Engineering Consultant Resume
San Diego, CA
OBJECTIVE:
- Seeking a career with an organization offering stability, professionalism and the ability to learn and grow. A position in Electrical Engineering involving embedded hardware, software, and/or digital design where I may utilize my digital design and software experience.
SUMMARY:
- Designed and successfully tested DRAM image frame readout controller using VHDL and Altera FPGA for Stinger Missile digital video applications.
- Designed and successfully tested Altera FPGA implementation of RISC microprocessor using VHDL
- Designed and successfully tested memory buffer FPGA for Stinger Missile digital video imaging applications using Altera’s MAXPLUS II.
- Developed VHDL for Xilinx FPGA for fault tolerant satellite applications.
- Designed CMOS ASIC using Cadence tools with Verilog for high speed SONET/ATM applications.
- Designed and debugged Intel 8051 and X86 board level systems for prototype evaluation.Software
- Wrote data acquisition software in C to drive interface between EPROM on external board and PC.
- Wrote DSP software in C and MATLAB as part of MPEG digital signal processing project.
- Have hardware/software development lab at home to keep skills sharp with ORCAD, MATLAB, Verilog, VHDL, Xilinx ISE, Altera Quartus, ModelSim, PCB Artist, MAXPLUS II, 8051 development system, C/C++ compiler and assembler, Spice, logic analyzer and oscilloscopes,Analog and Mixed Signal Circuit Design
- Designed timing and control circuits for mixed - signal CMOS chip used for imaging system.
- Designed A/D Converter with Intel 286 processor and 8 bit LED display
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, San Diego, CA
Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Supported microcontroller software for a robot used for military applications (part time, paid with company stock, company went out of business)
Confidential, San Diego, CA
Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Modified software written in C for Top Level Mode Multiplexer(TLLM)
Confidential, Irvine, CA
Digital Test Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Used oscilloscope and logic analyzer to verify correct performance of digital circuit boards, including clock frequency, duty cycle, propagation delay between components, and verifying test patterns by writing to and reading from test registers on the board.
Confidential, Irvine, CA
Digital Design Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Used Spice simulations to modify I/O buffer designs and perform impedance matching to minimize ringing on printed circuit board traces. Wrote test plan for DRAM controller and simulated digital designs with ModelSim and Verilog to decrease power consumption of DRAM chips.
Confidential
Worst Case Analysis Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Performed worst case analysis for printed circuit board designs used in HP printers, saving HP money by not shipping defective boards.
Confidential, San Diego, CA
Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Developed VHDL design of Xilinx FPGA for fault tolerant enhancement of data encryption/decryption module for satellite applications.
Confidential
Evening Instructor
Responsibilities:
- Taught class on FPGA architecture (Altera and Xilinx), using Altera Quartus and Xilinx ISE, VHDL, Verilog, ModelSim, market issues, JTAG Boundary Scan, and noise issues.
Confidential
Technical Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Did several bids, however the funding never came through and projects were dropped Biomedical Devices, Vista, CA(Medical device based on the Intel 8051), Viasys Health Care, Yorba Linda, CA (Design of digital board using Xilinx FPGA, DDRAM and Coldfire processor), Aethercomm
Confidential, Carlsbad, CA
Staff Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Finalized and debugged design of Xilinx FPGA used for cable TV applications using ABEL, enabling the company to ship the board. Evaluated JTAG Boundary Scan scheme for testing Xilinx FPGA. Troubleshot digital board for noise problems using capacitive loading, noise margin, and current analysis techniques.
Confidential, Santa Barbara, CA
Engineering Design Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Designed telecommunications logic for CMOS ASIC using Cadence tools with Verilog test bench for high speed SONET/ATM applications.
Confidential, Orange, CA
Staff Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Evaluated software and hardware problems in embedded systems for potential Y2K problems
Confidential, Tucson, AZ
Engineering Consultant
Responsibilities:
- Designed and successfully tested DRAM image frame controller FPGA using VHDL for Stinger Missile imaging applications. Designed and successfully tested memory buffer FPGA for Stinger Missile imaging applications using Altera's MAXPLUS II. Designed and successfully tested FPGA implementation of RISC microprocessor.