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Kostas Skantzis

@kostasskantzis

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PCB and hardware designer.

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What I'm looking for

I’m seeking PCB Design, Hardware Design, and Power Electronics R&D roles.

I designed and constructed a photovoltaic I-V curve tracer for modules up to 1.5 kV open-circuit voltage and 15 A short-circuit current. The project brought together custom PCB design, power electronics, embedded systems, software debugging, and PV emulation.

I also designed and constructed a controllable DC electronic load for pulsed and steady-state operation, with current- and voltage-limiting functions for DUT prototyping and laboratory testing.

On the UoP Racing PCB Design Team, I contributed to PCB design and worked under defined design standards with engineers from different technical disciplines. My other hardware designs include a 10 kW full-bridge inverter, a 5 kW four-phase interleaved boost converter, a passive BMS, and a Colpitts oscillator.

For FPGA work, I implemented the CLEFIA cryptographic algorithm using VHDL and Vivado, increasing throughput from a 1.3 Gbps baseline to 32 Gbps through replication and pipelining. I’m an Electrical & Computer Engineer and PhD Candidate focused on PCB and hardware design for power-electronic and high-speed systems.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Controllable Electronic Load - Active Power Hardware

University of Patras

Apr 2025 - May 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and constructed a controllable DC electronic load for both pulsed and steady-state operation. Implemented current-limiting and voltage-limiting functionality for DUT prototyping and laboratory testing.

Power Electronics PCB Design Embedded Systems Hardware Debugging

Diploma Thesis - Photovoltaic I-V Curve Tracer

University of Patras

Apr 2025 - May 2026 (1 year 1 month)

Designed and constructed a photovoltaic I-V curve tracer for modules up to 1.5 kV open-circuit voltage and 15 A short-circuit current. Worked across power electronics, custom PCB design, embedded systems, software debugging and PV emulation.

Power Electronics PCB Design Embedded Systems PV Emulation Thermal Management Circuit Modeling and Simulation

CLEFIA Cryptographic Accelerator - FPGA / VHDL

University of Patras

Dec 2025 - Mar 2026 (3 months)

Designed, optimized and implemented the CLEFIA symmetric cryptography algorithm on FPGA using VHDL and Vivado. Achieved 1.3 Gbps baseline throughput and increased throughput to 32 Gbps using architectural replication and pipelining.

FPGA VHDL Vivado Pipelining Replication Cryptography

High-Speed Local Clock Distribution Network

University of Patras

Dec 2025 - Feb 2026 (2 months)

Designed and simulated an asymmetric clock-distribution network targeting 3.3 GHz, with additional experiments at 10 GHz. Applied skew-minimization techniques and eliminated nominal-condition skew in simulation.

LTspice High Speed Electronics Chip Interconnects Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS)CMOS

PCB Design Team Contribution

UoP Racing

Oct 2024 - Apr 2025 (6 months)

Contributed to the design of PCBs within a multidisciplinary engineering team. Worked under defined design standards and coordinated with engineers from different technical disciplines.

PCB Design Multidisciplinary teamwork Design Standards

AI-hub Competition - 1st Place

University of Patras

Mar 2023 - Oct 2023 (7 months)

Developed deep-learning and machine-learning models for predictive maintenance and contributed to input-data analysis and transformation. Project: Smart Data Enabled Maintenance Strategies - A Path to Operational Excellence.

Deep Learning Machine Learning Predictive Maintenance Data Analysis