This summer, Silicon Labs had more than one hundred students participate in our global internship program, in offices around the world - from Finland to Singapore to the US and beyond. Eleven of those interns were a part of the team in Boston. We’re excited to share a day in the life of our Boston interns, shining the spotlight on applications engineering interns Anusha Datar and Matt Hagan, as well as high school intern John Mikulski.

As engineering interns, they often began their mornings working on a variety of projects. John’s focus this summer was creating Fuzz Tests with the Java simulator. Anusha spent her time working on the Zigbee 3.0 trust center replacement. Her favorite part of the internship was having “a great opportunity to learn and grow in terms of both (her) technical and personal professional development,” and “getting a lot better at ping pong.” Check out her Knowledge Base article in our community to review her findings on different trust center replacement methods.

During lunch, the interns often explored nearby Boston attractions, or simply lounged on the comfortable office furniture. While they didn’t have a favorite restaurant, they tried many new places throughout the city, which was a cool experience. Like their Austin counterparts, they enjoyed competing in friendly games of ping pong. Conveniently, there was also a pinball machine located in the open space that they enjoy playing with as well.

Throughout the summer, interns, new college grads (NCGs), and managers participated in teambuilding activities. During one afternoon trip, interns and NCGs took a trip to Fort Warren, a historic fort on Georges Island.

During their walking tour, they stopped to explore and pose for group photos in front of the island’s most famous landmarks, including the Guard House where fort security was managed during the Civil War. 

At the end of their trip, everyone gathered near the island pier and wharf area where they enjoyed the scenic views of the surrounding islands and the Boston Harbor.

There were often evening activities as well. They joined Silicon Labs employees who participated in the Boston J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, benefiting Boston Children's Hospital. This was the 15th year in a row we’ve participated, and we had record attendance this year with 31 Silicon Labs participants! The interns also had opportunities to participate in health and wellness and volunteer activities, so they could give back to the community.

This summer, Silicon Labs had more than one hundred students participate in our global internship program, in offices around the world - from Finland to Singapore to the US and beyond. Eleven of those interns were a part of the team in Boston. We’re excited to share a day in the life of our Boston interns, shining the spotlight on applications engineering interns Anusha Datar and Matt Hagan, as well as high school intern John Mikulski.

As engineering interns, they often began their mornings working on a variety of projects. John’s focus this summer was creating Fuzz Tests with the Java simulator. Anusha spent her time working on the Zigbee 3.0 trust center replacement. Her favorite part of the internship was having “a great opportunity to learn and grow in terms of both (her) technical and personal professional development,” and “getting a lot better at ping pong.” Check out her Knowledge Base article in our community to review her findings on different trust center replacement methods.

During lunch, the interns often explored nearby Boston attractions, or simply lounged on the comfortable office furniture. While they didn’t have a favorite restaurant, they tried many new places throughout the city, which was a cool experience. Like their Austin counterparts, they enjoyed competing in friendly games of ping pong. Conveniently, there was also a pinball machine located in the open space that they enjoy playing with as well.

Throughout the summer, interns, new college grads (NCGs), and managers participated in teambuilding activities. During one afternoon trip, interns and NCGs took a trip to Fort Warren, a historic fort on Georges Island.

During their walking tour, they stopped to explore and pose for group photos in front of the island’s most famous landmarks, including the Guard House where fort security was managed during the Civil War. 

At the end of their trip, everyone gathered near the island pier and wharf area where they enjoyed the scenic views of the surrounding islands and the Boston Harbor.

There were often evening activities as well. They joined Silicon Labs employees who participated in the Boston J.P. Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge, benefiting Boston Children's Hospital. This was the 15th year in a row we’ve participated, and we had record attendance this year with 31 Silicon Labs participants! The interns also had opportunities to participate in health and wellness and volunteer activities, so they could give back to the community.

Sinduja Vijayakumar joined Silicon Labs in August 2017 as an application engineer in Singapore. Her role allows her to develop software, test products, and work with her fellow validation team members to identify and tackle issues. Sinduja looks forward to coming into the office every day because she can discover something new and interact closely with other smart engineers. “I love to see the great work of my team in the products that we produce.”

