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Dracut, Ma, Us

Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States

Managed staff of 3-4Lead the VLF platesetter software project team from concept through FCS and numerous enhancement and bug fix releases. Worked closely with electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers, and marketing, manufacturing, and QA departments.Responsible for module integration, release coordination, capture, roll-up, and delivery to QAArchitecture consists of boards connected via a VME backplane and auxiliary boards connected via serial interfaces. Source code written in C and assemblerDesigned and implemented software to control GLV-based laser imaging head including diagnostic and calibration routinesDesigned and implemented various subsystems including parameter database, error reporting, error log, linear motion control, rotary motion control, stepper motor control, solenoid/actuator control, auto-focus, plate loading/unloading, run-time configuration control, model management, diagnostic routines, bootup procedure, air and vacuum management

Managed staff of 4-6 (permanent staff and contractors)Lead the Phoenix imagesetter software project team from concept through FCS. Throughout design and development, worked closely with electrical, mechanical, and optical engineers, and marketing, manufacturing, and QA departments.Designed and maintained the source control, development, and build environment. Implemented, maintained, and promoted the web-based bug tracking system.Responsible for module integration, release coordination, capture, roll-up, and delivery to QA.Architecture consists of four main modules interconnected via LON network. Source code written in C, C++, assembler, DSP, 3ML.

Managed staff of 8-12 (permanent staff and contractors)Lead the Avantra imagesetter software project team from concept through FCS.Architecture consists of three main modules interconnected via serial interface. Source code written in C, assembler, DSP.Overall design included support for 68HC11K1, 68HC705C9, 2101 DSP processors controlling servo and gear motors, sensors, serial interface, proprietary RIP interface; a 68HC11E2 processor controlling a touch pad, LCD screen, serial interface; a 68HC11A1 processor controlling gear motors, sensors, serial interface.

Software team member on text/image composition and layout system based on a SunOS/OpenWindows/X-Windows platformUtilized PostScript, Display PostScript, Adobe Type Manager, MotifResponsible for internationalization and localizationResponsible for Font Librarian Utility that managed Adobe Type 1, Type 3 and bitmap fonts, kerning data, and font metric data. Also managed output device (PostScript printer/RIP) font handling.Responsible for Keyboard Layout Utility that allowed per-font, user-configurable remapping of keyboardResponsible for Keyboard Handler and Font-PostScript Interface softwareDesigned and implemented product installation software to install windowing system, proprietary system software and font system using Bourne Shell programming language. Capabilities included creation of NIS user accounts and output device printcap support.

Software team member on a text/image composition and layout system based on IBM PC-AT workstation in a C/Unix environmentResponsible for complete design, documentation, implementation, and support of the Backup and Restore Utility.Supported and enhanced several proprietary utilities such as the system Shell, Sysgen, a system generation/configuration utility, and the Mod Kit Utility, a language localization utility.