PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Electrical Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed an electrically isolated 3 phase 440V “power good” circuit for digital power meters in Altium to prevent damaging equipment when any phase is experiencing a critically low voltage.

Confidential - Charlotte NC

Contract Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Microcontroller firmware development in C.
• Orcad and Mentor Graphics PCB design.
• High current buck - boost power supply design.
• Windows application development.
• Windows Kernel Mode Device Driver Development.
• Developed embedded firmware security features including user authentication and authorization data integrity, audit logging and media sanitization. Coordinated with other teams in developing robust custom security standards.

Confidential - Albuquerque NM

System Engineer III

Responsibilities:

• VHDL FPGA and CPLD development for DO-254 compliant aircraft flight systems.
• I.MX6 development in C for DO-178B compliant aircraft flight systems.
• Cadence Allegro Schematic and PC Board design for Aircraft Flight systems.
• Solid Works for clearance verification on PCB board and component clearance verification.
• Windows application development for test and control of prototype systems.
• Windows Kernel Mode Device Driver Development for test and control of prototype systems.

Confidential - Atlanta GA

Contract Embedded Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed embedded firmware in C for ultrasonic water flow measurement devices with TI C28x processors.

Confidential - Salt Lake City UT

Contract Windows Embedded Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed Windows Embedded 2009, Windows Embedded 7 and Windows Embedded 8 firmware for
• Olympia and Plate Cycler DNA Sequencing platforms. Altium PCB Development
• Conducted power cycling studies on the custom power supply developed by Bio Fire.

Confidential - Knoxville TN

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Customized u-boot, kernel and Linux file system source code for Cortex A8 Android 4.21 GPS tracking system.
• Designed Altium PC boards for sensor and 915 Mhz radio transceiver evaluations on TI Android platforms.
• Designed graphical GPS mapping application firmware for ARM Cortex A8 Android platform.
• Evaluated Android software platforms for Atmel, Freescale and TI AM335x ARM microprocessors.
• Developed test software for custom Android hardware platform. Solid Works for PCB enclosure fitting.

Confidential - Arlington, TX

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Phoenix UEFI BIOS in Beaverton Washington. x86 BIOS development for Intel and AMD industrial computer modules. x86 UEFI BIOS development for Emerson x86 computer refrigeration motherboard. x86 UEFI BIOS development for Biomerieux x86 medical computer motherboard. x86 Kernel mode device driver development for Windows and Linux. x86 Windows CE 5, CE 6, CE 7 Board Support Package and nk.bin creation. x86 Windows CE Application software development. x86 Windows Embedded Standard 2009, Windows Embedded 7 images on Compact Flash.
• I.MX6 Single, Dual and Quad Core embedded development.
• Windows application development.
• Altium PCB Development
• Windows Kernel Mode Device Driver Development.
• Linux device driver and application development. Developed VXWorks x86 images on Compact Flash.
• Application software development in x86 Assembly Language, C and C++.

Confidential - Jonesboro, AR

Television Broadcast Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Calibration, adjustment and component level repair of VHF, UHF, microwave transmitters / receivers, power supplies, Doppler radar and general broadcast equipment. FCC qualification testing of digital and analog transmitters. Gigabit Fiber Optic network troubleshooting and repair. 440V 3 Phase Power Panels.

