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Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Greater Atlanta Area

Hardware Design• Worked with interdisciplinary teams to define system level requirements for multi-board designs• Conducted top-down and bottom-up hierarchical schematic capture for complex embedded systems • Responsible for the layout of many complex, high speed, multilayer, mixed signal, and antenna circuit boards• Organized and led layout reviews for a variety of design problems including reconfigurable RF Antennas, space-rated passive antennas, and FPGA integrated designsSoftware Design• Led software efforts for embedded board bring-up projects including distributed networks of MSP430 microcontrollers and Zynq SoC designs. • Developed libraries to automate testing and data collection for devices such as vector network analyzers, digital multimeters, power supplies, and RF switches• Made key contributions in developing multi-objective optimization framework in python for reconfigurable antennas• Conducted code reviews to identify errors and ensure backwards compatibility Leadership• Worked as Principal Investigator of an Internal Research & Development Program (IRAD) coordinating the efforts of multiple researchers to simulate, design, fabricate, and test the new antenna technology• Managed the design, fabrication, and assembly of dozens of PCB prototypes resulting in hundreds of assembled boards with a total materials cost of over $400,000

Atlanta, Ga

• Researched the interaction of electromagnetic waves and large asymmetric molecules• Evaluated computational methods for generating rotational spectra of complex molecules

Stone Mountain, Ga

• Designed script using Python to automate bulk battery capacity and power profile testing with the West Mountain Radio CBA IV. The script utilized regular expressions and the windows command line to determine test type, battery characteristics, custom test parameters, initiate testing, and finally saving test data. • Created mobile data logging unit using Python, a Raspberry Pi, and a DAQCplate daughterboard. • Made an Arduino Uno based serial logger using an ADS1115 16-bit ADC.

Dallas, Texas

• Collaborated with multiple product development engineers to fully characterize the thermal shutdown conditions of an embedded ultrasonic driver, resulting in meeting the milestones required to advance to the next phase of production • Designed a PCB to be used by a validation team to drive, interface with, and collect data from the ultrasonic driver, fully characterizing the device’s communication protocols• Planned and developed a program using NI TestStand and LabVIEW that fully automated the characterization of more than 100,000 test cases which could potentially affect the ultrasonic driver’s communication protocols

Social Circle, Georgia

• Evaluated sample solar panels for efficiency and cost, resulting in the company saving $5,000 per shipment of panels ordered• Debugged and identified the cause of a lithium ion battery charging problem and proposed an interim solution that minimized the cost effects while a more robust solution was developed• Evaluated prototype solar powered lamp/media player for efficiency and usability

Social Circle, Georgia

• Contacted vendors and purchased sample LED projectors from China and Taiwan, tested the projectors under a variety of operating conditions to determine reliability, then made recommendation of best projector to reduce cost and optimize quality• Identified the root cause of a battery discharging problem which affected a $40,000 shipment of solar street lamps

Social Circle, Georgia

• Managed the production and quality control of $1.75M of equipment• Supervised and organized the daily tasks of five employees on a production team• Responsible for ordering inventory and ensuring that incoming shipments were received and properly stored

Bachelor'S Degree, Electrical Engineering

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Engineering