PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential , Dallas TX

Lead Device Engineer

• Lead Device Engineer for Uplink products
• Review, correct, and update schematics for new devices
• Update schematics for existing products
• Review and correct PCB layouts for new devices
• System design for new IoT products
• C based applications using MQTT and CBOR on WP75xx and WP76xx modules
• Update existing C based software for corrections and new features on existing products
• Update firmware over the air updates with cellular based modems and FTP for existing products
• JIRA tracking system to monitor system defects
• Costing and Bill of materials review and updates for new and existing products
• Scheduling - creating, updating schedules for team members and contractors utilizing Agile methodology
• Software documentation
• Application development of offender monitoring devices utilizing WP76xx modules

Confidential, Plano, TX

Sr. Software Engineer

• Reviewing & editing Customer Function Specifications , Software Requirement Specifications in DOORS and Word
• Embedded application design for medical devices using STMicro, NXP, Freescale, Microchip, and Atmel processors
• Embedded device driver design: EEPROM, stepper motors, leak detectors, tilt sensors, RFID, NVRAM
• Power On Self Tests and Built In Self Tests for insulin delivery device
• Application design and implementation for cell plate counter device
• Application design and implementation for home dialysis machine (state machines, CAN bus implementation, sensor interface)
• Hardware verification for new hardware, implementing new drivers and hardware unit tests in software
• Updated Qt based CANbus application to simulate hardware
• Installing Ubuntu Linux on BeagleBone devices for application development and use

Confidential, Carrollton, TX

Sr. Software Engineer

• Reviewing and editing Customer Function Specifications , Software Requirement Specifications
• Embedded application design for medical device
• Configuration of Ubuntu based linux distribution for application and driver development using virtual machine (cross-compilation)
• Embedded device driver design: camera, stepper motors, DC motors, RFID
• Bash shell scripting for test setup and execution
• Python scripting for d-bus, BlueZ implementations for Bluetooth
• Linux BSP design and verification, LTIB
• Embedded C software design on Atmel, Microchip, ST Micro, Freescale processors
• Atmel NIOS software design and coding
• CVS and Subversion repository maintenance schematic review and design
• Requirement specifications
• Created and reviewed engineering test plans
• Labview application development iOS application development

Confidential, Carrollton, TX

Software Engineer

• Reviewing and editing Customer Function Specifications
• Reviewing and editing Software Requirement Specifications
• Supporting sustaining engineering efforts
• Member of R&D Engineering staff developing new features
• Embedded C software design on ARM9
• Embedded device driver design
• Embedded bootloader design
• BSP design and verification
• Embedded filesystems
• Embedded filesystem design and maintenance
• Embedded C software design on Atmel (ATmega2560)
• IAR Embedded Workbench 4.41 and 5.x, Jlink USB debugger
• CVS and Subversion repository maintenance schematic review and design
• Created and reviewed engineering test plans

Confidential, Irving TX

Engineer

• Schematic capture and printed circuit board layout
• Software test documentation, test cases, test reports, UML diagrams
• Wireless audio application development for Chipcon CC2430/CC2431 in C, assembly
• Audio pre-amp and amplifier circuits for microphones and speakers
• Application development utilizing Bluetooth for device to access Bluetooth equipped cell phone for hands-free dialing in C
• Telephony circuits to attach device to standard telephone line (POTS), DTMF generation and detection
• Zigbee network application with Atmel Atmega2560 in C and assembly
• Device driver development for LCD, real time clock, OneWire devices, GPS, serial flash interface, Zigbee modules for Atmel microcontrollers in C
• RF Test boards for antenna evaluation for both GPS and Zigbee
• Embedded Java development - device drivers and applications
• Project Manager for multiple projects
• Characterization and testing of GPS units based on accuracy and power consumption for battery operated application
• Bluetooth device/system integration

Confidential, Frisco TX

Software Engineer

• * Device driver development for FPGA - based PCI Express development board under Fedora Core 4 and 5, FSMLabs RTLinux (real-time) in C
• * Driver integration for Fibre Channel HBA under Solaris 8 and Fedora Core 4, 5 and RTLinux
• * Driver integration for Mellanox Infiniband HCA under Fedora Core 4, 5 and RT Linux
• * Driver integration for OpenFabrics OFED 1.0 and 1.1(rc) under Linux for Mellanox Infiniband HCA
• * Operation systems evaluation for production readiness
• * Wrote test plans, test descriptions, and user's guides for device drivers for other developers
• * Board diagnostics programs and utilities to exercise all major systems of system in C
• * Driver evaluation and integration for PLX Technology's device driver for PLX PCI Express switches
• * System performance measurement and tuning for RAID 0,1,5, and 10 subsystems with SATA and SCSI drives

Confidential, Fort Worth TX

Sr. Software Engineer

• * Device driver development for Champ AV - II and AV-IV Quad processor board under Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS
• * Developed Gigabit Ethernet driver for Champ AV-IV board with INTEGRITY RTOS
• * Developed VME driver for Champ AV-IV board with INTEGRITY RTOS
• * BSP verification, corrections and rolling out updates to Software Team in C
• * Wrote test plans and test descriptions for device drivers
• * Participated in structured code reviews
• * Modified INTEGRITY 4.09b StarGen StarFabric driver to work under INTEGRITY 5.x
• * Responsible for integrating IPLITE TCP/IP stack into BSP
• * Responsible for creating Doxygen templates and keybinding files
• * Verification of in-circuit emulators and debuggers from Green Hills and WindRiver
• * Requirements matrices and requirement flow-down using DOORS
• * Configuration management using CVS and Subversion
• * Customer point-of-contact for final stage issues
• * Software support of Systems/Hardware Acceptance test
• * Scripting in REXX for test procedures

Confidential, Richardson TX

Hardware Staff

• Design of node expandable and addressable Ethernet based network using a distributed architecture
• *Design of network hub / router in programmable logic using Altera s MAX+plus II and Quartus software packages
• *Hardware design of remote nodes in network, utilizing Motorola s ColdFire processor family
• *Design of reduced functionality remote notes for specialized functions using the Motorola HC11 family to maintain network hardware consistency
• *Memory design of network, including schematic capture, specification, mapping, testing, and verification
• *Wrote boot code for remote nodes in the network, responsible for the initialization of network nodes as well as the programmable logic initialization and programming in assembly
• *Evaluated C compiler suites for suitability for use in design environment, focusing on learning cycle, performance, and accuracy
• *Responsible for procurement of evaluation boards for use in processor design stages
• *Wrote several programs for network demonstration in C
• *Technical lead for southern branch of split design team
• *Responsible for coordination of the engineering teams across states
• *Responsible for technical coordination of external consultants and design teams
• *Created and corrected technical documentation covering technical aspects of the network, network operations, remote node specification and operation, and feature card specification and operation
• *Evaluated Linux for suitability in design environment, as well as gcc patches specifically for ColdFire family of processors
• *Supported sustaining engineering efforts of existing products, including software fixes and enhancements in both C and assembly
• *Supported cost reduction efforts in existing products
• *Responsible for specification and verification of components during component replacement