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Westchester, Illinois, Us

Product development (sustaining projects):* Developed and executed test plans for locomotive control and display systems. Reported test results to project team.* Assisted in group process improvement initiatives, including test case frequency of use, development change request tracking, and safety relevance assessment.

Hanover, Maryland, Us

Product development (new and sustaining projects):* Reviewed verification test protocol for data management system targeted for facility use to capture CT injector performance data.* Developed validation test protocols for data management system. Facilitated test execution with external test participants. Reported test results to project team.* Conducted impact analysis for software update to an existing CT injector. Coordinated software verification testing with in-house team. Reported test results to project team.* Assisted in development and review of software verification test protocols for a new CT injector. Assisted in test method validation during review. Conducted impact analysis for each incremental test cycle. Coordinated software verification testing with in-house team. Reported test results to project team.

Chicago, Il, Us

Product development (new and sustaining projects):* Planned software verification projects, estimating schedule and identifying resource needs.* Coordinated project execution with internal and external team members, both domestic and international.* Developed and executed test suites for a variety of hospital bed and stretcher components, including scale, surface, and transport controls.* Established and maintained test summary, results, and traceability reports in design history file.* Assisted in resolving issues identified during testing.* Assisted in the development and application of test tools to reduce test cycle times.* Assisted in developing departmental work instructions and standard operating procedures, including software V&V workflow, test sample receiving, and impact analysis.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

New test stand development:* Data acquisition test stand for an emerging blood glucose monitor.* Temperature performance test stand supporting both the emerging and existing blood glucose monitors.* Reusable software components encapsulating monitor communications, data, and application security requirements.* Test tools supporting both firmware development and design verification and validation activities.* Promoted application of reusable software components in all test stand architectures to support aggressive project timeline.Test stand life cycle management:* Data acquisition, calibration, and configuration test stands in support of platform updates, historical change requests, and model proliferation. * Supported integration of security client in existing data acquisition test stands and deployment of test and production security servers in corporate data center.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

* Established system architecture and drove selection of new hardware and software platforms for second generation product support system. * Established development plan emphasizing the use of standard or commercial off-the-shelf components while unifying methodologies of multiple user groups to achieve a common support base, thus offering the potential to significantly lower long term maintenance costs. * Demonstrated universal appeal of two such components: a code conversion backend and a commercial device programmer which may be applied in any system using similar programmable device technology.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

* Helped to identify opportunities for cycle time reduction, cost reduction, and performance improvement. Acted as software development leader on four such projects: defined scope of work, resource requirements, and estimated schedule; helped establish software requirements; directed or performed software design, documentation, and unit and integration testing; actively supported validation and acceptance testing, deployment, and user training.* Coordinated the efforts of the algorithm engineering group in support of department and software engineering improvement planning. As algorithm engineering representative organized and presented findings to lead team.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

* Established baseline software and documentation for five legacy product support systems to ensure compliance with new software development policy. * Redesigned large portions of existing software to support contingency planning efforts, to implement historical change requests, and to achieve common look and feel regarding software operation. * Developed and executed validation test suite for a blood coagulation monitor.* Developed and executed validation and acceptance test suites for test stands used in data acquisition, calibration, performance testing, and incoming QC.* Assisted in establishing high performance system architecture for the initial prototype of a handheld, battery operated blood glucose monitor utilizing biosensor and ASIC technologies.

Switzerland 🇨🇭 , Ch

* Designed and developed common base for data acquisition software facilitating rapid integration of support for six different blood glucose monitors.* Contributed significantly to the hardware and firmware design of a custom test stand encapsulating the unique communication and interface requirements of all monitors via a common protocol and interconnect scheme.* Redesigned firmware for a blood glucose monitor targeted to the visually impaired. Reduced code size by 38% while adding significant enhancements.* Designed and developed software for monitor board and functional unit test.

* Established, with engineering team, common hardware and firmware platforms used in test stand development (low rate discharge console, function generator for ignition coil test stand, tach/strobe frequency multiplier, alternator test stand, linear potentiometer test stand).* Designed and developed system software for custom test equipment used in automotive applications. User interface, test control, communications, data storage and retrieval, and internal diagnostics.* Catalyst for a programmer's toolkit supporting the Intel 8052-BASIC microcontroller. Source code tokenizer, line renumber, cross reference, and communications utilities.* Directed the efforts of one other software engineer.* Responsible for selecting hardware and software for personal computers used for word processing, computer aided drafting, and software development.

Jacksonville, Fl, Us

* Performed software requirements analysis and assisted in selection of automation system components for a continuous casting (steel) plant.* Assisted in coordination of associated external vendors. Efforts involved traveling to Japan for software design review.

* Coordinated activities of the Victor third party software program in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. Identified local software vendors and their product offerings, introduced them to the Victor line of personal computers, assisted them in software development/conversion projects, and assisted in qualifying the final product.* Provided technical support to major account customers and computer dealers in the areas of software requirements definition/analysis, problem solving, and installation troubleshooting.* Participated in major trade shows and exhibitions.

* Lead software engineer in the design and development of a glass forming machine controller. My primary focus was the controller's man-machine interface and intermodule communications procedures for production control and monitoring.* Designed and developed programs for glass batch analysis and furnace operations reporting.* Provided support for glass furnace simulation model.* Responsible for evaluating and selecting software packages used in scientific programming and microprocessor software development.* CAD/CAM system selection committee.

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

* Designed and developed performance model for retail point of sale system to assist project managers and system designers in evaluating system requirements and making hardware/software tradeoffs.

* Gained exposure to CMOS technology by utilizing circuit analysis programs to determine response characteristics of CMOS/SOS standard cells.* Developed timing analysis simulators of business telephone system and hotel/motel information system.

Master Of Engineering, Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Electrical Engineering