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Huntsville, Al, Us

Huntsville, Al, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Huntsville, Alabama, Us

Responsibilities:• Led the development of an FMCW Radar controller using an Artix-7 FPGA to support wide-band radarrequirements.• Designed and implemented a high-speed digital signal processor on a Kintex Ultrascale FPGA. This processinvolved: Integrating a Microblaze softcore processor in the design to perform configuration and control utilizingAXI protocol streams. Implementing JESD protocol on 12 GHz GTH transceivers to support high-speed data samplingrequirements. Implementing a 10G Ethernet on GTH transceivers to optimize high-speed data communicationcapabilities.• Acted as program manager for a complex design project implementing celestial navigation, showcasing strongleadership skills, technical expertise, and successful project coordination.

Arlington, Va, Us

Participated as a digital design engineer for the Standard Missile 3 Blk 1B Advanced Signal Processor:• Designed computer architecture to meet system requirements and fulfill mission statement.• Developed digital logic designs using VHDL with Xilinx Vivado and Microsemi Libero tools.• Performed UVM methodology functional verification of designs using SystemVerilog and Python with QuestaSim and Cocotb software.• Performed validation and integration of designs on hardware using embedded C software with Xilinx Vitis and Microsemi Softconsole tools.• Developed continuous integration build and testing system using Jenkins.• Developed tool automation flow using Bash and Python.• Provided tasking and technical design guidance for team members.• Github administrator for organization including over 20 repositories.Experience with Xilinx, Microsemi, Altera architectures.

Arlington, Va, Us

Participated as a team member in detailed circuit systems design on FPGA.

Mobile, Alabama, Us

Mission Statement: Spatially resolved measurements of plasma density irregularities in the ionosphere F-region for scintillation studies.• Senior embedded firmware engineer for NASA’s CubeSat program at South Alabama. Worked with Faculty and Graduate students to coordinate development and design on the satellite. Recruited, organized and trained undergraduate engineers in software development on the project.• Wrote C software and VHDL code to integrate digital and analog circuits to work with a Time-DomainImpedance Probe for plasma measurements.• Designed and developed communication firmware, including CAN and FlexBus protocols.• Implemented and integrated Real-Time Operating System and FAT file systems on multiple NXP Kinetismicrocontrollers.• Developed VHDL software running on an Altera Max II CPLD.• Testing and verification of chips after assembly.

Orange Beach, Al, Us

Orange Beach, Al, Us

Tuscaloosa, Al, Us

Master Of Science In Engineering - Mse, Computer Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Computer Engineering

Engineering

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