Rod Flancher Email & Phone Number

United States

Senior Software Engineer specializing in Design, Implementation, and Testing of custom software solutions for embedded control systems.

Danaher/Beckman CoulterParticipated in all portions of the software development process for a large medical software system used in the analysis and testing of patient blood samples. This included writing requirements, when necessary, implementation of requirements, and unit testing. Further responsibilities included investigation and correction of new.

Trimble/PeopleNetWorked on an embedded data collection and analysis device utilized in the trucking industry. Implemented in the C programming language on the Linux operating system, this device was responsible for collecting and analyzing data from J1939, J1708 and OBD-II vehicle busses for use in fleet management and Electronic Driver Logs. External.

Boston ScientificMotor Control Medical device used to assist in placement of replacement heart valves. This project was intended to improve the current generation device. Prior to a restructuring due to the COVID pandemic, my responsibilities were to inspect and provide recommendations for software updates to the current motor control algorithms to provide.

Evolve Additive SolutionsImplementation/testing for prototype of laser sensors to provide system feedback on the measured flatness of a 3D printed block. This subsystem was to be included in an industrial/commercial 3D printer. All code was written in the C programming language and ran on an embedded Linux operating system.

Trimble/PeopleNetWorked on an embedded data collection and analysis device utilized in the trucking industry. Implemented in the C programming language on the Linux operating system, this device was responsible for collecting and analyzing data from J1939, J1708 and OBD-II vehicle busses for use in fleet management and Electronic Driver Logs. External.

MedtronicImplementation and testing of a device to provide a Bluetooth data link between a base station device and an implanted medical device. This project was to provide the prototype building blocks from proof of concept to initial device operation.The device was implemented in C/C++ and provided a working device simulation along with the initial.

Logic PDImplementation of Linux OS driver to provide an interface between a System-On-Chip (SOC) and customer required interface chip. This implementation utilized the C programming language and was implemented on an embedded Linux system, and included all part of the Software Development Cycle from Requirements through test.

MedtronicDevelopment of an external single-chamber pacemaker. This task was based on a prior product implemented in a previous contract. Responsibilities included development and lab testing of completed device.Developed in the C programming language with the uCos embedded RTOS on an STM32 processor

Entrust (Datacard)Assisted in the design and implementation of a color print module, utilized in the production of credit cards in a large production environment. The technology implemented was responsible for printing CMYK and spot colors on credit cards at the rate of 1500 cards/hour. Responsibilities included design, implementation and test as well as.

(Automative Technology Company)Software implementation of a smart vehicle mirror responsible for reading data from the vehicle data bus and the local environment, and taking actions based on the current data set. Actions include mirror dimming and adjustment of vehicle lights.Responsibilities included Requirements review, software design, development and.

MedtronicDevelopment of an external dual-chamber pacemaker. This task included prototyping custom screen drivers to assist hardware group in assessing hardware choices, as well as all design, development and lab testing of completed device.Developed in the C programming language with the uCos embedded RTOS on an STM32 processor

Entrust/DatacardDesign and implementation of modular components for a large system machine responsible for making credit cards and passports. Responsibilities also included on-site customer support in a systems engineering role installing and debugging modules on-site as well as support during customer acceptance.Implemented in the C programming language.