Electrical Engineer
Accelent Systems
Hardware Design Engineer for a leading hardware / software firm, specializing in Microsoft Windows CE, PocketPC and embedded Linux designs using ARM processors. Designs completed on a very aggressive schedule with great success. Lead hardware design engineer on multiple cutting edge consumer products including design work on Microsoft PocketPC 2002/2003 PDAs, cellphones, web tablets, and multiple ARM processor development platforms. Most designs include PCMCIA / Compact Flash slots, USB 1.1 (host or client), SD/MMC slots, STN or TFT LCD displays, 802.11, Bluetooth, and very aggressive battery requirements (Lithium-Ion / NiCd). Sophisticated PCB designs using advanced techniques such as fine pitched BGAs (0.5 mm ball pitch), blind and buried vias, logic voltages down to 0.8 Volts, processor speeds up to 400 MHz, and bus speeds up to 133 MHz. Extensive experience with designs utilizing Intel StrongARM, Intel XScale, ARM9 and ARM7 processors. Most designs also utilize FPGAs, CPLDs, and microcontrollers (PIC, 8051). Participated in several Windows CE platform porting efforts, using Microsoft Platform Builder.