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Lead a team of 5 engineers which serve as the liaison between R&D and operations by communicating manufacturing design requirements, building and verifying custom test boards used on production lines, and assisting with DFx analyses.- Defined strategy for high-volume PCBA test systems to support on-market products and new-product introductions. Test system hardware was designed to support multiple products with customizations in software.- Automated the verification of new test boards and prototyped PCBA test sequences using C#.- Developed software applications to program and configure glucose-monitors via NFC.- Authored and reviewed test specifications, user requirements, acceptance criteria, test protocols, and quality attribute specifications

Internalized development of software used to test implantable pulse generators during designverification, characterization, and manufacturing. Lead development of common libraries used i ntest software, engineering tools, and applications used by healthcare providers. Currently alsoguiding introduction of cybersecurity controls into the neuromodulation system and software.- Lead development of a .NET-based device communication library supporting multiple physicallayers (USB, Bluetooth), various data protocols, and abstraction of varying firmware interfaces.The library was integrated into engineering tools, manufacturing test software, and aXamarin-based clinician application.- Oversaw vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, and design of security controls to protect dataand commands sent between an implantable pulse generator, programming wand, and tablet.- Provided guidance on software frameworks, tools, hardware configurations for testing, andcontinuous integration for development of a Xamarin-based mobile application for clinicians.- Led and helped implement a firmware emulator to support software integration testing.- Implemented process improvements i n response to corrective and preventive action findings.

- Architected and developed C# test software with plug-in architecture and common libraries forcontrol of USB-connected Keysight test equipment, serial device communication, and interactionwith a relational SQL database. Trained the electrical engineering team on test softwaredevelopment and unit testing. Utilized linear motion stages to sequentially test multiple deviceson a single PCB, reducing operator error and handling time.- Replaced manual validation of test software with automated unit and integration tests, enablingcode coverage analysis and risk-based testing.- Implemented improvements to C++-based test software on a PXI instrumentation platform toaddress yield loss and manufacturing throughput.- Executed installation qualification, operational qualification, and performance qualificationactivities following test software updates.- Developed a Python web-interface for plotting manufacturing data (yield, failure sources, testresults) from an SQL database.

Leader of a team of 6 senior engineers with indirect reports overseas, responsible for all productionfirmware and firmware support for fingerprint sensor products. Received a corporate award forbuilding trusted and valued customer partnerships.- Firmware architect and team lead for low-cost fingerprint sensors with ROM-based firmwarebased on Synaptics’ custom microprocessor.- Configured a Python regression test environment to deploy and test firmware builds onfingerprint sensors following code changes.- Developed application firmware and patches for flash-based fingerprint sensors based on aTensilica microprocessor. Flash memory on-chip enabled unique features, reduced powerconsumption, and improved usability.- Scheduled product integration and new feature development to effectively utilize collectiveresource constraints.- Provided on-site customer support for integration and debugging.

Key engineer in driving integrated touch and display driver ICs from early development tomass-production. Advanced to firmware architecture team, introducing new firmware architectureand tools company-wide.- Designed and implemented a Visual Studio-based firmware debugging and prototyping platformwith TCP interface, controllable from MATLAB and a C# GUI.- Adapted touch sensor firmware for touch and display driver (TDDI) ICs and added newTDDI-specific features, such as display synchronization, an overlay graphics library,content-adaptive backlight control algorithm, and gamma curve compression. Provided on-sitecustomer support for debugging and integration.- Designed a firmware codebase for IC validation, bench-top data collection, and featureprototyping, utilizing I2C and SPI.- Developed firmware for a power-efficient clock and unlocking scheme for mobile devices anddemonstrated the system at a customer site.- Supported IC verification and tapeout by writing Verilog tests for display components (e.g.grayscale binning), CPU cache, and touch-analog control module.

Researcher responsible for conducting experiments, developing software and algorithms, andanalyzing data on three different projects.- Characterized a wearable blast gauge using LabVIEW for data collection and MATLAB for dataanalysis. The device l aunched the start-up company BlackBox Biometrics.- Performed experiments on cell cultures transfected with glucose-sensitive fluorophores andwrote i mage processing algorithms i n MATLAB.- Investigated signal processing methods to correlate pulse plethysmography signals to bloodpressure. Collected and analyzed data from human subjects.

- Designed and analyzed microsensors to quantify hydrodynamic forces on white blood cell movement and adhesion in veins. - Developed microfabrication procedures and circuit designs, and performed simulations with ANSYS multiphysics and Fluent CFD software.

- Performed tests on CMOS image sensors in development to evaluate sensor performance. - Added features to a C++ based software tool used for image sensor control and characterization. Developed image processing methods for image reconstruction.