NICHOLAS A.

RESTIVO
nrestivo8@gatech.edu • 443-545-6641
190 5th Street NW • Atlanta, Georgia 30332
3013 Misty Wood Ln • Ellicott City, Maryland 21042
Website: https://nickrestivo.weebly.com/ Active DoD Secret Clearance

OBJECTIVE Seeking an Electrical Engineering job where I can use my hardware and RF design experience
in a challenging work environment.
EDUCATION Georgia Institute of Technology December 2019
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.6
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Raytheon – Space and Airborne Systems May 2019 – July 2019
Airborne Radar Senior Design Intern
• Designed RF circulator calibration kits using HFSS and modeled the effects of substrate biases across
production tolerances for L-Band and S-Band Radar front end components.
• Developed and optimized network analyses on isolators and circulators to measure environmental effects.
SpaceX May 2018 – August 2018
Avionics EMI Intern
• Gained a system level understanding of the Dragon 2 spacecraft to develop and execute a test plan for
evaluating instrumentation grounding requirements for signal integrity.
• Supported unit and system level qualification efforts for Dragon 2 electromagnetic compatibility through
electrical harness designs, space charging simulations, and RF hardware debugging.
• Eliminated paint requirements and relaxed grounding requirements for multiple avionics systems.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory April 2017 – July 2017
Technical Intern Team Leader
• Collaborated with a team of 3 engineers to design and complete a research study on the susceptibilities of
Low Noise Amplifiers and HAM radios to high power radio frequency.
• Reverse engineered damaged circuit boards and created schematic captures to identify root cause failures.
Technical Intern Test Coordinator June 2016 – August 2016
• Optimized and conducted high power radio frequency tests on commercial drones.
• Constructed MATLAB code to automate an amplifier, signal generator, and network analyzer.
Mount St. Joseph High School IT Department May 2015 – June 2015
Penetration Tester
• Researched and exploited network drives using MAC address spoofing and network sniffing.
LEADERSHIP & RESEARCH INVOLVEMENT
IEEE Innovation Team – President August 2016 – Present
• Lead a research team of 4 to prototype a flight system to control the descent of medical care packages.
• Manage the electrical design team for an autonomous, artificially intelligent drink cooler.
• Increased membership from 5 to 20 members by organizing weekly technical presentations with a friendly
environment that encourages new projects and innovations.
JetPack-X 4 Mars August 2017 – December 2017
• Researched and designed microgravity experiments to ensure jetpack technologies and life support systems
will function properly in Martian gravity.
• Automated a trigger system and prototyped an experiment housing platform that was designed to fly on a
drone that simulates varying gravitational forces.
ENGINEERING SKILLS
Hardware: Network Analyzer, Oscilloscope, Function Generator, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Soldering, I2C, PCB
Software: HFSS, ADS, MATLAB, C/C++, Python, SPICE, Git, Pixhawk, Linux Terminal, OpenCV, EAGLE
Learning: TensorFlow, LabView, Java, HTML, VHDL, FPGA, ASIC
Courses: Wireless Communications, Embedded & Control System Design, Antenna Theory, RF Engineering II
 TECHNICAL PROJECTS
RF Power Amplifier & FM Transmitter January 2019 – May 2019
• Biased, stabilized, matched, and large signal simulated a VHF transistor PA with Keysight ADS.
• Designed and fabricated a 2 two stage push-pull design to increase efficiency and decrease temperature.
• Implemented a Colpitts VCO to create a VHF transmitter with 19dBm output power and 20 kHz tuning BW.
Micro-Drone Spherical Shield Design September 2018 – May 2019
• Modeled and built a micro drone to produce a 9:1 thrust to weight ratio.
• Designed an outer shell to encapsulate drone and protect it against impacts and crashes.
• Began coding guidance, navigation and control algorithms for throwing and bouncing drone against objects.
Autonomous Drink Cooler August 2017 – June 2018
• Prototyped a wooden frame that houses a cooler and drives using an RC transmitter.
• Implemented a Simultaneous Location and Mapping algorithm to control it using an Arduino.
• Designed the power distribution system and safety/navigation shut offs.
Microgravity Blood Transfusion August 2017 – December 2017
• Simulated an IV drip using an Arduino, a motor pump.
• Modeled an implemented a BJT motor driving amplifier.
Vertical Take-off and Landing Drone May 2017 – July 2017
• Designed and built a tri-coper drone, 3D modeling and printing joints with 1 degree of rotational freedom
• Contributed to the Pixhawk Tri-copter and VTOL autonomy forums.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Control System Design & Intro to Computer Vision January 2019 – Present
• Implemented feedback control logic to position a motor with state space integral control using a TI
microcontroller programmed on the register level.
• Analyzed PID tuning characteristic on a real time system to develop fundamentals of physical modeling.
• Learned the theory behind convolutional neural networks and feature based detection and recognition.
• Combined knowledge of real time mechanical and camera systems to design a rotating airplane tracking
camera which was proposed and given funding as a startup idea for Create-X Capstone at Georgia Tech.
Radio Frequency Engineering II January 2019 – May 2019
• Learned Keysight ADS to design a small signal VHF amplifier with strict power, gain, isolation, and
stability factor specifications.
• Collaborated with a team of 3 to implement a Balun in the VHF amp to create a push pull power amp and
printed the board to test performance using network and spectrum analyzers.
• Applied the knowledge of power amplifiers combined with oscillators and phased locked loops to design
and print a functional Colpitts VCO with a two-stage amp and PLL that transmitted various tones over VHF.
Electromagnetic Applications January 2019 – May 2019
• Learned and utilized the Smith Chart to characterize and match various airborne power transfer devises at
RFID frequencies.
• Applied Maxwell’s equations and Transmission Line Theory to understand plane waves, modes of
propagation, wave guides, and microstrip lines.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Georgia Tech Residence Hall Social Chair August 2015 – May 2016
• Collaborated with a team of 5 to organize 6 social events for the freshman residence hall.
• Successfully put on socials with as many as 70 people attending.
Ten Oaks Tavern Bus Boy 2014 – 2015
• Cooperated with a team of 6 to serve and clean 15 tables at a small local restaurant.
• Contributed to a positive and sociable environment.
Kelsey’s Irish Pub 2013 – 2015
• Bussed tables and multiple bars on a team of 5 to operate a busy local restaurant.
• Promoted to cater at high profile events.