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Lewis Croft

@lewiscrofft

Power Electronics and PCB Layout Specialist

United Kingdom
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About me
I am a professional electronics engineer with 7+ years of experience in hardware design, focusing on power electronics, analog systems. My core focus is delivering manufacturing-ready, highly reliable circuit hardware. Core skills: • BMS design • SMPS, DC-DC converters • industrial motor control • analog sensor interfaces • multilayer PCB layout • DFM compliance. I use Altium Designer, KiCad, LTspice daily. Please message me to discuss your custom project specifications before placing an order.... Read more

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Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
I will design battery management module, bms pcb for lithium ion packs
Printed Circuit Boards (PCB)
I will design smps, buck boost, dc dc converter, power supply pcb, power elctronics

Work experience

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Power Electronics & PCB Design Engineer

LinkedIn • Self-employed

Feb 2019 - Present7 yrs 5 mos

Lead hardware engineer responsible for the architectural design, schematic capture, and multilayer PCB layout of high-power industrial systems and battery management networks. Key Achievements & Technical Focus: • Developed high-efficiency Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS) and buck-boost DC-DC converters for industrial automation platforms. • Designed custom Battery Management Systems (BMS) for multi-cell lithium-ion battery packs, incorporating precision cell-balancing and safety protection circuits. • Executed high-density, multi-layer PCB routing (up to 8 layers) utilizing Altium Designer and KiCad, ensuring strict compliance with DFM, DFA, and EMI/EMC reduction guidelines. • Optimized analog and mixed-signal sensor interface circuits with rigorous signal integrity and power integrity validation. • Managed full hardware prototyping lifecycle from hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing to factory mass production handover.