Eli Chen Email & Phone Number

Mclean, VA, US

Bethesda, MD, US

• Working with a team of 30+ software engineers on development and hardware test & integration of new features for future missile variants
• Leading a DevOps team of 4 engineers to develop and maintain CI pipelines, dockerized developer environment and docker images for a team of 30+
• Testing with hardware-in-the-loop test stations to perform various root cause analysis, using debuggers, telemetry, 1553, and simulations
• Refactored legacy GUI application (windows embedded using QT) that is used to reprogram microprocessors and subsystems on a missile, by following SOLID and MVC principles and utilizing multi-threading to promote clean.
• Designed and implemented scalable & extensible interfaces between the GUI application and the missile, and developed reprogramming and dataextraction features on both the windows application and the missile
• Architected and implemented design to convert bare metal code to FreeRTOS and hardware-abstracted layers to enable Sim and Release builds

Arlington, VA, US

• Work closely with assembly, C and C++ in embedded real-time applications
• Work in Agile environment, following principles of Agile, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development (Jenkins, python scripts, Klocwork, etc.)
• Led the Agile process as Scrum Master, enabling daily scrums and retrospectives, and sprint planning with the team and product owner (SAFe® 4 Certified Scrum Master)
• Took on build manager role for merging and maintaining integration of projects and baselines

• Worked as an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team to bring a surgical device from concept to production
• Developed firmware in embedded C for a custom PCB (Atmel) that handled serial USB communication, I2C, and HDMI video streaming
• Implemented API and interfaces in C++ to interact with hardware peripherals ranging from cameras, custom PCB, and foot-pedal
• Debugged memory leaks and poor encapsulation issues in C++ application code
• Fixed bugs and added new features in the UI using AngularJS and jQuery
• Resolved conflicts in Ubuntu operating system with hardware integration points (drivers, OS configurations, VESA timings, networking)

• Project management and development of a DDS frequency synthesizer board in accordance with customer’s requirements for NMR application
• Created firmware and API in C/C++ to interface the DDS with USB microcontroller through 2-wire serial communication and with a host PC
• Performed testing and quality assurance of products such as pulse/signal generators
• Provided technical support to customers for company products