Blake Cook Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Hardware Technologies

Greater San Diego Area

I worked for the Sensors team, in the Integration and Test group (I&T). My group's product is an integrated sensors' hub for Android devices. * Wrote test cases in Perl, C, or C#, and automated testing of sensors.* Tested integrated sensors hub on Android devices. Worked with rate-tables, robotic arm, and other equipment for sensors motion testing. * Mentored and trained new engineers and led other engineers on new chipsets.* Wrote test plans for new sensor features, creating agreements between testing and software teams, generating document / blueprint for future testing and customer complaint use, and filing change requests if failures occurred.* Ran technology verification on sensors, ensuring all specifications were met.* Created reports for management and other teams, communicating progress, and aligning action to achieve organizational goals.* Filed tickets to report and tracked software bugs, enabling developers to proactively fix problems before customer impact.

Greater San Diego Area

Owned the automated and manual testing of Android devices. Ran automated and manual test cases, interpret, and report results. Assisted developers in resolving bugs.* Performed as product lead, coordinating with engineers in aligning efforts for completion of product testing.* Implemented test scripts, automating target testing.

Boise, Idaho Area

Automated building, testing, and publishing of laser printer firmware. * Responded to developer requests for automating processes and creating satisfactory solutions. * Converted build-servers from Windows 7 to VMWare ESX.* Managed team of engineers in completion of complex projects on time and to customer specifications, ensuring Quality of Service agreements were met.* Created Windows 7 instances, both as bare-metal and as virtual machines for firmware build and test servers, increasing number of build servers able to run in parallel.* Wrote CruiseControl.net scripts, actualizing build and test of firmware.* Managed transition from SVN to Git and set up continuous-integration queues, driving process efficiencies.* Triaged build failures and collaborated with developers, identifying build, test, or infrastructure failures and creating resolutions.* Worked with overseas sites, bringing build-servers and testing infrastructure online.

Boise, Idaho Area

Accountable for collection, processing and storage of test-floor, imaging, and post-electrical data. Was the systems administrator on Intel-based Solaris systems.* Developed applications for Linux operating system.* Designed and implemented real-time data collection system utilizing TCP / IP, enabling clients to send cycle-by-cycle production data, and for servers to insert data into Microsoft SQL database.* Developed generic messaging utility, allowing event data to be sent asynchronously from test equipment to data-processing servers, and eliminating mounting of directories on remote machines.* Collaborated with global sites on software integration and standardization, maintaining single code base, and therefore reducing maintenance costs.* Involved with technology transfer to bring up manufacturing at new sites, supporting integration in facilities in Utah, Singapore, and China.* Managed periodic software enhancements, bug fixes, and releases to 300 memory testers worldwide, supporting production in efficiently staging parts to testers, and avoiding unplanned downtime.* Developed equipment automation software, facilitating remote configuration and running of equipment.* Ported existing UNIX applications over to Linux, assisting in transition from Solaris to Linux hardware.* Troubleshot system, software, and communications problems, debugging hardware, software, and network issues.

Provo, Utah Area

Responsible for the installation and maintenance of customer equipment. Traveled to customers’ site to install equipment and resolve problems.

Boise, Idaho Area

Responsible for providing third-party developers with a proof-of-concept design. Wrote embedded C code to implement a new print-server protocol using the i960 processor and PLX 9080 PCI bus interface chip. Code provided as a reference design to third-party developers. Acted as an interface to third-party developers on hardware and software issues.