She enjoys learning from everyone and everything around her, so being a part of a team that communicates and works well with each other is something she appreciates. “I am always able to ask members of my team a question and get great answers from them.” Doing the right thing is something that Sinduja values, and she says it is what connects her with Silicon Labs the most. “I see, on my team and in the company, we all do the right thing, and it helps us design great products for our customers.”

When asked what she would like to have with her, if stranded on a deserted island, Sinduja answered, “Something to write on and a pen.” She said she would use it to make a map and find her way home.

Thank you, Sinduja, for working hard and being a team player. We’re happy to have such an amazing engineer on our team!

Sinduja Vijayakumar joined Silicon Labs in August 2017 as an application engineer in Singapore. Her role allows her to develop software, test products, and work with her fellow validation team members to identify and tackle issues. Sinduja looks forward to coming into the office every day because she can discover something new and interact closely with other smart engineers. “I love to see the great work of my team in the products that we produce.”

She enjoys learning from everyone and everything around her, so being a part of a team that communicates and works well with each other is something she appreciates. “I am always able to ask members of my team a question and get great answers from them.” Doing the right thing is something that Sinduja values, and she says it is what connects her with Silicon Labs the most. “I see, on my team and in the company, we all do the right thing, and it helps us design great products for our customers.”

When asked what she would like to have with her, if stranded on a deserted island, Sinduja answered, “Something to write on and a pen.” She said she would use it to make a map and find her way home.

Thank you, Sinduja, for working hard and being a team player. We’re happy to have such an amazing engineer on our team!

Sky Liu joined Silicon Labs in November 2012 as a sales manager in the Shenzhen office. Since joining the company, he has maintained close connections with distributors in China and is responsible for WES, WMN, BlueGiga, and sensor product sales. During this time he has lead by example, and it shows through his proven sales and marketing track record.

With Liu’s contributions, the wireless business in South China grew from $8.65M in 2013 to $13M in 2015. In addition to revenue success, Liu’s focus on innovation has allowed him to lead many complicated cross selling projects, as well as extend the Zigbee business in the lighting market.

Liu said his role allows him to “be on the front line, explore new market opportunities, bring value to customers, and help them be successful.” His favorite thing about working at Silicon Labs is connecting with talented colleagues to study and get support from, improve his personal skills and open a new vision of his life.

When asked which historical figure he would like to meet, Liu said Elon Musk, whom Liu admires for his reputation as an innovator and adventurer.

Thank you for everything you do for Silicon Labs, Sky Liu. Keep up the great work!

Sky Liu joined Silicon Labs in November 2012 as a sales manager in the Shenzhen office. Since joining the company, he has maintained close connections with distributors in China and is responsible for WES, WMN, BlueGiga, and sensor product sales. During this time he has lead by example, and it shows through his proven sales and marketing track record.

With Liu’s contributions, the wireless business in South China grew from $8.65M in 2013 to $13M in 2015. In addition to revenue success, Liu’s focus on innovation has allowed him to lead many complicated cross selling projects, as well as extend the Zigbee business in the lighting market.

Liu said his role allows him to “be on the front line, explore new market opportunities, bring value to customers, and help them be successful.” His favorite thing about working at Silicon Labs is connecting with talented colleagues to study and get support from, improve his personal skills and open a new vision of his life.

When asked which historical figure he would like to meet, Liu said Elon Musk, whom Liu admires for his reputation as an innovator and adventurer.

Thank you for everything you do for Silicon Labs, Sky Liu. Keep up the great work!

Sky Liu joined Silicon Labs in November 2012 as a sales manager in the Shenzhen office. Since joining the company, he has maintained close connections with distributors in China and is responsible for WES, WMN, BlueGiga, and sensor product sales. During this time he has lead by example, and it shows through his proven sales and marketing track record.

With Liu’s contributions, the wireless business in South China grew from $8.65M in 2013 to $13M in 2015. In addition to revenue success, Liu’s focus on innovation has allowed him to lead many complicated cross selling projects, as well as extend the Zigbee business in the lighting market.

Liu said his role allows him to “be on the front line, explore new market opportunities, bring value to customers, and help them be successful.” His favorite thing about working at Silicon Labs is connecting with talented colleagues to study and get support from, improve his personal skills and open a new vision of his life.

