Resume of Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Title
Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

Primary Skills
Embedded Firmware, Device Drivers, Board Bring-up, C, C++, Web Development, ROM Development, SoC, Hardware Knowledge

Location
US-TX-Austin (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jun-16-07

Contact: david @ david-weber.com

OBJECTIVE

Technological opportunity that promotes development of current and new skills in roles with increasing responsibilities.

SKILL SUMMARY
Highly creative, self-directed, Software Engineer with broad-based experience, including extensive experience in technical leadership, embedded real-time systems, device drivers, communication protocols, hardware bring-up and debug, hardware/software interaction, and use of logic analyzers and oscilloscopes. Extensive experience in process-driven software development. Excellent oral and written communications skills. Exceptional system design and documentation skills.

DEVELOPMENT LANGUAGES/TOOLS/ENVIRONMENTS
C, C++, ARM Assembly, 68K Assembly, TMS320C203 Assembly, HTML, Perl, PHP, MRI, Green Hills C/C++ Compiler, SingleStep Debugger, TI C Compiler (DSP), Code Composer, GHS Multi Debugger, Visual C++, C++ Builder Rhapsody UML, Source Safe, ClearCase, SubVersion, CVS, MySQL

OPERATING SYSTEMS/TARGET PLATFORMS
Linux, HP-UX, AIX, pSOS, DOS, Windows 95/98/NT, RTOS, GHS INTEGRITY, ThreadX PC, HP9000, RS/6000, 68360, MPC860, MPC866, PowerPC, TI TMS320C203 DSP, ARM926, ARM968, STMP3600

COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS
USB, TCP/IP, RS232, RS422/485, GPIB, SPI, I2C, Ethernet, HDLC, SDIO

MISCELLANEOUS
Analog/digital PCB Design, FPGA Design, Graphics Design, Optimization, and Manipulation

PHP/MySQL Web Site Design Samples
MeetEntries.com, Domain-Zone.com, Domain-Zone.net, Discount Domain Names, Swim Host, Embedded Linux

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

10/06 - present - Alereon, Inc., Austin, TX

Senior Software Engineer
Working on Software for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) SoC for the WiMedia and Wireless USB (WUSB) market. Responsible for ROM-based bootloader development, including USB High Speed Device interface driver development on Synopsys OTG IP block. Responsible for ROM RTL simulations and acceptance testing.

7/04 - 10/06 - SigmaTel, Inc., Austin, TX

Senior Embedded SW Application Engineer
Lead Engineer responsible for development and support of a Linux board support package and corresponding web site, and an OS-less chip support package for SigmaTel's STMP36xx multimedia SoC. Responsible for kernel configuration, cross tool chain and root filesystem creation, bootloader development, debugger hardware evaluation and selection, and device driver development for audio input, audio output, low-resolution ADC, and SDIO devices. Responsible for support of large international customers, partners, and design houses. Responsible for managing the generation and secrecy of cryptographic keys for digital rights management compliance.

Senior System Software Engineer
Designed and developed ROM startup code for STMP3600 using ARM assembly and GHS Multi. Developed validation test code for Realtime Clock and UART blocks within the STMP3600. Provided demonstrations and training to SigmaTel-Korea Application Engineers and several key customers. Ported 100+ validation test cases to the GHS environment for initial STMP3600 chip bring-up. Designed and developed External Memory Interface (EMI) Hardware API for STMP3600 SDK.

8/01 - 7/04 - Fisher-Rosemount Systems, Inc., Austin, TX

Principal Software Engineer
Lead Engineer responsible for the concept, specification, design and development of the peer-to-peer communication subsystem for a safety-certified multi-processor industrial control system utilizing the Motorola MPC866 processor, Green Hills INTEGRITY RTOS, C/C++, and Rhapsody UML. Conceived remote peer communication system using Ethernet protocol over fiber, which enabled 32 interconnected backplanes, each with up to 32 local peer bus controllers. Responsible for the evaluation of tool chains (compiler, linker, debugger, and OS), board startup and debug activities, and HDLC device driver development. Responsible for design and development of a deterministic time division multiplexing (TDM) protocol for sharing the serial communication bus. Designed and developed startup and run-time synchronization algorithms allowing 32 devices to broadcast every 50 ms.

3/99 - Present Owner - Domain-Zone.com, Southlake, TX
Responsible for all aspects of company creation and management, including business, financial, and marketing plans, technical implementation, and customer support. Successfully built business to 350 web hosting customers.

Domain Registration Project
Developed domain registration service to complement web hosting service. Successfully built customer base to include over 5000 registered domain names.

Web Hosting Project
Responsible for configuration of Linux Web Servers, including Apache, Sendmail, Bind, Proftpd, MySQL, and PHP for use in a virtual web hosting environment. Developed multi-process, Web-based Control Panel (using C, PHP, bash scripts, IPC) for managing individual virtual domains. Developed POP3 daemon server (using C and TCP/IP) to support mail retrieval from email accounts associated with each virtual domain. Developed web- based account management and billing system using PHP and MySQL. Responsible for direct customer interaction and support.

5/95 - 1/00 Consultant - Software Insight, Inc., Southlake, TX

Simulation Project
Developed GUI for medical instrument simulator using Visual C++ and Rational Rose UML.

