Emily Johnston Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Canada Area

• Advised an international multidisciplinary team to design the next generation of docking stations for Honeywell portable gas detectors• Approved design decisions that affected the overall operation and quality of the product• Created design documents (PowerPoint, Enterprise Architect, Word) used by firmware team members to ensure the implemented product features met customer requirements• Collaborated with marketing team to review, approve and write product requirements for new product launch• Coordinated activities between different functions to make technical decisions, test prototypes, brainstorm, fix bugs and perform design reviews• Reviewed the work of firmware team members to ensure design consistency and integrity are implemented in the final product• Managed version control and bug tracking systems (Subversion, JIRA, Fogbugz) to ensure project quality and visibility to team members• Led the selection of new technology, RTOS and LCD, for a new platform project using project requirements, product life cycle, cost and learning curve • Oversaw the Agile development process for the firmware design team by creating a task list, assigning team members tasks and updating tracking spreadsheets• Created and developed tracking spreadsheets (Excel/ PowerPoint) to show firmware team progress to management, weekly to ensure consistent project status

Calgary

Fimware Design Engineer• Sustained existing products which involved altering circuitry, adding new features, fixing bugs, investigating problems and collaborating to solve customer complaints• Designed hardware and firmware to meet a set of specified customer and marketing requirements• Provided technical support for product manufacturing by investigating and solving production issues to ensure product performance and reduce production interruptions• Wrote test reports, technical documents and ECO’s (Engineering Change Orders) to ensure consistent tracking of changes and that verification tests were accurately recorded

Calgary, Canada Area

• Adapted existing software to run correctly on a new hardware platform• Solved operational problems using datasheets and schematics

Calgary, Canada Area

• Built and tested hardware prototypes so that new hardware design operation could be verified before being implemented in new products• Performed validation testing on different products to ensure the operation was as designed• Reverse engineered PBX signaling to add requested functionality to an existing product and wrote documentation to explain decoded signaling• Developed basic knowledge of wiring, operating and programming various PBX brands