Vincent So Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

NFC Firmware:-Contributed software engineering and debugging expertise to the development of a near field communication (NFC) SoC, culminating in the company’s first successful commercialization of an NFC chip-Cooperated with RF systems team to augment an existing proprietary algorithm in order to successfully inter-operate with a vast number of NFC readers globally-Developed firmware messaging extension to deliver metrics and feedback from above algorithm needed for device-to-device calibration to a proprietary GUI-Participated in multiple inter-operability conferences in across the world as a member of the NFC firmware team to provide programming, debug support, and extensive log analysis in a time-sensitive environment-Provided firmware debug support to test team members in numerous certification labs in international locations to fix inter-operability issues with multiple problematic readers-Supported customer engineering team members in international offices to remotely debug issues reported by customersWLAN Firmware:-Developed platform-level thread in WLAN firmware to communicate with application processor host via proprietary protocol to exchange important configuration information and run-time commands-Re-factored WLAN platform code as it evolved from conception for better readability and organization-Supported silicon on dock (SoD) bringup of WLAN firmware for multiple products and chips-Verified WLAN firmware functionality on pre-silicon FPGA platform for multiple products and chips-Performed debug on stability issues (reported by both customers and internal test teams) related to WLAN platform code

-Composed code and applications for company projects, such as software control for a spotlight heat emitter and hyperspectral microscope system-Integrated system level software and a GUI to unify various control devices in an underwater explosives detection system-Implemented stepper and servo motor control with a dsPIC microcontroller using PWM and UART-Created multiple Windows Forms applications in Visual C++ to send commands to microcontrollers via UART