For Vadim, becoming a design engineer for high-performance analog wasn’t just in the cards. It was in his genes. His father and grandfather were both engineers in his native Russia and influenced Vadim’s career path significantly. Vadim refers to his job at TI as a design coach, quite a fitting label indeed. If he wasn’t an engineer, he’d be a karate coach – he studied martial arts coaching while in school.

Vadim has been with TI for almost two decades, during which he developed a pioneering analog design methodology called structural design. His work on structural design is detailed in his book, “Operational Amplifier Speed and Accuracy Improvement: Analog Circuit Design with Structural Methodology” (available on Amazon, of course). Use of this methodology has spawned a new solution in each and every project he has worked on at TI, generating over 70 U.S. patents and applications. Among these solutions is e-trim™ technology, along with the topology of the low-drop regulators used in more than 70 designs across TI.

For the past four years, Vadim has been working on what he considers his prize innovation – the development of Nano power technology and circuits initially designed for energy harvesting. He believes the possibilities for new products in this field are endless.

Vadim sees the microelectronics changing the world. To him it’s obvious in how people live, what they do, and the gadgets they have. He believes the next big challenge in the industry will be making motors smaller than ever to reduce energy consumption in houses, offices, and more.

Innovation can’t be a nine-to-five job, says Vadim. It’s a way of life.