Mobile filter start-up Resonant Inc. has recruited Andrew Kay to fill the new position of vice president of engineering operations.

Kay has more than 15 years management experience in RF filter engineering and packaging. He joins Resonant from Skyworks Solutions, where he worked in various engineering roles since 2002. Most recently, he was the director of component engineering. Prior to Skyworks, he was a senior engineer at Conexant Systems and Intel.

Kay holds a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Brigham Young University.

George B. Holmes, CEO of Resonant, said, “Given the growing number of new fabless filter manufacturing customers and designs we are supporting, we’ve continued to invest in our core infrastructure and believe he (Andrew) is the perfect fit as our newly created vice president of engineering operations position. In this new position, Andrew will be reporting to Neal Fenzi, one of the company’s founders, who leads Resonant’s engineering teams.”

Andrew Kay said, “It’s an exciting time to join Resonant, as it continues to experience significant growth in new customers as well as designs. Together, I look forward to helping the team continue building a scalable engineering infrastructure to support our anticipated growth from the explosive demand for high yielding filter designs.”