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Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us

Cedar Park, Texas, Us

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Austin, Tx, Us

• Long-term maintenance support for Environmental Systems’ ESC8864, an instrumentation system installed in electric power stations. Resolved dozens of issues and implemented many new features. As needed, refactored code to improve speed and memory utilization while simplifying the maintainability of the code. (C/C++/Linux)• Refactored a UI used to control and monitor their standard gimbal suite. The re-work focused on separating three factions of the code: front-end, back-end, and communications. This effort was needed, as the communication standard was changed to support the standard STANAG 4586 communication protocol. (QT/Windows)

Software engineer supporting various contracts for Ambonare, primarily in the embedded realm.Schneider Electric -A global Electric Company providing solutions to power control and management.Technical lead for performance enhancements for Schneider Electric’s Com’X 510 Energy Management System.+ Conversion of their Modbus communications and real-time data conversion engine from Java to C++.+ Re-designed the engine for higher maintainability, system robustness, and stronger object-oriented modeling.+ Built scripts to convert XML engine-driving data sets to C++ code for build-time generation of shared object library files to reduce memory utilization on the embedded device. Decreased RAM utilization by 80%.+ Increased key feature performance, including boot-up, by 400%.

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Technology Kitchen provides electro-mechanical and software design services to a variety of industries, with focus on the development and manufacturing of commercial products.Member of a small team of firmware engineers developing embedded software for various products. Most software written in C for the Microchip suite of processors.• Collected common code segments from pre-existing projects into a set of libraries and project templates to support the Microchip suite of PIC18, PIC24, and PIC32 processors. Refactored the code for re-use and compile-time configuration based on the use-case of the project. Library code included peripheral drivers (UART, ADC, Timers, etc.) and functional modules (CRC, checksum, digital filter, etc.). The use of the libraries and project templates allowed for initial board bring-up to under four (4) hours for common hardware elements.• Created baseline bootloader firmware that performed software updates via UART, USB, and Ethernet. Code easily adjusts to other forms of data sources (e.g. external flash). Bootloader support for projects could be achieved in under four (4) hours.• Introduced software development tools (bug tracking, test plans, etc.) and approaches (coding conventions, iterative development, etc.) which increased the quality of the firmware. As a result of a more rigorous development process, in-field issues became less frequent.• Worked on over a dozen projects with different scopes and peripheral management:o Off-chip peripheral integration (GPS, accelerometers, magnetometers, EEPROM. flash, A2D) using various buses (UART, I2C, and SPI).o Internet-Of-Things systems with network access through wired, Wi-Fi, and proprietary LANs.o Low-power systems that run off batteries for years.o Systems with LCD and N-segment displays.• Supported the maintenance and software reconstruction of a Linux-based video streaming and scene authentication device used in military installations.

Cranberry Township, Pa, Us

Part of a small team of software engineers developing test and calibration applications for CS Innovations flagship product, the Advanced Logic System (ALS).• Upgraded the primary engineering tool used to verify the functionality of first-run boards and new releases of firmware. New features included translation of engineering data to human-readable text, enhanced calibration sequences, and support for the full suite of ALS products. Upgrades allowed test engineers to perform board checkout in a more efficient and consistent manner.• Defined a software process to meet 10CFR50 Appendix B specifications. The development plan allowed tailoring to enable CS Innovations to have a repeatable development process for software-based test and development tools, as well as a process for creating software-based safety systems.• Designed and developed a GUI-based maintenance and calibration tool for the Diverse Actuation System (DAS) in Westinghouse Electric’s AP1000™ nuclear plant platform. Aided in the specification and design of the ALS-based portion of the DAS resulting in a successful demonstration of our deliverables.

Co-founder and primary software developer for a first-of-its-kind electronic circuit breaker (ECB) system developed for the experimental aviation industry.• Developed the software for the first prototype that was instrumental to securing $750,000 in venture capital funding.• As a collaborative effort, defined over 700 system and software level requirements for the flagship product based on use-case scenarios, conceptual feature sets, and non-competing avionic capabilities.• Within a deadline of one year, designed and developed the production software for our two initial products (VP-200 and VP-100) which were successfully launched with ‘Best New Product 2007’ at AirVenture, the premier aviation air show in the U.S.• Performed unit, lab, and field tests resulting in the reduction of hundreds of defects, enhancement of the user-experience, and over 400 hours of issue-free flight hours.• Based on existing code, created two new products (VP-50 and Climate Control) within a 3 month period, allowing for increased sales and revenue. Introduction of the Climate Control system landed Vertical Power an article in Flying, the leading certified aircraft magazine in the U.S.

Designed and developed software systems for multiple government and internally-sponsored projects.• Team lead for the Airborne Tactical Laser (ATL) pointing and tracking embedded software. Duties included requirements development and management, design and development of the digital recording station, system integration and test. Led team to successful delivery of the system to the customer. Worked alongside mechanical, electrical, controls and optical engineers during all phases of development.• Team lead for a counter-mortar pointing and tracking system (CRAM). Working with a controls engineer, we rapid-prototyped the software for gimbal control that would automatically acquire and track mortars from a radar hand-off. Supported field tests in Yuma on multiple occasions; during the first visit, our system beat out all pre-existing competitors and became the gold standard for position and rate of a launched mortar. Transitioned technology to an internal R&D system that supported other field tests, including tracking ground to air missiles.• Performed initial embedded systems design of an internal R&D LADAR (Laser Detection and Ranging) program. System captures return signals from a highly focused LADAR at GHz rates and stores the data for post-processing and analysis.• System architect for the embedded and application-level control systems for an internal R&D high energy laser. Led a small team in early stages of the embedded system development, including requirements definition and management, system design, and integration with mechanical and optical components. • Helped define and implement agile development practices; process definitions were adaptable to both large and small projects. Introduction of the practices reduced the time for subsequent development and test iterations for the ATL program.

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Team lead of the embedded computer system for a non-invasive glucose monitor.• Defined the processes used to develop embedded software for FDA regulations. Process was stream-lined for a small development team and held special considerations for embedded development.• Interfaced custom embedded computer system with engineering prototype of non-invasive glucose monitor. System included data acquisition and servo-mechanism control for a spectrometer. Prototypes were used to collect data during clinical trials.• Developed and deployed software that automated the creation of aqueous solution sets used for evaluation of new spectroscopic instruments and methods. Resulting system reduced solution set assembly time by 25%, eliminated most human errors, and created high quality samples (< 1% error per solution component).• Self-taught Java and fundamental VHDL constructs.

Developed software for space-based programs.• Implemented software to decode and store telemetry data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) on the Mars Observer (flight date: 1993).• Developed the Flight Software for the Imager on the Mars Pathfinder (flight date: 1997). Images from that mission were the first images seen of the Mars landscape since the Viking missions in the 1970’s.

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Computer Science