Andrew L. Email & Phone Number

Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas, United States

• Technical lead for system test development of Ambiq low power ARM SoCs
• Created system level tests to exercise new SoC designs pre and post silicon.
• Boosted customer confidence in Ambiq silicon by writing firmware to characterize GPU memory throughput.
• Provided pre- and post-silicon coverage for AXI fabric by creating memory traffic pattern generator firmware.
• Developed a test that approximates a typical field workload with checks for bottlenecks and data corruption.
• Exercised pre-silicon boot ROM secure OTA functionality using Python and JTAG.

Austin, Texas

• Led development of a validation test suite framework for characterization and experimentation on DUTs across complex parameter sweeps. Technical lead for the "AMP farm" - a distributed cluster of AI ASICs - which.
• Wrote and executed tests to exercise NVM, ADCs, and digital SoC components for debug and characterization.
• Designed a JTAG debug / power supply / thermal control board, had it manufactured, and developed drivers.
• Developed a validation system hardware abstraction library allowing control of DUTs in production and validation bring-up boards as well as control over test equipment over VISA / SCPI.
• Created detailed reports and presented results of validation tests and experiments at a company level.
• Assisted in Linux driver development for the Mythic SoC and driver package creation.

Austin, TX

• Firmware and system software developer for mainframe control and monitoring infrastructure (HSS)
• Responsible for the in-system flash update tools used to upgrade BIOS, FPGA, and microcontroller firmware during system software updates of Cray XC, XE, and UrikaGX systems
• Key resource in resolving high profile and time critical internal and customer-facing hardware and firmware issues
• Successfully debug new and field product issues involving JTAG for CPU debug, gigabit Ethernet MAC/PHY implementations, I2C, DRAM, BIOS, and other interfaces
• Port 10G Ethernet switch management tools to a custom Linux and U-Boot
• Develop validation tools, stress test tools, and test documentation for new hardware designs

Austin, TX

• CPU and chipset diagnostic engineer for AMD Opteron platforms.
• Worked on diagnostics involving: ring-0 user space Linux kernel, pre-BIOS cache based environment, JTAG scan, Serial ATA, DRAM interface, Hypertransport, cache coherency, chipset platform flash controller, FPU, GART
• Created a CD, USB mass storage, and network bootable mini Linux distribution for diagnostic deployment
• Created and maintained a cross GCC toolchain for the diagnostics group
• Delivered presentations covering JTAG, electrical test, and failure analysis to fellow developers
• Responsible for diagnostics and diagnostics environment development and support

• In-house applications engineer for Cirrus ARM and networking products
• Supported field applications engineers (FAEs) as Tier 3 customer support for silicon and end product design issues
• Designed and reviewed: schematics, datasheets, app notes, software documentation, and printed circuit board layouts
• Developer on the Cirrus port of Linux to ARM720T, ARM920T
• Analyzed RMAed components to determine point of failure
• Wrote production test code for serial audio i/f, on-chip SRAM

• Installed custom firewall solution based on Linux
• Deployed Solaris production servers, including installations of Oracle 8i, WebObjects, and Apache
• Maintained a source control (CVS) system and backups
• Managed desktop NT, MacOS, and OSX workstations

• Architected and implemented a deployment of Debian Linux on PCs in student labs to replace Windows NT
• Responsible for departmental email, web services, backup systems, security, and file storage for over six thousand users
• Maintained computers running Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and Linux
• Assisted users with software requests, account troubles, and special utilization of our systems
• Made purchasing decisions for multi-thousand dollar hardware orders
• Created scripts and implemented automated systems to facilitate system administration

• Added features to and debugged firmware for a dental porcelain furnace
• Helped redesign hardware and resulting software changes for an automotive data logger
• Developed a secondary bootstrapping system for dynamic software upgrades
• Added motion smoothing algorithm and sped up graphics code for CAD/CAM milling machine
• Assisted in component selection of a power supply that meets UL, TUV, ISO 9000 and other local and foreign certifications