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Hartford, Ct, Us

Stockholm, Se

Avon, Connecticut, Us

Avon, Connecticut, Us

Middlebury, Ct, Us

Designed, developed, tested, and maintained embedded firmware for global timepiece manufacturer. Responsible for development of product code from initial conception through launch and subsequent maintenance updates. Integral team member through several transitions in technology and methodology. Promoted and drove a more modular, reusable, and maintainable approach to code development.• Led development of the company’s first ARM processor based high performance digital watch platform, including the company’s first high resolution display and graphics solution.• Software Team Lead during company’s transition to Agile development.• Worked closely with User Experience team to develop UI requirements, templates, and specifications. • Developed a PC-based GUI application to automate quality control testing and calibration of the Bluetooth subsystem during the manufacturing process.• Created abstraction layers around new capabilities to simplify integration into product code.• Developed scheduling algorithms to manage simultaneous movement of multiple stepper motors without exceeding system power constraints. • Researched, prototyped, and tested new technologies for future platform designs.• Created PC-based support utilities for automating internal software release processes.

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Provided software research, development, and testing support for government subcontractor developing secure wireless communications technology. Evaluated and researched software packages, implemented and documented new feature requests for existing product firmware, and fielded internal and external technical support questions.• Collaborated with cross-functional team to research and develop secure mobile ad-hoc networking communication system.• Designed and developed distributed monitoring application to track and display status of multiple voice-over-IP servers.• Automated and streamlined recurring network management and configuration tasks.• Performed board-level troubleshooting of malfunctioning assemblies.

Served as primary engineer for medium-size contract manufacturing and design company. Responsible for generating specifications, circuit design, schematic capture, developing product prototypes and manufacturing test fixtures, and PCB layout in CAD software, including design-for-manufacture optimization. Developed and tested firmware, generated procedures and drawings for assembly, test, and inspection, and provided engineering support throughout the manufacturing process.• Managed the integration of new automated optical inspection equipment into high-volume surface mount production line.• Migrated existing product code base to new microcontroller to gain on-chip memory for additional features while reducing peripheral hardware costs.• Created database-generated reports to replace handwritten production documents.