-served communities globally. Before Kuiper, I was at Amazon Prime Air,
developing drone technology for autonomous package delivery.
I hold an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University (2013), where I
was part of the ePOWER laboratory under Dr. Praveen Jain researching wind turbine
control, and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, also from Queen's.
Areas of focus
- Hardware architecture
- Avionics
- Spacecraft subsystems
- PCB design
- Signal integrity
- Power integrity
- Embedded systems
- Electrical engineering
Career
Programs I've worked on
Hardware Development Manager, Avionics & Endpoints · November 2020–Present
Recruited and lead a cross-functional team of 14+ electrical, systems, and
SI/PI engineers. Own the satellite flight computer, vehicle communication bus,
magnetometer, sun sensor, magnetorquers, propulsion control unit, and solar
array deployment unit; own a multi-million dollar development budget.
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- Responsible for architecture, requirements, development, testing, and qualification of hardware across the team's subsystems.
- Liaison between Design Engineering and the Systems, Reliability, Hardware Test, and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
- Completed over 270 interviews at Amazon while building the team.
Hardware Development Manager, then Sr. Hardware Development Engineer · prior to Project Kuiper
Owned vehicle power distribution, sensor systems, and ground station
equipment. Managed org-wide electrical engineering support, Altium ECAD
administration, and design-standards documentation.
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- Oversaw requirements derivation, development, testing, and qualification of Avionics subsystems, and supported their integration into the vehicle.
- Managed an external vendor relationship to reduce the size, weight, and power of the power regulation subsystem.
- Earlier, as Hardware Development Engineer: owned the hardware process end to end (component selection, PCB design, prototyping, testing) and developed firmware for a ground RF link, including a BSP and unit/regression/integration tests.
Lead Product Development Engineer · from November 2010
Led development of two generations of monitoring equipment for solar
microinverters: a low-power ARM communication hub using power-line
communication, then a Linux single-board system using Zigbee, each with an
associated cloud monitoring portal.
ePOWER — Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research
Engineering Research Assistant · 2009–2013
Developed nonlinear control strategies for PMSG-connected wind turbines and
built a wind turbine emulator using an induction motor coupled to a permanent
magnet synchronous generator for research use.
Education
Queen's University
M.A.Sc., Electrical Engineering
April 2013 · Centre for Energy and Power Electronics Research, supervised by Dr. Praveen Jain
B.Sc., Electrical Engineering
May 2009 · First Class Honours
Publications
Intelligent Electrical System for Vehicle
US Patent 11094146B1 · Amazon Technologies Inc.
Nonlinear Control of Wind Energy Conversion System Based on Control-Lyapunov Functions
J. Mash, M. Pahlevaninezhad, P. Jain · IEEE ECCE 2013, Denver, CO
Adaptive Passivity-Based Nonlinear Controller for Wind Energy Conversion Systems
J. Mash, M. Pahlevaninezhad, P. Jain · IEEE APEC 2014, Ft. Worth, TX
Port-Controlled Hamiltonian (PCH)-Based Control Approach for Wind Energy Conversion Systems
M. Pahlevaninezhad, S. Pan, J. Mash, P. Jain · IEEE PEDG 2014, Galway, Ireland