Technical Fellow
Van Buren Township, Mi, Us
Visteon Corporation, Dearborn and Van Buren, MichiganManufacturer of electronic control modules and other parts for automobilesShort summary:Assisted many product engineering and purchasing teams with optimal MCU and memory device selection techniques. Performed lead IC Engineering role for several MCU, DSP, and FPGA devices. Mentored and assisted product managers, product engineers, and IC engineers with processor architecture, IC technology, lessons learned, re-use, supplier experiences, and circuit design details.Technical Fellows bear additional engineering responsibilities, developing business processes, training, and participating in design reviews.More detailed description:Specified, selected, and designed TFT LCD control system for central display module; FPGA-based system using DDR SDRAM and flash memories; overcame numerous obstacles introducing the FPGA to the automotive environmentSpecified instrument cluster microcontroller for enhanced message center display capability, and championed IC supplier selection process using weighted evaluation method; result is 32-bit ARM7 with timer co-processor; patent awarded for dynamic lighting controlCreated engineering course to train product designers how to apply microcontrollersIdentified failure modes and corrective actions for microcontrollers used in numerous automotive applications, including a dual-core 32-bit ARM9 with 32-bit DSP partDeveloped bench testing plan and wrote exercise software for controllers, including ARM7Familiarity with 32-bit ARMx parts from TI, ST, and Freescale, PowerPC from Freescale and IBM, and NEC V850x; also 16-bit Freescale S12 and S12X; and several 8-bit micros.