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Hong Kong

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Lead team of 5 engineers to develop cutting-edge bolting technology, debug product software and hardware, and resolve customer issues.Core responsibilities include:• Collaborate with internal teams to define customer requirements, and design firmware for automated test for production procedure.• Manage products, create and maintain product technological roadmaps, ensure team focus and accountability, and deploy personnel to deal with emerging issues. • Facilitate… Show more Lead team of 5 engineers to develop cutting-edge bolting technology, debug product software and hardware, and resolve customer issues.Core responsibilities include:• Collaborate with internal teams to define customer requirements, and design firmware for automated test for production procedure.• Manage products, create and maintain product technological roadmaps, ensure team focus and accountability, and deploy personnel to deal with emerging issues. • Facilitate coordination between hardware and software teams using Jiro and Trello.• Organise and run monthly code reviews and regular firmware design reviews.• Design system firmware architectures for embedded control systems, add custom functionality to existing products, and maintain legacy code.• Mentor and support junior engineers, promoting knowledge sharing and professional development.• Conduct root cause analysis and debugging for global customers. Significant Achievements:• Spearheaded design and firmware development of B-RAD XTREME, which received the 2024 Edison Award (Bronze) in Engineering & Manufacturing Tools.• Envisioned and built out single consolidated team of 5 engineers into 3 separate firmware, software and hardware teams of up to 15 engineers in tandem with engineering manager.• Assisted in rearranging supply chain to mitigate impact of supply chain crisis by identifying parts to be replaced and determining alternatives, and ensuring firmware capability to adapt to hardware changes. Show less

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Designed, implemented and tested firmware as part of multidisciplinary team, including motor control systems and embedded tool control systems.Core responsibilities include:• Developed and tested product hardware.• Implemented custom protocol over UART for bolting applications.• Created production release procedure encompassing software and firmware for production team.• Address customer bug reports through root cause analysis and debugging.• Maintained legacy code… Show more Designed, implemented and tested firmware as part of multidisciplinary team, including motor control systems and embedded tool control systems.Core responsibilities include:• Developed and tested product hardware.• Implemented custom protocol over UART for bolting applications.• Created production release procedure encompassing software and firmware for production team.• Address customer bug reports through root cause analysis and debugging.• Maintained legacy code for existing products.Significant Achievements• Designed firmware for B-Rad Select, company’s hero product for 9 years, outselling 50% of product catalog.• Introduced and implemented Agile Kanban weekly sprints and Scrum methodologies.• Accelerated firmware design and improved testing proficiency through utilizing UML design practices. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Co-managed software engineering team to prototype data concentrator front end communications interface module, reporting to Director of R&D. Prototype successfully field-tested in Slovakia. Core responsibilities include:• Utilised Object Oriented Design principles and implemented modular firmware code, creating new software architecture and algorithms, and minimizing maintenance time. • Created code to debug firmware and software, enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of… Show more • Co-managed software engineering team to prototype data concentrator front end communications interface module, reporting to Director of R&D. Prototype successfully field-tested in Slovakia. Core responsibilities include:• Utilised Object Oriented Design principles and implemented modular firmware code, creating new software architecture and algorithms, and minimizing maintenance time. • Created code to debug firmware and software, enhancing effectiveness and efficiency of field debugging of prototypes.• Assisted in refining coding practice rules, increasing debugging capability and code readability.• Developed and maintained production software code and UML documentation.• Troubleshot and debugged multi-process and multi-threaded embedded Linux software. Show less

