Rodrigo Méndez-Ramírez was born in Santiago, Chile. He earned a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), Santiago, Chile, in 2003, followed by an M.Sc. Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) in 2012. From 2013 to 2018, he pursued a Ph.D. in Instrumentation and Control at the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the Scientific Research and Advanced Studies Center of Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico.
From 2001 to 2005, he worked as a professor of Electronic Engineering, specializing in telecommunications, microprocessors, electronics, and digital systems. Between 2006 and 2013, he joined Samsung Electronics Chile Ltda., initially as an Audio and Video Engineer before advancing to Assistant Manager in the Customer Service Department. In 2018, he joined Synaptics Incorporated/BCM Services as an Audio Engineer in the IoT Smart Headset team, leading projects in active noise cancellation (ANC) and headset configuration, operating from Mexico and supporting project in USA and China teams. Since 2022, he has been with Paradigm Electronics Inc. as an Audio Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Engineer. In 2025, he was promoted to Senior DSP Developer at Paradigm Advanced Research Center (PARC) in Ottawa, Canada.
Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), CONAHCYT, Mexico. SNI Level 1 in 2023. Main research interests include control and digital design, DSP, complex systems, etc.
Rodrigo Méndez-Ramírez was born in Santiago, Chile. He earned a B.S. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), Santiago, Chile, in 2003, followed by an M.Sc. Eng. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) in 2012. From 2013 to 2018, he pursued a Ph.D. in Instrumentation and Control at the Electronics and Telecommunications Department of the Scientific Research and Advanced Studies Center of Ensenada (CICESE), Mexico.
From 2001 to 2005, he worked as a professor of Electronic Engineering, specializing in telecommunications, microprocessors, electronics, and digital systems. Between 2006 and 2013, he joined Samsung Electronics Chile Ltda., initially as an Audio and Video Engineer before advancing to Assistant Manager in the Customer Service Department. In 2018, he joined Synaptics Incorporated/BCM Services as an Audio Engineer in the IoT Smart Headset team, leading projects in active noise cancellation (ANC) and headset configuration, operating from Mexico and supporting project in USA and China teams. Since 2022, he has been with Paradigm Electronics Inc. as an Audio Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Engineer. In 2025, he was promoted to Senior DSP Developer at Paradigm Advanced Research Center (PARC) in Ottawa, Canada.
Member of the National System of Researchers (SNI), CONAHCYT, Mexico. SNI Level 1 in 2023. Main research interests include control and digital design, DSP, complex systems, etc.