I have 15 years of experience doing complete electrical/software system integration, primarily on complex robotic systems (10+ actuators to be coordinated to achieve a goal). As a result I have a vertically integrated skill set including circuit design and PCB layout, firmware development in C, and user interface development in Java. I have extensive electrical technician skills as well having hand assembled and reworked hundreds of PCBs using fine pitch components (0.4mm pitch ICs and 0201 discretes) and done all the wiring on a dozen different systems. This vertical integration of skills and experiences helps me see the whole picture of a system and catch potential problems early on, and also go from concept to working PCB/firmware in only a few weeks.