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Founded start-up company with responsibility for product design, development and debugging, including setting hardware and firmware design requirements and project budgeting.• Developed control firmware for high-efficiency LED lights, achieving superior performance over standard sodium lights.• Implemented battery charging firmware, landing a spot on a TV segment.Embedded Engineer• Developed LED control firmware for High powered LED lights using AVR and PIC chips in C•… Show more • Founded start-up company with responsibility for product design, development and debugging, including setting hardware and firmware design requirements and project budgeting.• Developed control firmware for high-efficiency LED lights, achieving superior performance over standard sodium lights.• Implemented battery charging firmware, landing a spot on a TV segment.Embedded Engineer• Developed LED control firmware for High powered LED lights using AVR and PIC chips in C• Developed Battery Charging firmware for Battery Charger in C using dsPIC.• Designed Hardware Schematic and PCB for LED lights and Battery Charger using Altium DXP• Responsible for setting project hardware and software design requirements.• Responsible for R&D project budgeting• Debugged embedded systems software and hardware• Tools Used: MPLABS, Altium DXP, AVR Studio, AVRISP mkII, MPLAB ICD 2 , Oscilloscope Show less

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

• Led team of engineers to integrate third party facial recognition module.• Defined image processing software IP software integration requirements, designed new memory map, verified new products, and provided software support and validation for hardware and FAE teams• Improved accuracy of facial detection of Asian faces by 50% and detection time by 25% by creating facial recognition test protocol to reflect and test facial recognition subsystem. Protocol was later adopted… Show more • Led team of engineers to integrate third party facial recognition module.• Defined image processing software IP software integration requirements, designed new memory map, verified new products, and provided software support and validation for hardware and FAE teams• Improved accuracy of facial detection of Asian faces by 50% and detection time by 25% by creating facial recognition test protocol to reflect and test facial recognition subsystem. Protocol was later adopted organization-wide to test all new facial recognition systems.• Responsible for defining Image Processing IP software integration requirements• Lead team of engineers for third party Image processing (Facial recognition) module integration.• Created real world test simulation procedure for Facial recognition module.• Designed new memory map to include Facial recognition module.• Worked in a multi-disciplinary team made up of Sales, Field Applications Engineers, Hardware and Software Engineers• Worked in an Agile like environment, used iterative approach with self forming teams to produce production code in C language• Responsible for Multi-Task Evaluation Software for the M4B/M5/M5B series 32-bit processors.• Responsible for new product verification utilizing Evaluation Software• Provided S/W support and validation for Hardware and FAE teams including testing new macro co-efficients, testing new hardware macros• Coded and Debugged audio drivers for evaluation software utilizing I2C, SPI external interfaces• Coordinated with Customers for design requirements• Coordinated with Third Party IP vendors for Applications Integrations• Maintained English Documentation for IP software and Evaluation Software in C• Programmed Embedded Production Code Drivers as per Customers requirements in C• Utilized UML freeware to visualize driver to top level software/firmware• Tools Used: Softune, SVN, Doxygen, Milbeuat ICE, JTAG Debugger, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer Show less

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

• Defined system hardware requirements for ipod docking unit with Bluetooth, USB and RF functionality.• Designed hardware circuit (audio impedance matching and filters, RF circuitry, Power distribution and filtering) using Orcad 9.2 and Altium• Responsible for hardware PCB board design, testing and verification • Performed systems integration testing and verification• Tested boards with test firmware written in C• Responsible for low level firmware and systems test… Show more • Defined system hardware requirements for ipod docking unit with Bluetooth, USB and RF functionality.• Designed hardware circuit (audio impedance matching and filters, RF circuitry, Power distribution and filtering) using Orcad 9.2 and Altium• Responsible for hardware PCB board design, testing and verification • Performed systems integration testing and verification• Tested boards with test firmware written in C• Responsible for low level firmware and systems test programming (Freescale HS08S, TI MSP430 Microcontroller, OMAP5912 in C language) Show less

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Responsible for hardware digital circuit design using Altium DXP• Responsible for hardware PCB design, testing and verification using Altium DXP• Responsible for systems integration testing and verification• Responsible for low level firmware drivers programming (using C language and IAR systems compiler)

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Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Electrical And Electronics Engineering, 3.89

Computer Science Diploma, Computer Science