Firmware Engineer

• 2021 - Present

C Firmware developer for chargers used for Electric Vehicles. Chargers support ChaDeMo, CCS, and level 2. Modularized and refactored code for better maintainability, portability, and preparation for FreeRTOS. Performed validation to ensure that new board designs function as expected C Firmware developer for chargers used for Electric Vehicles. Chargers support ChaDeMo, CCS, and level 2. