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Cupertino, California, Us

Working with engineering, design, and product teams on Apple TV App development

Berlin, Deutschland (Deu), De

Managed a cross-functional team of 4 consisting of embedded software, cloud software, test engineers in the development of a modular, scalable, and configurable software platform system for transportation ticket validation hardware devices and the over-the-air remote device management of them.Also personnel managed another team of 10 engineers working on backend and frontend web services in JavasScript on Node.js, Angular, and React based systems.Ran scrum team daily standup meetings as scrum master and led sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospective meetings with the cross-functional team.Worked with product management on quarterly planning for embedded platform product feature delivery.Led team to implement unit tests and code coverage across the software system.Contributed hands-on update to the embedded software Makefile to incorporate running of unit tests and code coverage output as part of the build process.Worked with team and Dev Ops to develop embedded software build automation through Jenkins and use of Docker containers to run build toolchains for multiple embedded Linux targets.Established the embedded software branching strategy and versioning scheme with the team.Initiated and participated in embedded software architecture discussions and code reviews.Worked with R&D to transition Bluetooth Mesh + NFC contactless ticket validator pilot implementation into the scalable production embedded platform in development.Participated as an Incident Coordinator in rotations to be on call to coordinate response for customer issues, assemble cross-functional response team, communicate status to account management, and drive incidents to resolution, followed by putting in motion future preventative actions.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Managed a team of senior to principal level firmware engineers in the development of the firmware platform and next generation products for the enterprise DECT wireless headsets. Coordinated firmware development for four simultaneous projects based on the platform.Initiated and guided the development by a team member of a reusable code module to implement critical software partner integration functionality for use across company headset firmware platforms.Led the recruiting effort to add senior firmware engineers in our UK office to report to me.Managed the firmware development execution of two business critical projects in parallel, one involving my internal firmware engineering team and one involving an external firmware engineering team at a chip supplier. Prioritized work for milestone deliveries with teams across functions and negotiating necessary tasks with product management to deliver market-ready products.Continued to lead the enterprise wireless product firmware development transition to implement Scrum methodology.Continued to own the development of the company-wide communication protocol and message set definitions. Worked with contributors across teams and global sites in order to deliver message set releases for firmware, software, and cloud connected features.Continued to manage the relationship with a firmware stack supplier related to their firmware development, including driving milestone date deliveries.Managed an intern on a project I initiated to investigate implementing IPv6 over BLE for direct device-to-cloud communication through an Internet connected BLE gateway.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Managed a team of senior to principal level firmware engineers that develop firmware for the enterprise wireless products that generate approximately 40% of company revenue, including providing architectural, design, and troubleshooting support.Initiated and participated in system architecture technical meetings incorporating participants from across functional disciplines to sort out details of firmware, client software, and cloud software interactions.Attended Scrum training and worked with Program Management to help lead the company transition to an agile development process.Owned the development of the company-wide communication protocol and message set definitions. Worked with contributors across teams and global sites in order to deliver message set releases for firmware, software, and cloud connected features.Managed the relationship with a firmware stack supplier related to their firmware development, including driving milestone date deliveries.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Remotely managed a team of firmware engineers located in Tijuana, Mexico. Hired all of the engineers in my team over time, including coordinating interviews by my team members, other firmware engineers, and associates in other functional areas.Led and coordinated the firmware development of corded and wireless USB headsets through the complete firmware life cycle, including members of my own team and other firmware teams, to successfully deliver products to market along with a team of cross-functional members. Continued to develop firmware code in specific code bases as necessary for efficient delivery to schedule.Managed engineers and oversaw projects in the development of sensor firmware.Provided technical mentorship to members of my group on firmware architecture and implementation towards successful delivery of firmware features, including code reviews.Supported engineers in my group to develop their careers and skills through college courses, online training, conferences, and technical side projects.Drove global meetings to discuss updates and resolve issues for the company-wide communication protocol message set definitions in order to deliver message set releases for software and cloud connected features.Initiated and managed the effort to establish a unit test framework and code coverage tool to enable firmware module verification.Represented the firmware organization in a cross-functional product category meeting to provide the necessary firmware support for the other functions and convey firmware tactical and strategic development considerations.Managed the relationship with a USB chip and firmware supplier related to their firmware development, including specifying firmware requirements to be implemented.Created and led a project for which a senior project team at the University of Texas explored and implemented ways that NFC wireless technology could be used in headset systems.