When asked which historical figure he would like to meet, Liu said Elon Musk, whom Liu admires for his reputation as an innovator and adventurer.

Thank you for everything you do for Silicon Labs, Sky Liu. Keep up the great work!

Randy Ferguson joined the Silicon Labs IT team in November 2015 as a desktop support analyst. In his current role as IT service delivery manager, Randy is able to engage with members in all departments, because he and his team are often the first point of contact for company-wide IT support. His responsibilities range from maintaining equipment and infrastructure for day-to-day internal operations, to providing web platform updates affecting external customers. Because of this, Randy said his team has a “unique point of view on the operations of the whole company.” He continued, “we all know that every department is integral to the overall success of Silicon Labs, but working in IT, you really experience it first-hand."

Working in IT also gives Randy the opportunity to see the value of a strong team culture. “Every member of the team is treated like an equal contributor to what we do,” he said. “I’ve always felt that I have the freedom to tackle any task I'm confronted with in the way that suites me best. Being able to trust and rely on your peers’ and leaders’ strengths and cover each other’s weaknesses is something that's hard to come by in my experience.”

“If you haven't met us in person, you might be surprised to find out just how sociable and likeable we can be! That said, we do fly our nerd flags high and proud.” He continued, “We do have a pretty rockin' team in IT, if I say so myself.”

We’re glad to have a rockin’ guy like you on the team, Randy Ferguson. Fly your nerd flag high and keep up the great work!

Barbara Baylor joined Silicon Labs in 2006 as the distribution coordinator in Austin. This role gives her the opportunity to interact with virtually every department and has allowed her to interact and form relationships with Silicon Labs employees around the world. Barbara says she looks forward to coming to work every day, “because you never know who you will meet or what you will learn.” On a typical work day, her responsibilities include monitoring printers on all floors, making bindings for training manuals, and wrapping, shipping, and receiving packages. “I enjoy helping people and I want to help everyone to be successful.”

Being a native of Germany, Barbara enjoys working at a company that is multicultural and one that believes in hiring, fostering, and empowering great talent. “I like that you are not just a number. You are a person with a name and a story.” Because she has worked here for 12 years, she’s heard many stories and connected people from the same home countries or with similar interests and hobbies. She has also received hundreds of post cards from Silicon Labs employees traveling across the world. These postcards cover three bulletin boards and serve as a reminder of the relationships she’s built here.  “It’s nice to receive post cards from the beautiful places people travel and have that connection with them.”

Prior to joining the Silicon Labs team, she spent 25 years at the Deutsche Post, a German postal service. When asked if she could travel to any country, Barbara expressed wanting to return to Germany. It has been 10 years since she last visited her home country, and she “looks forward to seeing her family and friends” in October.

We are thankful to have someone so generous and dedicated on the Silicon Labs team. Thank you, Barbara, for keeping us all connected and helping us be successful!

Barbara Baylor joined Silicon Labs in 2006 as the distribution coordinator in Austin. This role gives her the opportunity to interact with virtually every department and has allowed her to interact and form relationships with Silicon Labs employees around the world. Barbara says she looks forward to coming to work every day, “because you never know who you will meet or what you will learn.” On a typical work day, her responsibilities include monitoring printers on all floors, making bindings for training manuals, and wrapping, shipping, and receiving packages. “I enjoy helping people and I want to help everyone to be successful.”

Being a native of Germany, Barbara enjoys working at a company that is multicultural and one that believes in hiring, fostering, and empowering great talent. “I like that you are not just a number. You are a person with a name and a story.” Because she has worked here for 12 years, she’s heard many stories and connected people from the same home countries or with similar interests and hobbies. She has also received hundreds of post cards from Silicon Labs employees traveling across the world. These postcards cover three bulletin boards and serve as a reminder of the relationships she’s built here.  “It’s nice to receive post cards from the beautiful places people travel and have that connection with them.”

Prior to joining the Silicon Labs team, she spent 25 years at the Deutsche Post, a German postal service. When asked if she could travel to any country, Barbara expressed wanting to return to Germany. It has been 10 years since she last visited her home country, and she “looks forward to seeing her family and friends” in October.

We are thankful to have someone so generous and dedicated on the Silicon Labs team. Thank you, Barbara, for keeping us all connected and helping us be successful!