SUMMARY:

• Software engineer with experience in application development, embedded communications, software system design, and test engineering
• Launched several new lines of data - communications, telecommunications, computer forensics, solar energy, aerospace and medical products by supplying mission critical software and firmware designs, including beta and trade show firmware.
• Improved customer satisfaction by collaborating with Test Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing and Business Partners, to dispense timely, elegant product field upgrades.
• Programming expertise at low level, and application level, in Assembly, C, C#, C++, PHP, Visual Basic and Java.
• Processor familiarity including Intel X86, Motorola 68000, Motorola Power PC (8245 and 855T), Intel 8051, Hitachi SH-4, Renesas H8/3067, Motorola 6809, Arm 7, TI CC2430, TI MSP430, TI CC2540, TI Hercules TMS570LS3137, Infineon SAB-C165-LF3V-X (Siemens C165), Atmel AVR Atmega 16, 128, 1281, 2561, ARM STM32L - 162QD.
• Real time embedded OS knowledge including VxWorks, ThreadX and Nucleus.
• Windows driver knowledge including WDM, NDIS, NuMega SoftIce.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Embedded firmware, wireless development, 802.15.4, 802.11, Bluetooth, Test Scripting, PHP, Team Foundation Server, NetBeans IDE 8, Junit, Agile Development, HP Quality Center, Seapine TestTrack, Code Collaborator v5.0.5021 Confidential Inc, AccuRev, IBM Rational DOORS, Perforce, Seapine Surround, PVCS, Modelsim 5.7, USB, CATC USB Chief, ISO OSI, LAN, WAN, Serial Port, Ethernet, PDA, SONET, PC Card, PCMCIA, GPS, GPRS, GSM, TCP/IP, IGMP, PPP, Palm OS, modem controller, printer controller, digital modem, ISDN, Point of Sale, SCSI, PATA, SATA, PBX and ACD development, impact and thermal printers, keyboard firmware, T.30 fax, MIL-STD C secure fax, C++, C#, Visual Basic, Borland C++, Metaware C, Green Hills C, Opus make, Code Warrior C for Palm OS and Linux, Keil make for 8051, Keil uVision C, Arm 7, IAR Compiler for ARM7 and TI MSP430 and TI CC2430, VxWorks, Eclipse Indigo for Java, Symantec Caf for Java, Atmel AVR Studio, CodeVision C from HP Infotech, Atmel JTAGICE mkII, WinAvr GCC, LDRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Simi Valley, CA

Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Tested Wing Control subsystem of Dream Chaser Space Shuttle for DO-178C compliance
• Wrote and ran test plans.
• Met customer milestones.
• Developed and ran automation scripts.
• Developed and tested LDRA version of software to insure safety and flight worthiness.
• Recommended and installed software safety checks in airborne system to prohibit unwanted maintenance software activation in flight.

Confidential, Sylmar, CA

Ext Engineer I Software Dev Quality

Responsibilities:

• Tested implantable cardio medical devices for Wireless Security, Coexistence, and Quality of Service compliance.
• Wrote and ran test plans.
• Developed Bluetooth Low Energy custom software on Texas Instruments CC2540 for certification of finished product compliance.
• Investigated FDA guidance and recommendations for cybersecurity risks involving software as a medical device.
• Verified product conformance to the standards: ANSI C63.27, AAMI TIR 69, and Radio Frequency Wireless Technology in Medical Devices - Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff.
• Collaborated across departments to coordinate corporate testing efforts.
• Active Bluetooth SIG member.
• Investigated and selected candidate technologies and documents for compliance testing.
• Characterized candidate cellphones for use as patient transmitters for EGM monitoring.
• Operated a Wireless software test lab for the cardiac quality division.

Confidential, Northridge, CA

Chemistry Test Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Completed engineering validation of POSTM EIS (Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy) manufacturing automated test software. Added logic to EIS manufacturing test software to meet new requirements to test Reference Electrodes and support additional test platform MUX cards to increase tester capacity. Code in C# 2010 on Windows 7. EIS measurement performed on wafers of sensors using Quadtech 1920LCR and Agilent 34980A MUX and I & J Fiskar I7J7300C Robotic Arm.
• Developed clinical utility oxygen mode I to F (current-to-frequency) calibration used in the recording of glucose level readings. The clinical research automated measurement tool runs on the production device in a proprietary scripting language. Coding in Keil C on STM32L-162QD processor in GSR4D device. Discovered anomalies and provided solutions in Electrode measurement product and clinical firmware, including repairing faulty reading of Work Electrodes. Validated the clinical utility firmware defining the requirements, creating the 902, ETP, ETR documents, and completing the validation. Delivered proprietary tests validating the Python PC tool used to initiate test runs and communicate with the device.
• Provided bug fixing, enhancements and online support for in-house web server and lab client software for short-term Sensor In-vitro Test data acquisition System (SITS). The Sensor Data Acquisition and Analysis System is used for chemical engineering and qualification testing of prototype sensors housed in controlled environmental test harnesses for days at a time. Software tools used included Python, JSON, LINQ, MySQL server, HeidiSql client and C# code in .NET 2010 in Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2.