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Paris, Île-De-France, Fr

(Formerly CommScope CPE & ARRIS)● Lead firmware developer and architect for global tier-1 customers, creating customized bootloaders, SW stacks (ATV and proprietary), and meeting strict DRM & CA security requirements under tight schedules and limited resources. Led the full development lifecycle from RFP and design through certification and deployment, collaborating with customers, partners, systems engineering, manufacturing, and repair teams to ensure alignment and customer satisfaction.● Integrated third-party reference firmware into our codebase and architecture, ensuring alignment with product requirements, promoting reuse, and efficient maintenance, while balancing our strengths & value-add with those of the vendor. Managed the entire development process, from vendor reference boards and initial custom prototypes to mass-deployment hardware and ongoing field support. ● Led the Firmware & Manufacturing Architecture Workgroup, collaborating with fellow Distinguished Engineers across the globe, to drive innovation, efficiency, and architectural advancements for our product portfolio.● Led the Firmware Security Workgroup, crafting modern and practical security audit guidelines and processes that focus on robustness and operational efficiency.● Key contributor to the eMMC Workgroup, a cross-functional and multi-disciplinary team focused on optimizing product quality against cost, particularly during supply constraints, ensuring efficient use of resources while maintaining product standards.

Suwanee, Georgia, Us

(Formerly Motorola H&NM) ● Led the team responsible for the development of HSM (Hardware Security Module) software, enabling access to SoC OTP, hardware ciphers, and secret provisioning data for Linux platforms and bootloaders, strengthening the security of current & next-gen devices.● Evolved our secure bootloader to incorporate Android boot and security specifications, including AVB and RPMB anti-rollback measures, ensuring Android CTS and VTS compliance across multiple ATV letter deployments.● Continued my responsibilities as listed in Principal Firmware Engineer IC role, below.

Suwanee, Georgia, Us

(Formerly Motorola H&NM) ● Architected and developed multi-stage secure bootloader used across products, CPU-architectures (MIPS, ARM), and SW platforms (Linux, Android, VRTX, proprietary, etc.). ● Designed & developed factory provisioning Linux SW which retrieved/validated/secured sensitive data (HDCP, Widevine, Netflix, DTCP-IP, TiVo, etc. keys + certs) for each device during manufacturing, ensuring robust data protection from factory floor to field. ● Developed secure transport device drivers and key exchange algorithms for on-board peripherals, including high-value A/V content encryptors/decryptors, encoders/decoders, compressors/decompressors, streamers, storage, etc.● Responsible for SoC and peripheral OTP map definition for security, factory+field robustness and feature flexibility for over 30 chip families used by Video CPE. ● Collaborated with EMS/JDM factories and SoC fab failure teams to triage and root cause complex factory line yield issues, enhancing manufacturing efficiency and minimizing production delays.● Recognized as a flash robustness expert, particularly in regard to data retention on NOR, NAND, and eMMC flash storage. ● Developed, prototyped, and integrated Linux drivers and tools for mtd, emmc, and various peripherals. ● Worked with customers, ISVs, SoC & peripheral vendors, and CA/DRM vendors to develop security features and requirements for new products and achieve certifications for high-value CA/DRM access.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

● Performed new HW bring-up, encompassing device driver and factory test development for SoC and numerous peripherals. Developed device drivers for both bare-metal (no-OS) and OS (VRTX/Linux) for manufacturing SW and serving as the reference for the deployment stack.● Developed analog-to-MPEG2 device drivers for real-time capture, enhancement, and compression of ITU-656 video and I2S audio streams to MPEG2 transport streams, integrating numerous peripheral devices and the main SoC. Led the development from reference boards and hand-built prototypes to mass production, including system tuning iterations and customer demos.● Assisted management of set-top security for all set-top products and SW platforms, ensuring compliance with internal, partner, and industry security standards.● Provided triage and root cause identification for high-priority and complex customer deployment and repair center issues, streamlining troubleshooting and reducing downtime.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

● Developed the company's first secure-boot video product, consisting of bootloader, middleware, and downloader to meet strict CableCard robustness rules.● Invented Tokenized Resource Access, patented as US 20100083386A1, an innovative system that securely enables authorized personnel to temporarily unlock diagnostic and debug access on secured devices.● Devised and developed third stage bootloader attached to deployment image, thus allowing portions of bootloader to be easily upgraded, enhancing the flexibility of firmware updates and system integrity.● Created and enhanced manufacturing tests in C/C++ to efficiently validate hardware components on individual units throughout the production process, contributing to overall product reliability.● Integrated third-party software into our software and architecture, aligning it with our requirements while emphasizing reuse and efficient maintenance.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

● Supported mass-deployed video set-top devices by performing defect triage and developing bug fixes to ensure product quality and system stability.● Co-designed and developed a C++ video graphics interface, used by ISVs and Middleware developers to access product hardware and streamline development.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Ms, Electrical Engineering