Experience

New Wave Design and Verification

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Staff Engineer

  • Oct 2017 - Present

  Programming - Developed FPGA IP cores for high-speed serial protocols including: ◦ 10G Ethernet: Developed a recorder, real-time packet inspection, and a 4k/8K video distribution system.◦ Fibre Channel: Implemented a Fibre Channel core on a wide range of platforms (Altera, Xilinx, LabVIEW FPGA). Developed new features and functionality. ◦ RTPS: Wrote a RX module using a new method of managing and assembling out-of-order packets.◦ ARINC-818: Adapted an existing Fibre Channel core to support ARINC-818. Wrote an entirely new streaming conversion core. Prototyped a HDMI to ARINC-818 converter. Project Management and Leadership - Led small teams of firmware engineers to develop test systems for defense applications. - Mentored early career engineers and interns Business Development - Authored customer proposals, developed requirement specifications, and provided estimates/quotes for new business opportunities. - Direct engagement with customers, supported new designs and custom feature additions. - Aided in establishing new line of business via partnership with National Instruments which made existing FPGA IP available in the LabVIEW



The Aerospace Corporation

• Member Of Technical Staff

  • Aug 2012 - Oct 2017

  Circuit Design◦ Lead the design and debug of digital circuit boards for the real-time data processing and acquisition of data streams in excess of 50Gb/s◦ Adapted and qualified electronics for operation in stressing conditions and space environments (high temperature, high vibration, and vacuum)Programming◦ Designed real-time FPGA based data processing algorithms for high performance imaging systems◦ Created and implemented high speed FPGA memory interfaces and architectures to support high data rate processing◦ Developed ARM based aircraft control systems for sensor pointing and stabilization systemsProject Management and Leadership◦ Led team of 6 in the design and development of a successful $2M airborne imaging system from concept to deployment◦ Principle Investigator (PI) for a multiyear internally funded research project for an emerging technology◦ Managed a team of 5 electrical engineers to develop the electronics for a $10M airborne imaging systemTechnical Assessment and Advisory◦ Provided technical guidance to the DOD on $100M+ satellite programs◦ Participated in anomaly resolution for active space-based and airborne systems

• Member of The Technical Staff - Associate

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

  Designer of FPGA based high throughput data acquisition systems and coprocessors



Sandia National Laboratories

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Member of The Technical Staff

  • Feb 2010 - Aug 2011

  Designer for a custom high performance data acquisition system•Wrote HDL firmware for analog data acquisition, communication protocol between FPGAs, and FPGA to host PC data transfer•Board level design using commercial off the shelf components. Worked with layout engineers to produce full costume hardware•Hardware debug, rework, and redesign•Successfully completed project on an accelerated production scheduleLead Electrical Engineer for a high capacity 54-channel data recorder•Wrote firmware implementing a modular telemetry system and a novel FPGA to FPGA communication bus•Hardware testing, rework and debug Designed a Labview based automated testing system•Hardware design and programing for a system that automatically tests, qualifies, characterizes, and documents designs entering the field•Increased the quality and consistency of component testing while eliminating the need to staff testing procedures



University of Washington

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - Dec 2009

  Developed innovative algorithms to increase throughput in medical imaging applications•Used innovative and unique approaches to reduce the computational load of data processing•Modeled the medical imaging system in both C++ and Matlab to aid algorithm designDesigned FPGA hardware for processing medical imaging data•Designed at the RTL level to optimize each algorithm•Achieved a 100X+ increase in throughput compared to a desktop PC running Matlab•Produced hardware that allowed real time processing in place of 12 hours of post processing



Eastman

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer Intern

  • Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

  Provided estimates and proposals for future projects•Proposed a $2 million cost saving project which used better control algorithms instead of variable speed motor drives for an upcoming water pump installation.•Served as an electrical/instrumentation resource and reference for multidisciplinary engineering teams •Presented and explained different instrumentation methods Provided estimates and proposals for future projects•Proposed a $2 million cost saving project which used better control algorithms instead of variable speed motor drives for an upcoming water pump installation.•Served as an electrical/instrumentation resource and reference for multidisciplinary engineering teams •Presented and explained different instrumentation methods