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Greater Philadelphia Area

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Developed and maintained Python-based software designed to configure, demonstrate, and control high-speed communication SerDes (serializer / deserializer) circuits. Created graphical interfaces and characterization.
• Worked as part of a four person team (spread over two US locations)… Show more Developed and maintained Python-based software designed to configure, demonstrate, and control high-speed communication SerDes (serializer.
• Worked as part of a four person team (spread over two US locations) which provided hardware and software support for 83 versions of 14 different SerDes cores built into numerous global customer ASIC circuit designs.
• Created and maintained a Python-based interactive interface for our SerDes signal integrity analysis tool called EyeScope. This interface uses matplotlib plotting features to mimic bench scope tool interfaces and.
• Integrated and maintained the SerDes EyeScope tool within the Storage group’s hardware control software through their Tortoise SVN repository. This provides SerDes signal analysis features for over 11 major Data.
• Created and maintained a Python-based parameter sweep characterization tool which simplifies characterizing results of varying setting ranges. Result analysis is available through interactive 2D and 3D plots and.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Developed and sustained software programs and testing hardware built to eliminate faulty integrated circuits during mass production for customer demand. Analyzed and characterized developed software for robustness and.
• Secured customer interest and revenue for both high-speed and low-speed dial-up modem integrated circuits by simultaneously managing and maintaining more than 20 production… Show more Developed and sustained software.
• Secured customer interest and revenue for both high-speed and low-speed dial-up modem integrated circuits by simultaneously managing and maintaining more than 20 production testing software programs, covering multiple.
• Played key role in acquiring production rights and associated profits for mass production of a new gigabit ethernet device by developing production control software for an existing integrated circuit package program.
• Captured customer enthusiasm and investment in soft embedded fax integrated circuits by concurrently handling and maintaining 7 production software programs, realizing multiple designs and mixed functionalities. Show.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Created and maintained software programs and testing hardware built to eliminate faulty integrated circuits during mass production for customer demand. Analyzed and characterized developed software for robustness and.
• Single-handedly created a company-wide Perl-based data analysis program, over multiple platforms, to replace… Show more Created and maintained software programs and testing hardware built to eliminate faulty integrated.
• Single-handedly created a company-wide Perl-based data analysis program, over multiple platforms, to replace manually sorting large amounts of data. Received numerous accolades for removing human error and greatly.
• Created over $3M in revenue by significantly reducing execution time and optimizing coverage on more than 15 software programs from our 1394a Firewire product line with combined lifetime volumes over 10M.
• Increased testing efficiency and profitability on a modem integrated circuit product by collaborating with a third party vendor to implement new testing methodologies.
• Increased profitability by improving overall yield on a 2-chip analog modem product by pioneering developmental analog wafer testing at Agere Systems, using an Agilent 93000 test system.

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

• Assisted in creation and development of testing hardware and software for integrated circuit mass production. Maintained and characterized previously developed programs, searching for improvements in quality and.
• Increased customer satisfaction which aided in future revenue by redesigning a characterization/analyzation software tool with additional… Show more Assisted in creation and development of testing hardware and software.
• Increased customer satisfaction which aided in future revenue by redesigning a characterization/analyzation software tool with additional functionality, doubled processing speed, and 75% reduced code length.
• Expedited code development in-person at an offshore facility to alleviate customer concerns with their production timetable. Completed software modifications in a matter of hours and met customer's aggressive schedule.
• Secured customer trust and over 9 years of future business by cooperating with our design team to debug multiple issues between customer hardware and our 1394a Firewire product line.
• Reduced response time to customer issues by personally creating a Perl-based failure analysis program which automated sorting and quantifying of failure types found during wafer testing on current products. Show less