Confidential - Jonesboro, AR

Contract PCB Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed a Hurricane Dropsonde transmitter for NOAA using an LPC2148 ARM 7 microcontroller, TI CC1101 RF transceiver, SHT75 humidity sensor, MS5534A barometric pressure sensor, precision thermistor temperature sensor and Ublox LEA4 GPS module powered by an extreme low temperature compatible Lithium battery.
• Designed a Dropsonde receiver for NOAA using a Silicon Labs C8051F310 and a TI CC1101 RF transceiver chip.
• Designed a collision avoidance system using CCD cameras and infrared lasers.
• Designed an optical guitar tuner using an MSP430F1101.
• Designed an 8 layer PCB for the Intellisensing ZCBM260 Zigbee transceiver.
• Designed a 4 layer PCB for the Intellisensing 100352B interface board.
• Designed a 4 layer PCB for the Intellisensing 100863 base station board.
• Designed a long range GPS telemetry tracking system with an LPC2138 ARM.
• Designed a Solar panel maximum power point tracker with an LPC2138 ARM.
• Designed a Solar panel DC to 3 phase well pump inverter with an LM3S6965.
• Designed a 3 axis brushless servo controller with a TMS320F2808.
• Designed a Pan and tilt camera control system with pitch - yaw - roll correction with an NXP LPC2148
• 3 Analog Devices Gyroscopes and an ST Micro 3 axis accelerometer for a military device.
• Designed a slot machine reel controller with a Silicon Labs C8051F040.
• Designed a PIC18F2431 quadrature encoder interface.
• Designed a PIC18F4431 micro stepper motor controller.
• FCC emissions qualification testing of prototype devices to FCCB CISPR-22 standards.

Confidential - Round Rock, TX

Senior BIOS Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Granted US patent 6975092 for microcontroller based smart battery encryption Confidential .
• Developed x86 BIOS and firmware for Dell portable computer systems with Intel Microprocessors, 8051 based system controllers and Cypress PSOC microcontrollers for the Dell D-Dock, D400, D600 and D800 laptops.
• Developed a suite of smart battery test hardware and software to run extended Lithium ION battery charge / discharge cycles without user intervention which greatly increased the reliability of Dell portable systems.
• Developed a smart battery emulator to verify Dell system BIOS and operating system performance for all monitored battery data using a Silicon Labs C8051F320. Battery insertion, removal, over temperature, over current, low battery level etc. were all simulated by this system.
• Developed LPC bus cycle data logging hardware and software for Dell laptops.
• Developed Windows kernel mode device drivers and Windows applications to communicate with Dell custom BIOS functions. Developed FPGA Verilog code and PC board for the Dell Mini PCI BIOS development debug interface. PC board development with Altium, Orcad and Cadence Allegro. Windows application development.

Confidential - Mountain Home, AR

Contract Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Developed a hand held point of sale computer system based on Windows CE using an Intel SA-1100 Strong ARM processor. This device featured a multiple track credit card reader, ISO-7816 smart card interface, touch screen with signature capture capability, thermal printer for printing sales receipts, modem, serial and infrared communications ports for external device interfacing.
• Developed a Long Arm Quilting Machine Stitch Regulator control system for Gammill Quilting Machine Company using a PIC16F877 in each LCD display user interface board and the motor control board. Dual quadrature encoders sense X - Y hand guided movement with PWM control of a DC motor to provide even stitch lengths as the operator moves the sewing head. This system became the industry leader in this market and has received great reviews for features, reliability and the intuitive user interface.

Confidential - Houston, TX

Senior Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Built and administrated the first Compaq BBS to allow customers to download drivers and software updates saving Compaq thousands of dollars in overnight delivery fees.
• Served as the Compaq “Sysop” for several years answering over 150 technical questions daily online. Developed software programs, software patches, x86 BIOS code and kernel mode device drivers.

Confidential - Memphis, TN

Switching Systems Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Programming and hardware maintenance of the Confidential &T Dimension 8086 based telecommunications switching system for a long distance reseller. Installed and maintained encrypted microwave links for point to point communications. Maintained the Confidential &T Unix system and supervised 2 Memphis field service technicians.

Confidential, Memphis TN

Alarm Technician / Telephone Technician

Responsibilities:

• Installed and serviced residential and commercial security systems.
• Installed and serviced Mitel commercial telephone systems.

Confidential, Little Rock, AR

Bio-Medical Electronics Technician

Responsibilities:

• Component level repair and qualification testing of physiological monitoring equipment.
• Emergency system repairs in hospital critical care, intensive care, emergency room and surgical suites.
• Joint Commission agency testing & calibration, radio frequency heart monitor telemetry system FCC emissions calibration, ultrasound system repairs, electrosurgical system repairs and bus master central station monitoring system repairs. Medical device repair, calibration and to IEC 60601 standards in ICU, CCU and surgical suites.