Santa Cruz, Ca, Us

Developed firmware for corded and wireless USB headset call control, configuration, and host software interaction through the entirety of product life cycles, including resolution of time pressured customer issues.Architected and developed a state machine based reusable button and LED user interface code for USB headsets.Led and implemented restructuring of code bases for reuse of code and release management.Co-developed a message based communication protocol to be used company-wide for standardization of host to headset device communication, including a reusable, state machine based protocol module in C developed with test-driven-development (TDD) via a C++ unit test framework. Integrated the protocol module into C++ device firmware and provided guidance for integrating the protocol module into software for seamless host to device communication.Contributed to process improvements, including update of product architecture templates used throughout the company and defect tracking system functionality improvements.Supervised an intern in development of a Jenkins continuous integration system for use in build automation and automated test initiation.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Developed firmware in C for Atmel 8051 core microcontroller based 10Gbps optical transceivers from an inherited code base.Researched and implemented an open source defect tracking system.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed firmware in C and contributed to the architecture design for low power, cost-reduced, SiLabs 8051 core microcontroller based 10Gbps optical transceivers.Updated closed loop control for laser bias current and modulation within the 10Gbps optical transceivers via ADC inputs, temperature compensated look-up tables, and DAC outputs.Implemented transceiver I2C interface to set external DAC on power-up, provide slave device for digital optical monitoring device emulation, and provide communication during manufacturing programming process.Debugged, validated, and optimized optical transceiver firmware through use of JTAG dongle and IDE debugger tools, use of an I2C analyzer, and analysis of microcontroller I/O signals on an oscilloscope.Received five divisional recognition awards for performance and contributions to revenue generating activities during my tenure at Intel.Participated in the internal audit team to ensure ISO compliance.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Created and managed validation schedule for X2 and XENPAK form factor 10Gbps optical transceiver modules, including managing daily tasks of test technicians in order to complete multiple concurrent product qualifications for time constrained validation deadlines.Led design, equipment selection, and automation of validation and engineering test station to improved efficiency, throughput, and data analysis for 10Gbps optical transceiver qualification.Developed test plans from multi-source agreement specifications, IEEE specifications, customer requirements, and internal specifications for product qualification and to provide a standard for testing consistency between validation, engineering, and manufacturing.Provided data, testing expertise viewpoint, and engineering assessment of product performance in design reviews and product lifecycle milestone reviews.Initiated and led the implementation of and training for a custom intranet based defect tracker for tracking of product component, PCBA, firmware, mechanical, and architecture issues throughout the product lifecycle.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Led validation testing for XPAK and XENPAK form factor 10Gbps optical transceiver product qualification, including test requirement development.Collected, processed, analyzed, and formatted data for use in producing engineering sample and ship release approval validation reports.Developed LabVIEW and Matlab automation and data processing programs to replace manual tasks and reduce validation cycle time.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Architected, designed, simulated, synthesized, tested, and debugged logic for an FPGA on a wireless protocol development platform to implement the Home RF transmit chain and blocks of the receive chain.Redesigned a “personal server” platform schematics and layout to produce a handheld form factor prototype for ubiquitous computing application development, including transfer of design to new schematic capture and layout tools.Developed resource optimized micro-code to process multiple protocol packets through the IXP2400 OC-48 network processor logic for pre-silicon validation.

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Santa Clara, California, Us

Herzogenaurach, De

Sacramento, Ca, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us