Research & Development Engineer Resume Ft. Collins, CO - Hire IT People

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

More than 20 years in electronic engineering in systems, software and circuit design, including high - frequency and RF/analog design.
Extensive background in computer system programming and operation, including firmware and low-level kernel drivers, and UNIX system administration.
Fluent in many programming languages and environments, including C, C++, C#
PASCAL, JOVIAL, FORTRAN, Visual Basic and multiple assembly languages and RTOS.
Familiar with UNIX, Visual Studio, VxWorks, RTX-51, Motorola, Intel, Zilog, ARM and other platforms.
Facile with modern CAE tools, especially with the UNIX-based
Cadence/Concept/Allegro/Verilog system.
Experienced with analog design systems, including Touchstone, SuperCompact, and Spice variants.
Experience in leading product development through production, as well as first-line management and supervision of engineering personnel.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential, Ft. Collins, CO

Research & Development Engineer

Responsibilities:

Developed and maintained low- and high-level software for control and operation of semiconductor test systems. HP-UX and Linux development environments, with interface to SPECS test development and run-time system.
Developed and maintained SPECS test code for parametric measurement and yield test of GaAs and silicon FET and bipolar devices, at RF and microwave frequencies.

Confidential, Denver, CO

Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

Developed drivers, interfaces and tests, in C and VB.NET for on-wafer semiconductor test systems, testing GaAs and silicon RF and Microwave devices.
HP-UX and Linux development environments, with interface to SPECS test development and run-time system.
Instrumentation includes spectrum and network analyzers, microwave switching systems, pulse generators, signal generators, power supplies, and others.
Hardware design of fixtures and self-test adapters.

Confidential, Fort Collins, CO

Engineer

Responsibilities:

Designed and coded a very large amount of firmware in C and C++ for control and management processors used in high-end multi-CPU 64-bit servers.
UNIX and Microsoft cross-development environments were used, with vxWorks OS targeted to 32-bit ARM embedded processors.
Firmware tasks included hardware drivers, inter-chassis communications, user interfaces, OS porting, and repair of field-reported defects.
Extensive environment support tasks included coding and scripting of tools, maintenance of configuration management systems (CVS, SoftCM), and use of defect tracking systems. Assisted hardware engineers in design and debug.

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Sr. Engineer

Responsibilities:

Took over designs of two major components of a modular remote-control system, used in Confidential mine-clearing vehicles.
Central Processor/Power Supply unit, and Video Control Unit, were taken from paper through first prototype phase, through testing, correction, and second prototype, into operational system.

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

Engineering Consultant

Responsibilities:

Played a key role in hardware and firmware design and coding for a large, high - availability server storage subsystem. Tasks included coding in C and assembly language, documentation, and signal integrity analysis.
Designed and coded the memory subsystem for a large ASIC verification effort in Verilog and C, and wrote a variety of memory and state comparison tools.
Involved with initial definition and design of server management system firmware.

Confidential, Englewood, CO

Hardware/Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

Led a product definition team for a RF/wireless Confidential test product.
Lead and participated in the hardware and firmware design of many successful test and measurement products, including arbitrary waveform generators, function generator, frequency counter, UHF signal generator, RF switches, analog multiplexers, and an audio noise generator.
System administrator of a UNIX network composed of sixteen Sun workstations and two servers.
Design disciplines have included phase-locked-loop and direct-digital frequency synthesis, precision and high-frequency amplifiers, passive and active microstrip circuits, digital and analog signal processingEMI control and testing, logic design, and A-D and D-A conversion.
Performed considerable microprocessor controller design work and wrote large quantities of firmware, in assembly as well as high-level language.

Confidential, Hawthorne, CA

Engineer Specialist

Responsibilities:

Participated in the design and implementation of a large automatic test system, ground support equipment for the B-2 bomber defensive avionics.
Disciplines included microprocessor controller design, debug and embedded code, MIL-STD-1750A processor microcode, operating system kernal modification and porting. Lead two engineering teams, for firmware development, and later for OS kernel I/O software.