Temperature Controller Project
Lead Engineer responsible for development of embedded real-time temperature control system using the TMS320C203 DSP, TI's C Compiler and Debugger, and Code Composer. The system featured 32 channels of control, downloadable flash, dynamic memory re-mapping, ASCII RS232 command interface, programmable control parameters, PID control algorithm, and alarm generation. Developed Windows flash loader using Borland C++ Builder.

Device Driver Project
Responsible for development of 68360/pSOS device drivers, using C programming language, for assorted devices used in medical diagnostic products, including RS232 and RS485 barcode readers, RS232 temperature controller, ISA Bus liquid sense board and pressure monitoring boards. Designed FPGA to interface between the PC parallel port and the BDM port of the 68360.

CPU Diagnostics Project
Responsible for initial bring-up and debug of Motorola MPC860 and 68360 communication processor boards. Developed internal and external resource initialization sequence. Developed boot-up diagnostics to test internal SRAM and external Flash and SDRAM, internal and external communication hardware, including UARTs, SPI, I2C, and Ethernet devices, and IO interface FPGA, using assembly and C programming languages.

Prototype Medical Instrument Project
Lead Engineer responsible for developing a PC-based medical instrument prototype, including requirements analysis, design, coding, and support. System software activities included device drivers for OMS motor indexer, Intel's 8254 counter timer, 8255 programmable peripheral interface, a 4 channel 16550 asynchronous communications controller, and a custom dual-wavelength optical measurement system. Defined command language interface (CLI) to allow users to manipulate the prototype's robotics and measurement systems. Designed and developed Windows GUI interface to allow users to create and execute CLI scripts.

12/94 - 5/95 Consultant - Burlington Northern Railroad, Ft Worth, TX
Responsible for the configuration of High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing software and system administration for AIX RS/6000 cluster. Performed system administration function including custom korn shell script programming. Designed and developed Motif-based file manager and source code editor using C++/AIX. Designed and developed error handling classes for client/server communication system using C++/AIX.

9/94 - 12/94 Consultant - Bell Northern Research, Richardson, TX
Responsible for call processing software requirements analysis for CDMA project using Northern Telecom's DMS-MTX cellular switching system.

2/94 - 9/94 Lead Analyst - Sprint, Irving, TX
Lead Engineer responsible for switch interface improvement project, including development of machine-machine interface specification and prototype for DMS-250 telephone switching system. Created architecture for UNIX workstation development/production environments. Gained broad understanding of telephony concepts and communication protocols such as, Ethernet and TCP/IP.

1/87 - 2/94 Senior Software Engineer - Abbott Laboratories, Irving, TX

Factory Automation Project
Lead Engineer responsible for design and development of automated test equipment for medical diagnostic instruments, both at the instrument and subassembly levels. Led group from concept through delivery and support, including responsibility for initial concept, selection of hardware platform and software development tools, feasibility analysis/simulations, software development plan, project schedules, cost estimates, design, coding, testing, executive presentations, hardware/software procurement, software release management, validation, and factory support. Managed $500K project budget. The test stations were based upon networked HP9000/7xx workstations, with software being developed using C, C++, HP-UX, X-Windows/Motif, TCP/IP. Designed and developed Motif-based GUI, inter-process communications, statistical process control charts, RS232 communications, ASTM packet-based communication protocol, instrument test routines, stepper-motor indexer interface, and terminal emulator.

Reliability Project
Lead Engineer responsible for design and development of reliability test and data acquisition systems for electro-optical and multi-axis robotic systems. Systems included real-time control software, GUI class library, icon editor, RS232 serial communications, device drivers for digital I/O board, motor indexer board, touch screen using C++ programming language.

Test Station Project
Responsible for design and development of medical instrument test systems including control and data collection software for robotic and electro-optical subsystems used in medical diagnostic instruments. Software was developed using the C programming language. Responsible for entire project from concept through delivery and support. The test stations were based upon stand-alone PCs utilizing touch screen, mouse, barcode wand, GPIB interface to voltmeter, photometer, high voltage power supply, and digital/ analog I/O modules. Developed custom optical system and interface circuitry for programmable lamp, thermo-electric cooler servos, lamp and solenoid control/drive, transconductance amplifiers.

Other Activities
Redesigned micro-stepping motor driver board for the IMx immunoassay instrument. Designed motor controller/driver board for various assembly/test fixtures. Performed general electrical engineering duties in a sustaining environment.

6/86 - 1/87 Junior Electrical Engineer - Quest Medical, Carrollton, TX
Designed IV pump power supply test fixture.

10/84 - 5/85 Electronic Engineering Technician - Mostek, Carrollton, TX
Troubleshoot/repair lasers, memory testers, auto-probers, and wafer handlers.

EDUCATION:


Regis University, Denver, CO
Enrolled in Online MBA Program

University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX
Bachelor of Science in Computer Science


Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Undergraduate studies in Electrical Engineering

Hawkeye Institute of Technology, Waterloo, IA
Associate of Applied Science in Electronic Engineering Technology

PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: (available upon request)

Oct, 2007

Certifications
See above


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