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Mountain View, California, Us

FPGA design and verification for the Electronic Propulsion Unit motor controller used on Wisk's generation 6 aircraft.Technical Skills:• PLD/FPGA design in Verilog and VHDL• PLD/FPGA verification• Debug and troubleshootingFPGA's Used:Microchip PolarfireDesign Tools:Microchip Libero, Polarian requirements capture, Smart Bear Collaborator, Altium Designer, Teamcenter, GitLab, Tortoise Git, Matlab filter designerContinuing Education:• Doulos Comprehensive System Verilog Training

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

•July 2021 : Designed and built an image quality testing lab. •Nov. 2018 : named supervisor for the newly created FPGA design team•Wrote scripts to implement the FPGA build process on a Jenkins build server.•Implemented the use of a company FPGA IP library•Designed the video processing FPGA (Zynq Ultrascale+) for the Intellishot ePTZ camara•Designed the FPGA (Xilinx Artix-7) for the OneLINK Bridge product. Integrated and modified existing Vaddio IP for video processing and designed (Verilog) modules for parsing and creating TDM I2S audio streams.•Designed the FPGA (Xilinx Zynq-7000) for the RoboShot HD-SDI camera. Integrated Xilinx's 3G SDI core for High Definition SDI video output and an off the shelf H.264 core for IP streaming.•Designed the FPGA (Altera Cyclone V) for the AV Bridge Matrix Pro product. The FPGA design included a NIOSII embedded processor. Integrated and modified existing Vaddio IP for video processing and designed (Verilog) several other custom logic modules. The Cyclone V hard memory controller was utilized to interface to DDR memory that was used as video frame buffering. •Designed the FPGA (Altera Cyclone III) for the Quick Connect USB product. The FPGA design included an embedded NIOSII processor. The device initialized the input video decoders and HDMI transmitter and routed video data to the streaming and HDMI output channels.Technical Skills:• PLD/FPGA design in Verilog• Mircoblaze and NIOSII Embedded software design in 'C'• PLD/FPGA verification• Debug and troubleshootingFPGA's Used:Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+, Xilinx Zynq-7000, Xilinx Kintex-7, Xilinx Artix-7, Altera CycloneIII, Altera CycloneVDesign Tools: Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx SDK, Altera QuartusII, Altera NIOSII EDS, Tortoise SVN, Tortoise GIT, JIRA Issue Tracking, Bitbucket version control, Altium DesignerContinuing Education:• North Pole Engineering: Xilinx Zynq training• Morgan APS: Static Timing closure for Xilinx Vivado training

Charlotte, Nc, Us

• Designed and verified the FPGA for the A350 Taxi Aid Camera. This design integrated Xilinx video processing cores, an ARINC818 core, and custom developed logic.• Supported troubleshooting design issues with A350 Concentrator and Multiplexer for Video (CMV) Glue Logic and Video Processing FPGAs• Designed the electronics for the new generation of 8410 analog cameras.• Was instrumental in troubleshooting and implementing fixes for manufacturing and field issues for the Security Camera Interface Unit, Laptop Docking Station, and Wiper Motor Control products. Job tasks include: Leadership Skills:• Lead CI event for the update of OP410.18 the internal process for certifying HDL designs to DO-254.• Supported certification reviews with Airbus for the certification of the FPGA's in the A350 CMV and Camera products. Technical Skills:• PLD/FPGA design in VHDL• PLD/FPGA verification• EMI Qualification testing• Designing for signal integrity (Hyperlynx)• Debug and troubleshooting• Production Support• Design for production FPGA's Used: Xilinx Virtex5, Actel ProAsic3, Actel Igloo Nano Design Tools: Cadenece / Allegro, ModelSim, Synplify, Active-HDL, Xilinx ISE, Hyperlynx LT-Spice, PVCS, DOORs, Tortoise SVN, TeamCenter Continuing Education: • Patmos RTCA/DO-254 Training

Sole Electrical Designer for a product line of Audio / Video preview, digital signage, and shopper interactive systems.Job tasks included: Leadership Skills:• Developed company change control and document release procedures.• Introduced 3D modeling and mechanical fit checking into the design process.• Improved design process by linking the CAD libraries to the inventory management database.Technical Skills:• DVI, component, composite, and LVDS video interfaces• USB, touchscreen, ethernet (wired and wireless), compact flash, MMC/SD card, scanner, audio, and capacitive touch interfaces.• Power supply design.• PLD design• Design for Production• Debug and troubleshooting• Board Layout / CAD library• 3D modelingProcessors Used:TI Davinci TMS320DM6446, Marvell PXA255/270, Atmel AT89C51SND1, Microchip PIC32.Design Tools:Altium Designer, QuartusII, ModelSim, IDA-STEP

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Design engineer for the following product lines (1) temperature signal conditioners (2) current monitors (3) ice detectors (4) Airdata SmartProbe (5) Pressure TransducersJob tasks included: Leadership Skills:• Developed the department operating procedure for certification of HDL designs per the RTCA DO -254 standard. Included authoring department VHDL coding standards and guidelines.• Electrical design lead for the Dassault F7X SmartProbe • Electrical Design Lead for 2011N pressure transducer • Sole EE team member for design and qualification of the Brake Temperature Signal Conditioner (analog design) used on the EMB-145 aircraft.Technical Skills:• PLD/FPGA design in VHDL• Digital and mixed signal design• EMI Qualification testing• Designing for signal integrity (Hyperlynx)• Debug and troubleshooting• Production Support• Design for productionProcessors Used:TI TMS320VC33 DSP, Analog Devices ADSP21161 SHARC DSP, Altera NiosII, Intel 87C51, Motorola 68HC16FPGA's Used:Altera CycloneII, Actel A54SX, Quicklogic pASIC3, Lattice ISPMach5000Design Tools:Cadenece / Allegro, ModelSim, Synplify, Active-HDL, QuartusII, Hyperlynx, WaveFormer Pro,ORCAD PSPICEContinuing Education:• Military and Aerospace PLD (MAPLD) Conference (2006)• University of Kansas Systems Engineering / Project Management short course (2005)• Lean Product Development training (2005)• Aldec Active-HDL productivity training (2004)• Synplify Identify seminar (2004)• IEEE signal integrity study group (2002)• Inver Hills Community College level 1 and 2, C programming (2001) • Mentor Graphics Expert VHDL Verification course (2001)• Esperan Intermediate VHDL course (1999)

Electrical Design Engineer for Watlow's temperature and process control products.Job tasks included:• Product Line lead for series 965 controller. • Designed sensor interface and output modules for the series 96 controller. • Gained CE certification (EMI and UL requirements) for the series 965, 935, and 945 controllers