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CurrentIndependent Embedded Systems hardware/software and Quality Systems consultant for Medical Devices, Scientific Analysis Systems, Industrial Controls and Consumer Products. Experience includes: * Digital & Analog Hardware design with CAD Tools: Protel, Orcad, Altium, Eagle KiCAD & Diptrace.* SPI, I2C, IRDA, Modbus, Ethernet, and proprietary serial data protocols.* ISO-9001, ISO-13485 and ISO-62304, EMC-EMI directives and mitigation strategies.* ATEX, Intrinsic Safety, OSHA, NIOSH and HIPAA, UL/CSA, FDA Medical Device guidance and CE mark.* Parts sourcing, Value Engineering, PCB Layout and Electronics Manufacturing.* Extensive use of Test & Measurement Systems: DSOs, Spectrum Analyzers, Signal Aquisition, ICE, Logic Analyzers, Signal Generators, Programmable Power Supplies, GPIB (IEEE-488), Device Programmers, ATE.* Digital Signal Processors, FFT, DCT, Low/High/Band pass Filtering and Autocorrelation. * Scientific Measurement Apparatus: GC, HPLC, Mass Spec including Quadrupole, Time of Flight, Electrospray; UV/VIS/IR Spectrophotometry, Raman and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.* Safety Critical and Fault Tolerant Systems, FMECA, Fault Tree Analysis, Finite State Machines.* Software engineering methods including: Agile, Scrum, Spiral, and traditional Waterfall method.* Extensive work in Embedded Software using C, C++, FORTH, assembly language, RTOS;* Familiarity with Python, Pascal, Java, JS, Delphi, Visual Basic, Smalltalk, Prolog, SNOBOL, Lisp;* Software and Hardware Requirements, Design, Test Plans and formal Verification and Validation;* Anomaly Reporting and Tracking Systems.* Basecamp for Project Management, and other Teamware.* Revision Control Systems such as RCS, SubVersion, Visual Source Safe and GIT.* Document management such as Google Docs, Dropbox, Wikis and other cloud services.
