Mike Vandenberg Email & Phone Number

Mississauga, On, Ca

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical support for SR&ED claimants. Technical project write-ups for CRA.

Mississauga

• Product development of rugged Android based Mobile Computers • Overseeing multidisciplinary teams to ensure customer requirements and business goals are being met • New product development encorporating Agile and Product Lifecycle Management processes • Product requirements, risk assessment and test strategy management. • Ensuring customer facing performance attributes are being addressed during product development • Identification, tracking and mitigation of hardware and software non-conformance

Mississauga

• Design of 3-phase Absense of Voltage Tester (AVT) for panel safety• Design of 3-phase industrial ground fault detection systems• Design of 3-phase programmable voltage supplies and current drives• Automated tester control software written in Python for National Instruments DLL• Design to UL requirements: withstand voltages, transients,, creepage, clearance etc.

An innovative Electronics Design Engineer with extensive experience working in development environments ranging from small startups to Fortune 500 companies focusing on new product design. Significant contributions made to organizational IP in the form of patents. Able to manage tight deadlines and shifting priorities with ease. Works well both independently and as part of a dynamic team. Key competencies include:• Electronics Design Engineer with solid footing in hardware and firmware.• Embedded Systems Development expert with exceptional skills in instrumentation and control.• Bare metal, FreeRTOS, embedded (C/C++) on multiple platforms: ARM, Microchip, Atmel, TI. Development systems: Keil-ARM, Microchip MPLABX, Atmel Studio, GCC.• I2C, UART, SPI, USB, Ethernet, TCP/IP hardware interfacing and protocols. Schematic capture and PCB layout with Altium and Orcad. LTSpice simulation.• GSM/LTE and WiFi communication module integration.• Instrumentation interfaces: sensors, ADC, DAC, motor controls.• Hardware design, analysis, verification. EPLD, VHDL• Compliance testing CSA/UL. ISO9000 internal auditing.• Experience in all aspects of the design process. Extensive knowledge of both hardware and firmware design: tools, methods, documentation and best practices. • Ability to rapidly produce custom support PC applications for use in testing, verification and product configuration for both in-house and production scenarios.

Toronto, On

• Hardware and embedded firmware development for high volume (+1M/yr) production testers.• Hardware and embedded firmware development for commercial dispenser equipment.• PIC and Atmel 8-bit processors in products. PIC32MX processors in testers. FreeRTOS multitasking platform, C/C++. Microchip MPLAB/MPLABX IDE. Atmel Studio IDE.• PIR, photodiode, DC fluid dispensing motor. LEDs, light pipes, LCD displays, beepers, PE cells, super-capacitor• LTSpice simulation. RS232, RS485 H/W and F/W drivers. Low current measurement. Battery powered low energy design.• Schematic capture and PCB design using Altium Designer• HITAG RFID integration and support devices/applications.• Integration, support and testing of proprietary ASIC designs.• JAVA software applications for development, testing, verification and production support.• Netbeans IDE. JNI. MySQL connector database integration. TCP/IP communications. Standard and Ad-hoc WiFi networking. Multi-threaded applications. GUI design.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Development of Power Distribution Transformer meters for power utilities (patent).• Embedded firmware development for residential power meters. Power line communications.• Embedded firmware to allow these meters to measure, store and communicate grid node status over the cellular network. 32-bit ARM M$ (LPC4078), Keil uVision, FreeRTOS, C/C++. Rogowski coil current measurement. Temperature, accelerometer integration. I2C, SPI, RS232 drivers.• GSM/LTE modem integration. ADE7880 poly-phase revenue grade metering.• Development and production calibration/commissioning applications in JAVA. Windows and Linux OS. C#, Visual Studio for back end DNP protocol decoding.• Designed custom EBOM system in Java with OBDC to MSAccess database.

• Electronic design of intrusion security control panels for residential and commercial markets.• Highly cost sensitive design.• Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for product volumes in excess of 300,000 units annually.• DFM for off-line 50W switching power supply. Redesigned for global compliance.• Sealed lead Acid (SLA) battery charging and telephony circuitry.• Speakerphone accessory development (patent).• Global compliance and safety design for security panels.• Manufacturing support.• Design for Six Sigma (DFSS) environment. Internal ISO9000 auditor.

Mississauga

HARDWARE ENGINEER • Designed hardware for low powered, low cost courier terminal with integral barcode scanner and LF radio. Docking cradle for above with optional modem.• Warehousing applications of RFID tag technologies (various patents).• Embedded firmware development for TI MSP430 series processor using GCC ‘C’ compiler.• Designed LF wireless hardware and courier applications in PalmOS for Handspring based courier terminal. Support software in C++ and JAVA.• Custom VB/MSACCESS applications to support delivery system and box/customer maintenance.• System specification and design for PC based electronic vehicle GPS navigation and delivery management system. Mapping software written in VB.• Established methods and test equipment for manufacture and testing of electronic subsystems.• Applications to support testing of electronic warehousing tags.• Engineering schematics, BOM’s and specifications.• Product support to sales, manufacturing and purchasing.