Lead Firmware Engineer architecting and implementing several Industrial IoT product lines for control and monitoring of industrial and commercial heat trace systems. Supported the hardware design as well as system integration. Mentored software and electrical engineers on many aspects of product development.

Semiconductor applications engineering, including development of software and hardware reference designs for a line of low power microcontrollers. Architected an RTOS based framework to simplify the reference platform. Provided support and enablement for customers and partners. Developed collateral and conducted training for the flagship reference platform and BLE.

- Designed, developed, and tested Alpha rocket avionics system firmware as part of a software functional team- Experience with Agile Scrum software development process- Worked with several processor architectures including ARM Cortex and PowerPC.- Development of both bare metal and RTOS BSPs- Used Ubuntu VM in Virtualbox with extensive use of Git and other Linux tools.- Mentored several junior engineers on topics of hardware, firmware, and software development

- Lead software developer, from conception to production, of several new sensor/detection products o Development of C firmware for safety critical industrial detection products o Calibration, compensation, and signal processing algorithms for accurate gas leak detection o Closed loop control of active sensor elements o Many products designed to IEC 61508 Functional Safety / Safety Integrity Level o Development of bare metal firmware on several microcontrollers including Cortex-M0, Cortex-M3, ARM7, and Atmel AVR o Communication interface experience including SPI, I2C, RS-485 (Modbus Protocol), FSK Modems (HART Protocol)- Cross-functional collaboration with senior electrical and sensor engineers including technical design input and problem solving assistance beyond the scope of software- Development of PC utilities and software tools for product test and configuration, including control of environmental and gas flow systems- Demonstrated success in gathering and harmonizing requirements by understanding complex systems from the vantage point of marketing, approvals, customers, and other technical disciplines. - Sustained several product lines in parallel with new product development o Includes work in several legacy C embedded development environments as well as 8051 assembly language o Responsible for driving several corrective action requests to completion and considering the impacts with regards to marketing, approvals, and the ECO/documentation process in a regulatory environment- Responsible for exceeding standard best practices in a regulated design process, including: o Execution of FMEA and HAZOP techniques to identify and mitigate fault modes. o Software Module and Integration testing o Static Analysis (Lint) o Code Review (SmartBear Collaborator) o Use of configuration management (CVS) and issue tracking (Seapine TestTrack)

- Comprehensive system development for two clients from conception to final product o Development of software used to characterize semiconductors in the telecommunications industry o Development of motion control system for testing of biomedical devices- Development of proposals and specifications as well as management of purchase orders and invoicing for rendered services

- Product oriented design, implementation, and testing of application software and embedded firmware o Extended and Debugged Windows GUI software for test instrumentation products using Visual C++ and MFC libraries o Developed 8051 firmware, MIPS firmware, and high level code to facilitate field updatable board-level firmware for test instrument add-in modules. o Design, Implementation, and Testing of Engineering Tools o Windows GUI design and development in Visual C++ and MFC o Extension of low-level firmware and APIs to accommodate new hardware add-in products o Development of several LabVIEW applications to meet immediate testing and design verification needs o Developed and maintained GPIB / VISA LabVIEW drivers and regression test suite o Refactored legacy MIPS firmware for calibration and communication with measurement hardware- Provided Documentation and Software Support o Provided customer support for GPIB and remote programming APIs for Test Automation, including on-site debug and troubleshooting o Developed reference documentation, tutorials, and application notes for GPIB and remote programming APIs o Provided internal support for hardware engineering tools and various applications issues

- Implemented and contributed to several projects including: o Medical Device Header Testing System o Airborne Pathogen Detection System o RF Network Analyzer Control System o Commercial Dynamometer Control o Jet Engine Test Cell Control- Technical Experience includes: o Serial Communications (RS-232, GPIB, SPI, I2C, SCI) o Test, Measurement, Data Acquisition, and Motion Control (servo and stepper based) o Hands-on hardware (Wiring, Soldering, etc.)- Managed time and budget constraints on several projects- Development of project proposals, design documents, and other key documentation- Primary Software Development in LabVIEW

- Contributed to the development, test, and documentation of several production and lab systems as part of a consulting team.