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• First-year Contract UI/UX Embedded Software Developer for General Dynamics, a Fortune 100 global aerospace technology and defense company.

Warren, Michigan, United States

• Second-year Contract Technical Artist to General Motors, a Fortune 500 company (rank 25 as of year-end 2022).• Perform technical reviews on employee work.• Report to Vice President to discuss employee and team performance.• Hold performance plan meetings with employees and discuss action plans.• Troubleshoot a priority one (P1) manufacturing defect related to the infotainment display and help bring the GM vehicles back onto the production line within 2 weeks.• Diagnose a separate complex, optimization P1 defect and brought production back online after 2 months of vehicle assembly stoppage.• Work in Unreal Engine Blueprint scripting to solve application defects.• Train two team members to use Android studio to run applications on hardware. • Coach one team member to setup GM test bench hardware.

Warren, Michigan, United States

Unreal 3D Duties:• Set up General Motors hardware and install test builds using Android Studio for presentations and demonstrations of vehicle infotainment systems.• Create gameplay functions and debug applications using Unreal Engine 4 Blueprint and Microsoft Visual Studio Code in C++.• Use Perfetto and Unreal Insights for memory traces to pinpoint trim memory issues on GM hardware.• Use Android studio to create APK files for demonstrations and technical reviews.• Manage Perforce files for 3D Team.• Resolve Android studio issues for coworker and escalate to senior team members, as needed.• Examine test builds to isolate issues, then forward to Epic Engine team or GM team accordingly.QA Duties:• From a development team of about 10 people, one of two U.S. team members primarily responsible for end-to-end usability testing.• Under guidance of new Lead Unreal Developer, became primary QA tester for hardware prototype.• Perform root cause analyses by applying analytical and critical thinking skills to identify, control, resolve, and mitigate failures and malfunctions.• Participate in sprint meetings and design/testing reviews with North American onshore and offshore (India, China) colleagues across international time zones.• Work with the development team to identify defects, debug code, correct errors, and troubleshoot any issues with software code and hardware prototype.• Flash hardware test builds to review usability between system calibration and infotainment software.• Troubleshoot GM emulator to run infotainment software and to detect any defects.• Analyze test results and report to the development team.• Complete tutorials to enhance knowledge of testing environments and testing protocols.• Interact weekly with Lead Developer on 1-1 mentoring meetings by conducting prior research, completing reading materials, viewing tutorials, notetaking, and tracking log of questions.

Brighton, Michigan, United States

• Graphics Editor & Retoucher with about 3 years’ experience managing high-quality production projects from start to finish.• Train six new hires to complete job responsibilities up to company standards (including specifications, deadlines, and budget).• Prioritize and coordinate with team of 10 production members to ensure smooth production process of deliverables.• Communicate daily with Supervisor and Management to log any product issues, track status of products, and note completion status.• Serve as Graphics Editor for customer artwork with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and oversee quality of production materials.• Manage projects from start to finish including editing, ripping, reviewing, and finalizing product.• Serve as Vutek GSR printer technician by operating the machine and perform light maintenance and cleaning, as needed.

Troy, Michigan

• Produce variety of graphic assets per direction of project managers and engineers.• Work within GUI team to maintain aesthetics across internal software products.• Coordinate and schedule discussion meetings with project managers and engineers to produce art assets for software programs.• Test and review products for production team to help with internal quality research.

Computer Science, 3.83

Activities and Societies: Part-time studentACADEMIC PROJECTS • Algorithms, Debugging, & Data Structures: Work with different data.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Entertainment Arts, Game Art