Thomas Shelburne

Lead Principal Field Applications Engineer (TL14), ex-Texas Instruments, ex-Cruise

Detroit Metropolitan Area

About

I am a computer engineer with 28 years of experience in industrial / automotive software and hardware design as well as field applications and sales support in the semiconductor industry. I have deep experience with MPU, MCU, DSP, Analog, and high speed communications platforms from a hardware, software, and systems perspective. My next career goal is to build/lead teams to create great products in the automotive or semiconductor industries in the application areas of ADAS/Safety, Infotainment, Audio, and Digital Cockpit.

Experience

  • Infineon Technologies (Livonia, Michigan, United States · Hybrid)
    • Lead Principal Field Applications Engineer (TL14)
      Dec 2025 - Present · 7 mos

    • Principal Field Applications Engineer (TL13)
      Feb 2024 - Dec 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Lead customer Principal FAE for direct customers designing chassis (braking, steering, ride dynamics), 400V/800V EV OBC and HV Inverters, ADAS, zonal architecture, and active/passive safety airbag and restraints systems.

  • Staff Systems Engineer - In-Cabin UX Cruise at Cruise
    Oct 2021 - Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Texas Instruments (15 yrs 4 mos)
    • Senior Field Application Engineer MGTS (Member Group Technical Staff)
      Jan 2016 - Oct 2021 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    • Digital Field Applications Engineer
      Jul 2006 - Jan 2016 · 9 yrs 7 mos

      15 years focused on Processor and MCU/MPU/DSP system design and support with automotive focus on all aspects of Infotainment, ADAS, and Gateway applications.

  • Field Applications Engineer at Microchip Technology
    May 2003 - Jul 2006 · 3 yrs 3 mos

    Sold and supported automotive semiconductor product lines with a focus on MCU and Analog. Developed AUTOSAR/CAN solutions for Microchip products. Developed and proposed system level solutions to customer problems to win revenue.

  • Senior Embedded Software Engineer at Visteon Corporation
    May 2000 - May 2003 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    Worked in R&D electronics group designing camera/radar systems for various ADAS applications using MCU (C55, TMS470, Star12) and MPU/DSP (ADI SHARC/BlackFin) platforms. Developed ACC(77Ghz)/SOD(24GHz) radar applications and LDW/Night-Vision CMOS imager camera systems.