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Cupertino, Ca, Us

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

I joined SWE in the Car Experience department. We are responsible for CarPlay and all the interactions it is capable of. I specifically joined the frameworks team helping to maintain and improve the base code in which all CarPlay apps and features build off of. This code base is delivered to car manufacturer partners to integrate with their hardware and enable CarPlay functionality.This low level code base is mostly written in C to allow for a huge breadth of integration with clients. However we often use Objective-C, C++, and Swift to enable features iOS side and for our tool applications.I worked to release a public version of the CarPlaySimulator that was used internally for years. This tool can be found in the additional tools for xcode. https://developer.apple.com/download/all/?q=xcode

Cupertino, California, Us

Software Engineer in the ICloud Services Org on the maps client team. I began my tenure on the MapDisplay sub team. This team was responsible for the rendering of the map view. While on this team I worked on the following major projects. - Screener for incoming bugs- Code base updates to the latest tools. (C++ 14 Migration, Swift tooling)- Debug tooling to better output the current status of the mapAbout a year into my tenure I moved to a new team in the client org. This team is called the Cartography Engineering Team and is responsible for configuring the view on the client. This means that we interpret the comps/designs from designers into the actual look and feel on the maps client.Our main goal as a team was to develop and maintain tools that allow for this process to become easier and faster.We created our own tooling that maps data attributes to visual properties. This tooling needed to be simple enough to be used by Cartographers to design the map, while still being powerful enough to handle the scope that design wanted. Before this was implemented the process for updating the view on the map was a very arduous and manual process. These advancements allowed us to tackle new states of the map which previously were too daunting to achieve. Such as Dark Mode or Transit Mode.After this we tackled the problem of iconography on the map. We designed a new library focused on how icons are configured, stored, and delivered to the client. Doing this allowed us to shave a good 20-30% off the total amount of download size a client would need when first viewing a new area. As well as increased the speed at which this download would occur. I was the main developer for this library working directly with another employee on the labels team for support.Our team continues to work on improving the process for visualizing the map. As well as implementing new visual features on the map.

Redwood City, Ca, Us

I Worked on 3 main projects while at Tiburon. Madden 25, NCAA 2014, and Madden Social. I worked on the "Ultimate Team" team as a general engineer. I jumped from creating API connections to the Linux server all the way to adding new features with the UI using ActionScript.Halfway through my tenure I moved to the Madden Social team. This is an iOS/Andriod app that I helped build from the ground up. This app allowed you to do most of the "Ultimate Team" game play remotely.

I worked for a private company that dealt with military contracts. During my tenure I created and simulation software that would help technicians understand and solve problems on Apache helicopters.I interfaced a Linux OS built specifically for the Apache Helicopter to a Windows based software that ran on a touch screen. This software allowed you to see changes made directly on the device through the touch screen and vice versa.This software was built on top of Tourque3D for the visuals and logic was all written in C++.

I worked on an education project as an intern. We learned how to use unity and created a a simulation Nascar game to explain how tire treads benefit a vehicle.