Stephen B. Email & Phone Number

Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US

St Paul, Minnesota, US

• Lead PCB bring up and delivery of RTOS and Bare Metal firmware on FPGA and MCU architecture with CAN and LIN, cameras, on-board memory, and multiple communication protocols to enterprise clients in regulated industries.
• Implemented LIN Driver to customer LDF specifications for an automotive driver mirror monitoring system.
• Integrated memory and firmware requirements for several FPGA-based automotive driver mirror monitors.
• Implemented and thoroughly tested Bluetooth driver for a pressure sore prevention medical device.
• Delivered a 3D printing education seminar, including a 3D printed case designed in CAD for client hardware.

Embedded Systems Development and Additive Manufacturing

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Collaborated remotely and in person with teams in the UK and Sunrise, Florida to program, certify, and manufacture Hardware Security Modules.
• Designed, implemented, and thoroughly tested customer-facing HSM bootloader upgrade software.
• Created CI pipeline to build manufacturing suite using Git-Lab, Docker, virtual machines, and YAML.
• Developed manufacturing applications for baseline configuration of HSMs.
• Designed and implemented FIPS 140-3 ACVP Testing Framework for OpenSSL and OpenSSH symmetric cryptographic algorithms, as well as U-Boot asymmetric cryptographic algorithms.
• Implemented FIPS 140-3 Self-Test compliance in OpenSSL, OpenSSH, and nCoreAPI.

• Created medical simulation hardware and software for a DoD funded lab with equipment deployed in Afghanistan.
• Designed a chest tube insertion simulation and IV insertion simulation in Unity with C# and.NET.
• Developed a series of PCBs to control and power tracked simulation instruments.
• Developed on-board power regulation circuitry for tactile feedback in tracked simulation peripherals.
• Created detailed documentation of SMMARTS SDK, Whitebox Magnetic Tracking System, and the power system for simulations.

• Presented two research projects at the 2018 joint conference of the Entomological Society of America and Entomological Society of Canada in Vancouver, Canada.
• Architected, manufactured, and deployed a completely digital Acoustic Mole Cricket Trap in the field using Pulse Width Modulation and Class D Amplification.
• Designed a Smart Hive for Honey Bees using QR codes placed on the thorax to collect behavioral data.

Gainesville, Florida, US

• Created introductory programming courses for university and high school students.
• Planned the tutoring curriculum for Programming Fundamentals 1 at the University of Florida.
• Instructed Programming Fundamentals 1 to students weekly for Spring semester.
• Planned the tutoring curriculum for AP Computer Science for Summer semester.
• Video produced weekly lessons in the Study Edge studio.

• Prototyped and 3D printed product accessories for customers.
• Manufactured product accessories using CAD and FDM 3D Printing.
• Designed graphics in Photoshop for product display units,
• Created renderings of custom product cases and lids for customers.
• Created a business plan for potential investors.

Computer Engineering

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