Apple Inc
Alireza Safaee (Senior Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 2015.,From 1997 to 2005, he was a Designer at Manabe Taghzyeh Electronic Company, Tehran, Iran, where he played a major role in establishing automotive products for national automakers. He designed controllers for tail lights and brake lights, completed the standard compliance processes, and later launched product lines. He designed 10-kW inverters for emergency lighting for metro stations, with extreme safety and security considerations. These systems are still in operation. From 2011 to 2014, he was with Bombardier Transportation working on vehicle auxiliary power units (APUs) and propulsion inverters. From 2014 to 2017, he was a Senior Key Expert with the OSRAM Sylvania Research Center working on steerable automotive lighting systems, street lighting LED drivers that could energize IoT sensing systems, micro-LED displays, and tail lights for EVs. Since 2017, he has been a Power System Architect at Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA. His designs have been used in several products. He holds more than 20 granted patents.
D03 - Low Voltage or Low Power DC-DC Converters 2
Thursday, March 26, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM CT