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Kirkland, Wa, Us

Bellevue, Wa, Us

Greater Seattle Area

Seattle, Washington, United States

♦ Designed, developed, maintained, and debugged real time flight control systems in PX4, NuttX, and Embedded Linux utilizing C/++, systemd, python and hardware in loop automated testing.♦ Developed, maintained, and debugged drivers for various drone hardware sensors including: lidar, battery management (and characterization,) ESCs, gimbal motor controllers, IMUs and cameras.♦ Worked closely with customers to solidify requirements via quick feedback/DoE♦ Enabled gathering of telemetry data fleetwide by utilizing a 3rd party vendor for automatic upload and analysis of flight characteristics.

Seattle

♦ Gathered requirements for, designed, developed, documented, and maintained softwaretools for manufacturing, maintenance, and validation of autonomous delivery robotsthrough 4 iterations of hardware using C and C++♦ Designed, developed, and maintained device drivers for time‐of‐flight sensors using C++and ROS framework♦ Developed and maintained drivers for various sensor components across ucOSii andEmbedded Linux platforms using C and C++♦ Trained, mentored, and supported software/hardware test, maintenance, andmanufacturing teams♦ Developed, documented, and maintained processes to standardize maintenance andvalidation actions resulting in a substantial throughput increase for related teams♦ Preformed fleet‐wide data analysis of sensor logs to identify potential problems with our hardwareand device drivers

Niles, Illinois, United States

♦ Mentored new engineers on tools, process, and projects via documentation,communication, and design/code reviews♦ Designed, documented, and developed generic reusable communication protocols basedon USB‐HID to be used with all our future USB products♦ Prototyped USB peripherals to test communication protocols using PSoC4 and STM32development kits in a bare metal environment♦ Using C++, designed, developed, and maintained platform‐agnostic code for use inFreeRTOS, VXWorks, Embedded Linux, Windows, and MacOs applications♦ Developed, maintained, and thoroughly documented APIs for high level users toasynchronously access embedded device functionality through C++ and Python APIs♦ Investigated new technologies and their potential application with our products resulting inmultiple project proposals and participation in targeted Advanced Development work

Kalamazoo, Michigan Area

♦ Technical lead of electromechanical software interface and control design of aspirationsubsystem on an ultrasonic aspirator surgical implement project♦ Used various embedded communication protocols such as UART, I2C, and SPI indevelopment of drivers to interface with various ICs♦ Designed and implemented embedded software throughout project work using C++♦ Utilized Matlab, Labview, and Python for simulation of proposed designs♦ Made use of IC data sheets and electrical schematics while aiding in design/architecture ofsystem components, making system design decisions, and troubleshooting existing designs♦ Performed mathematical modeling and simulations of control systems to design andtroubleshoot complex subsystems

Grand Rapids, Mi

♦ Programmed, tested, and reviewed requirements‐based ISO DO‐178B/C compliant airplanecontrol software for the Bombardier 300 using C and Simulink♦ Developed, and reviewed robust, requirements‐based tests on the Boeing 787 andBombardier 300 using Python and C♦ Proposed improvements for internal testing tools that would increase productivity whiledeveloping test cases

Houghton, Mi

♦ Developed, tested, and implemented MATLAB code to search through and compile metricsacross massive amounts of atmospheric data for information relevant to the project♦ Developed MATLAB simulation code utilizing found data to calculate irradiance statisticsfor laser propagation through turbulent atmosphere♦ Published results in IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, and presented at IEEEAerospace 2014♦ Aided in teaching an introductory MATLAB and C++ lab, Circuits lab, and Digital Logic lab.

Coordinated internal IT projects in a change control environment.

Troubleshot computer hardware and software issues, sales, customer service.