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Redmond, Washington, Us

Redmond, Washington, Us

SW Architect for Qualcomm Server SoC lineManage Architecture, Enablement, Linux, and tooling groupsProduct requirement definitionHigh level design of software/firmwareSW requirements planningDesign and priority decisions through implementation on simulation, emulation, and siliconContinuous process improvementIndustry wide specification development

Lead the SW Architecture team for Mobile and Data Center products. Embedded FW/SW for Soc verification in pre and post silicon environmentsDesigned and executed validation of RTL design through use of "real-world" challengesSupport multiple SoC designs simultaneously from design through commercialization phase

Team Lead of Enablement team for Snapdragon processors, the team’s focus is to apply bare-metal testing and “real-world” testing along with benchmarking to assist uArchitecture team in design of the RTL prior to TO, and to act as an accelerant to commercialization teams in adoption of the Snapdragon processors. Board support packages for both Windows and Linux environments. Silicon on dock bringup of snapdragon chips.Coded and bring up of first mobile multiprocessor SoCsTaught company-wide courses in Multiprocessor challenges and benefitsModifications to the Linux and Windows Mobile kernel to accommodate ARM SMP

CPU Enablement team: Pre-silicon and early post-silicon verification of CPU, Fabric and Memory subsystems Apps Processor boot and OS porting including configuration settings and workarounds Supporting commercialization teams with adoption of Snapdragon SoCPioneered use of advanced Jtag techniques to drastically shorten the bring-up cyclePioneered use of emulation and pre-silicon validation for mobile chip design to enhance both the micro-architecture design and the FW/SW design,alloying minimal spins of siliconDrive early and rapid acceptance of the Snapdragon SoC offering into the mobile spaceFirst mobile use of embedded ARM SIMD

Consultant Engineer (i.e. Principal Engineer) on software for all Ericsson CDMA cell phone. (1228c, T60c, T206, T606,T608)Lead of the Software Architecture team.Pre-study and Feasibility phases handled by Software Architecture. Worked with all special prototypes as well as problem reports

Kista, Stockholm, Se

Physical layer team lead on first Ericsson CDMA cell phone. Expert in all layers of the OSI communication model with expertise in the link to physical layers. Coded the Hardware Drivers, the Medium Access Layer, the Dynamic Channel Selection, the Battery Charging, and User Interface.Experience in the entire development cycle from initial documentation to product support in field for multiple handset releases, including configuration management, ISO9000 documentation

Research and Development, Electrical and Software specialist.Real time embedded control, using Intel embedded controller. Coding debugging and documenting product level software.Hardware design of proprietary board set for real time embedded control using the Intel 80186. Vender interface, board design and test, documentation

Project Engineering on micro-controller automated control projects including; IR Oven, Automatic Crossover Gas Control Box, Automated Silane Gas Distribution System, Automated Central Re-Therm Control Box. Duties included customer contact, job planning and work coordination. Design and implement electrical featuresResearch and design of micro-controller based control board set used throughout group. Duties include board design, system architecture, core software design, prototype, debug and recommendations for future builds with concern for functionality and cost