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Antonino Vacalebre

Antonino Vacalebre

Senior Simulation Engineer, Ph.D.
Fluent in hardware and firmware

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Skills
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Simulation Hardware & Firmware Fullstack

Languages

Rust C/C++ Fortran Zig Python CUDA MATLAB MicroPython Delphi Cadence SKILL LabVIEW VHDLVHSIC Hardware Description Language TypeScript HTML CSS JavaScript Bash PowerShell

Numerical methods

FEMFinite Element Method PEECPartial Element Equivalent Circuit method MoMMethod of Moments FDMFinite Difference Method CLNCauer Ladder Network method FMMFast Multipole Method ACAAdaptive Cross Approximation method Machine Learning

Frameworks & libraries

Intel MKLIntel Math Kernel Library FreeFEM++ Gmsh Netgen FreeRTOS Qt (Python) egui (Rust) Electron Godot Engine React FastAPI Temporal SQLAlchemy + Alembic

EDA / CAD

KiCad Altium OrCAD Allegro

Embedded & protocols

RP2350 PIOProgrammable I/O of the RP2350 ESP8266 UART USB CDC SPI I2C CANController Area Network BiSSBidirectional Serial Synchronous SSISynchronous Serial Interface

Lab

Microsoldering 3D print Oscilloscope Logic analyzer Spectrum analyzer Network analyzer Impedance analyzer RLC meter Signal generator Power supply Thermal camera SWD / JTAGSerial Wire Debug (on-chip debug probe)Joint Test Action Group (on-chip debug probe)

Infrastructure

Linux SSH Docker Docker Compose PostgreSQL AWS (S3, CDK) OpenWrt Ubiquiti Tailscale WireGuard OpenVPN NFS / SMB

Spoken languages: 🇮🇹 Italian (native), 🇬🇧 English (full professional proficiency)

Experience
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  1. Senior Simulation Engineer

    Jan 2026 – Present

    Reflective, Inc. - San Francisco, US (Remote)

    • Achieved sub-minute full-board simulation and sub-second re-simulation of incremental changes, enabling real-time optimization in PCB routing and placement applications (PDNPower Delivery Network, High-Speed)
    • Developed Python bindings and a GUI application for running and visualizing in-house simulation tools
    • Developed native integrations and real-time connectors with OrCAD Allegro, Altium, and KiCad
    • Contributed extensively to the development of an Electron GUI end-user application
    • Contributed extensively to the development of the backend infrastructure (AWS, Temporal)

    Key Outputs

    DC Conduction PDNPower Delivery Network
    FDMFinite Difference Method2.5DTriangle-meshed surfaces and one-dimensional linesCUDA

    PCB power loss extraction

    MQSMagneto-quasi-static PDNPower Delivery Network
    PEECPartial Element Equivalent Circuit method3D gridFFTFast Fourier TransformCLNCauer Ladder Network methodCUDA

    PCB inductance analysis

    MQSMagneto-quasi-static PDNPower Delivery Network
    PEECPartial Element Equivalent Circuit method2.5DTriangle-meshed surfaces and one-dimensional linesACAAdaptive Cross Approximation methodCLNCauer Ladder Network methodCUDA

    PCB inductance analysis

    EQSElectro-quasi-static & MQSMagneto-quasi-static High-Speed
    FEMFinite Element Method2DCUDA

    RLGC and S-parameter extraction

    Full-wave High-Speed
    FEMFinite Element Method3DCUDA

    S-parameter extraction

    Clearance & Creepage High-Voltage
    DijkstraShortest-path search on the grid2D raster3D interlayerCUDA

    Voltage-based spacing checks between all nets

  2. Hardware and Firmware Engineer

    Feb 2025 – Dec 2025

    EMC Gems srl - Udine, IT

    • Supervised, developed, and commercialized IPSInductive Position Sensors products
    • Coordinated team of Electronics, Mechanical, and Software Engineers
    • Lab-tested prototypes. Supported customers with troubleshooting

    Key Outputs

    iEncoder Product
    Team leadFirmwareHW/FW debuggingTemplatesESP8266RP2350C

    Cloud-connected inductive encoders with modular outputs

    IPSInductive Position Sensors Configuration Kit Product
    Team leadFirmwareHW/FW debuggingGUIPCBCasingRP2350IPS2550Qt3D print

    Programming tool for custom IPSInductive Position Sensors based on the Renesas IPS2550

    gbrtools & filnflate Software
    Sole developerC++Rust

    Sub-second Gerber to and from 1D, 2D, and 3D meshes. Used in-house, by Renesas, and more

    Drivers & libraries Firmware
    Sole developerCMicroPythonSPII2CBiSSBidirectional Serial SynchronousSSISynchronous Serial InterfaceUARTPIOProgrammable I/O of the RP2350USB CDCRAA2P3226

    Libraries for interfaces, sensors, and chips

  3. Visiting Ph.D. Student

    Sep 2024 – Nov 2024

    Kyoto University (京都大学) - JP

    • Developed FreeFEM++ IPSInductive Position Sensors simulation software based on the CLNCauer Ladder Network method method

  4. Ph.D. Student

    Jan 2022 – Dec 2024

    University of Udine - IT

    • Studied and implemented inductive matrix compression techniques in integral-method eddy-current Fortran solver. Evaluated performance metrics of FMMFast Multipole Method, ACAAdaptive Cross Approximation method, FFTFast Fourier Transform
    • Developed sensors for the steel industry. Tilt-IPSInductive Position Sensors with Machine Learning position estimation, billet Magnetic Induction Tomography, resistance imaging-based defect detection

Education
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Degree Institution Date
Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering University of Udine - IT 2022 – 2024
Italian Information Engineer License (Section A - Senior) 2021
M.Sc. in Electronics Engineering - 110/110 cum laude University of Udine - IT 2018 – 2021
B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering - 110/110 University of Udine - IT 2016 – 2018
Electronic Technician ITI “A. Malignani” - Udine, IT 2011 – 2016

Publications
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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8446-8588