Kenneth Dickinson Email & Phone Number

Chatsworth, Ca, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

Surface Hub Team, Microcontroller firmware development, bio authentication, telemetry & validation tools.

Chatsworth, Ca, Us

Lead Engineer for the company’s next generation high frequency vibration monitoring equipment. The equipment is used for monitoring of spaceflight systems components and cargo during transport to launch sites. Responsibilities included overall system design, component selection, schematic design, PCB layout, firmware authoring, hardware validation, test procedures, schedule as well as documentation and release procedures.

Responsible for circuit Schematic capture, design and fabrication of PCB’s, assembly and verification of prototypes, authoring and test of firmware, and preparation of documentation for final production. Design for manufacture of electronic products to meet customer’s target application(s). Pre design tasks include writing product requirement specifications, generation of proposals and contracts.Developed relationships with key distributors and joined Digi-Key’s Design service provider program as well as becoming a registered design consultant for Cypress semiconductor. In addition to client services other activities include the development, sales and support of in house USB-MIDI modules and accessories using direct distribution to end users.Firmware Development:Extensive C/C++ and Assembly authoring and debugging using: o ST Micro and NXP ARM Cortex M processors, Keil MDK-ARMo Cypress PSoC 1, 3 & 5 architectures using PSoC Designer / Creatoro Code Composer Studio (TI’s TMS320F series MCUs)o Microchip, MPLAB IDEo TSK3000 Softcore on Xilinx FPGA (Altium Nanoboard)Low level in circuit emulation and trace techniques (ISSP/JTAG/SWD…)Implementation and debugging of I2C, I2S, SPI, RS-232, RS-485, DMX512, MIDI, USB and common embedded networking protocols such as UDP and TCP/IP.Experience authoring micro-controller code for interfacing with a variety of FCC pre-certified modules for implementation of WiFi, Bluetooth, Synapse, DigiMesh and CyFi based wireless networks.Linux embedded RTOS (real-time operating systems) with Angstrom / µClinuxSoftware Development: Microsoft C/C++ Visual Studio (Win32 API) Microsoft C# Visual Studio (.NET frameworks) Perl (Some PHP)Hardware Development:Extensive Component, Schematic & PCB design using Altium Designer & Cadsoft Eagle.Assembly and rework of prototypes with fine pitch QFN/LQFP packages. Design of integrated test and programming fixtures for use by contract manufacturers.

Griffin:o Lead software engineer responsible for conducting AOP52 software safety assessment of active missile system utilized by United States Navy. Tasks included code reviews, identification of safety critical functions as well as authoring of software to perform automated tests necessary for identifying system vulnerabilities.Stratolaunch:o Co-developer of body gear steering system for the world’s largest space launch carrier.o Primary software engineer responsible for authoring of firmware for CAM, EMA, and CDU subsystems of steering system.o Debugging and validation of printed circuits.o Review and sign off of board level acceptance test procedures.o Assisted principal hardware engineer with EMC & EMI lab testing on CAM, EMA and CDU subsystems.o Development of test procedures and authoring of final Software Verification Cases, Procedures and results (SVCP) for release.o Created report generation utility in Python for firmware profiling necessary for SVCP documents.Spaceship One:o Validation and review of acceptance test procedures for analog flight controllers.

Formed and managed agile development team responsible for the creation of proprietary Flash-based content management system. Performed translation of system architectural documents into requirement specifications in order to maintain scope and project schedules. I made extensive use of Microsoft Project and Visio applications to keep projects on budget and schedule. Performed technical due diligence on many proposed IP acquisitions by company.

Responsibilities included the design of schematics, printed circuit boards and authoring of micro controller firmware. I directly interfaced with OEM clients in order to facilitate quick turn specifications and development of prototypes designed for manufacture. Projects included the development of intelligent lighting fixtures using advanced solid state lighting technology and the systems by which they are controlled. Acted as liaison with distributors, manufacturer’s representatives and FAE’s to communicate OEM client’s strategic goals and to determine applicable component technologies for cost-conscious designs thus reducing time to market.

Bsba, Information Systems

Electrical And Electronics Engineering