Sr. Firmware Engineer Resume Colorado Springs, CO - Hire IT People

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

gnu gcc

Insight Debugger

Greenhills Multi

Perl

Objective C (iPhone SDK)

Assembly

C++

Itech: Satellite

Finisar: X - Gig, Trace Control, Maestro, GT-G

HP: FC Test Module 1735

Microsoft Visual Source Safe

Rational ClearCase and related tools

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Sr. Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities:

Embedded C
SCSI over Fibre Channel interface
Direct - Connect, FC-AL, Old-Port
Abort/error handling
SCSI Compliance testing
Vendor specific SCSI command handling
Led interoperability effort to validate OS/HBA/FC Switch/Emprise combinations including:
Windows 2003 and 2008
Windows Clustering
VMWare ESX 3.5
Boot from SAN
Linux
Cisco 9124
Brocade 4100
Qlogic 246x
LSI 7124
Emulex LP1100x
Developed automated scripting for Apcon switches and Finisar Analyzer/Jammer to enhance regression testing.
Customer support (often 24x7) to Confidential Field Engineers and customers for Emprise 5000/7000.
Trained field engineers to handle installation and technical debug issues for Emprise products.
Developed triage and analysis methods to handle support issues.
Developed IPhone interface for Emprise 5000 storage management

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Sr. Firmware Engineer

Responsibilities:

Embedded C/Linux
Emulex SOC422 SDK (switching Fibre Channel drive interface)
SCSI/FC interface
Low-level drivers and protocol compliance
Windows 2003 Logo Kit testing
SNMP
Test Plan Development
Test Partner Coordination
Analyzing test feedback, making required fixes/changes
Windows 2003 Logo Testing
Windows 2003 Cluster Verification
Medusa Protocol Analysis
VMWare Certification
Developed the firmware for the Fibre Channel core that is used to communicate with Seagate drives.
Duties include design, development and test for low level interface drivers, protocol analysis, and interoperability assurance (FCAL and FCFS environments).
Worked on both high and low level FC I/O error-handling mechanisms.
Developed Finisar Jammer and Trace Control scripts to assure high-quality error handling.
Acted as interface between ASA engineering and the Seagate Reliability Data Testing group.
Helped design/debug software upgrade path and large-scale deployment and fault analysis of storage devices.

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Member of Technical Staff

Responsibilities:

Firmware development and support for the Vitesse Fibre Channel Enclosure Management family. Includes FCAL-2, PDLA, SES, and I2C protocols. Familiar with the Microsoft Visual C/C++ environment and Greenhills Multi 2000 IDE.
Customer support and training for the Vitesse Software Developer’s Kit (SDK).
Would often travel to customer sites for training/debugging related to the enclosure management parts.
Custom firmware development using the Vitesse SDK for some of the largest storage providers
Integration of third-party hardware/software into the Vitesse SDK.
Participated in University of New Hampshire plugfests and interoperability compliance testing.
Was Responsible for development and validation of the firmware for the VSC120 Fibre Channel Enclosure Management controller (first-pass silicon success).
The VSC120 is a dual ported FCAL-2 Direct Attach Fibre Channel target/initiator.
Firmware Development
Co-simulation/verification
Customer Support/Training
FCAL-1 and FCAL-2
SES
I2C
C programming language
Greenhills Multi 2000 IDE

Confidential, Colorado Springs, CO

Firmware Developer

Responsibilities:

Developed the Serano Software Developer’s Kit.
A mix of object and source code that allowed our customers to build their own embedded firmware for the Serano Enclosure Management chipsets.
Traveled to customer locations to participate in board bring-up, customer training, and hardware/firmware debugging sessions.