ROS software development, integration and test.

Developed ROS SW and robots on weekends/evenings.ROS package contributions:RTK GPS driver (swiftnav_piksi), rosserial_embeddedlinux, IMU driver(razor_imu_9dof), pid package. Documented contributions on wiki.ros.org. Designedadvanced robots for robot-club contests.For projects info see my google Robot Projects site: click the "Website" link in the "Contact and Personal Info" section on right, or paste this URL into your browser: https://sites.google.com/site/paulbouchier• Ongoing development of a ROS-based lawn-mowing robot• Built visual path-following robot integrating ROS vision system, embedded Linux robotcontroller.• Built visual target-seeking robot integrating Windows vision subsystem, java robot guidance,and onboard wifi Linux controller with C++ subsumption implementation.• Delivered talks & wrote magazine articles on robotics topics.

Develop software for next-gen robots

Software developer designing device drivers for GPS/IMU-box, camera, software fortracking-performance analysis, driver GUI, and other projects for US Army’s AMAS self-driving trucks. Integration and testing on-vehicle. AMAS autonomy hardware/softwareintegration, checkout, and vehicle calibration. Mining haul-truck autonomy systemrequirements, self-driving system verification test specifications. Modeling and plug-inintegration in Gazebo haul-truck simulation. DDS-based vehicle exerciser.

Architect, Systems Engineer for server management embedded software, leading team of more than 100 firmware developers to deliver 3 million lines of code for server with revenue of $1B/yr.• Wrote many requirements & system design specs which guided 13 development teams building subsystems, and verification teams.• Won support for, and led definition & delivery of feature worth $80M/yr revenue.• Set architectural guidelines for development teams to ensure product had desired availability, extensibility, flexibility, performance, and other properties.• Delivered numerous presentations to customers, sales engineers, support personnel supporting sales and service of high-value server. Wrote white papers.

Architect, Systems Engineer for management hardware & embedded software, providing product definition & technical direction to hardware & firmware team. • Developed & delivered innovative distributed architecture that enabled server partitioning with high availability & online hardware & embedded software replacement & resizing. Resulting Superdome server achieved excellent market success. Supported re-implementation of architecture on a lower-cost server which received excellent market acceptance.• Interviewed potential users and defined required management capabilities so that product would meet user needs.• Defined & developed customer & engineering documentation & standards that enabled customers to use and field engineers to maintain product.

Designed PCB, FPGA & ASIC hardware that interfaced to a variety of peripherals. Led projects & defined register I/Fs for SW. Integrated with real-time Unix device drivers.

Designed circuits and hardware systems to control document reading/sorting equipment that automated bank and utility remittance operations.