Andrew Ness Email & Phone Number

California, United States

Providing hardware engineering product development consulting.

San Francisco, California, US

• Founded and developed the electrical engineering team at a previously all mechanical engineering consultancy. Managed the team, processes, and projects; developed proposals, budgets, and project plans; performed.
• Designed a wrist-worn health monitor watch with LTE and GPS from concept to production
• Designed a wireless device that bridged a proprietary wireless network to Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
• Designed a prototype medical device with optical sensors and PC based data acquisition software
• Developed firmware and software to acquire data from a group of wearable sensors on custom PCBs, aggregate the results on a hub over BLE, and then transmit to a Windows based tablet for visualization
• Developed firmware to optimize BLE connectivity latency in a non-standard way

Managed the R&D department and continue as the lead engineer for new product design, prototyping, and development.

• Led the research and development of new products including defining the requirements, studying the feasibility of various approaches, and determining the optimum system architecture. Managed external hardware and.
• Identified and resolved a key weakness in the architecture and implementation of an inheritedproject, saving months of time and producing a more robust, flexible design
• Designed and implemented a functional prototype of an Android TV entertainment system
• Wrote Linux kernel drivers for the audio peripherals of ARM Cortex-A8 and Cortex-A9 SoCs

Redwood City, CA, US

• Managed the development of the next generation ingestible sensor ASIC. Focused the sensor design by prototyping various architectures to evaluate feasibility and effectiveness. Supported external design partner tasked.
• Evaluated external design partners for competency and fit
• Solved design flow and verification methodology issues for external design partner, shortening their time to mask release

Redwood City, CA, US

• Managed an external software development team to implement the firmware and mobile software for a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) enabled wearable sensor. Designed the digital core of a mixed-signal integrated circuit..
• Led the feasibility study for the implementation of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for a next-generation design
• Integrated the Nordic Semiconductor nRF51822 Bluetooth Low Energy SoC
• Developed prototype firmware and iOS applications in order to provide an end-to-end proof of concept
• Wrote all requirement specifications for the software, ensuring traceability to the functional specification

Redwood City, CA, US

• Verified the design of an ingestible sensor ASIC via simulation and FPGA emulation. Managed the production test house to implement functional test and optimize test time. Developed hardware and software tools to.
• Ported ASIC Verilog code to an FPGA to enable verification in parallel with design, reducing the project timeline
• Edited and managed the release of a functional specification for a new integrated circuit
• Scripted metal mask changes to an existing design in order to quickly and cost effectively add functionality without the need for a layout engineer
• Designed a real-time data acquisition system to enable IC data capture using a National Instruments digitizer and a multi-threaded Windows application written in C

Redwood City, CA, US

• Characterized analog integrated circuits used in cardiac pacemaker leads. Designed and implemented test hardware and software to improve quality and efficiency.
• Set up and maintained an issue tracking system to track bugs and features for both software and hardware that was adopted company-wide
• Managed the CAD tools and environment including Linux servers, workstations, network and backup

• Developed a hand-held Ultrasonic Pulser/Receiver from concept to production - starting with component selection, schematic design, and board layout, continuing with firmware and CPLD programming, and finishing with.
• Integrated the PLX NET 2272 USB 2.0 controller
• Designed logic for Xilinx CPLDs and FPGAs
• Designed a low-frequency, tone burst module to enable new applications of existing products
• Developed automated calibration procedures, test procedures and product datasheets/specifications
• Implemented Altium Designer as the new standard schematic and PCB layout tool

Los Angeles, CA, US

• Analyzed and demonstrated the feasibility and advantages of installing fuel cells, micro turbines, and solar panels for corporate customers.
• Created and implemented a computerized model to perform analysis of customer load profiles to determine if installing distributed generation would be financially advantageous to the customer
• Assisted in project management functions including site visits and generating reports