Firmware Engineer
Current- Played a critical role in porting the firmware for 4 handheld products from NXP to ST microcontrollers, which was necessary due to chip shortages. - Developed firmware to send walkthrough metal detector data to a desktop app via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).- Writing embedded software to communicate with an NFC chip, enabling users to tap NFC cards on walkthrough metal detectors.- Conducted research to select the appropriate card types and specific NFC cards to use, based on factors such as read/write range, data storage capacity, and security features.- Analyze schematic and PCB layouts to develop software that effectively interacts with hardware components. - Test software and hardware with bench test equipment including a mixed signal oscilloscope and multimeter.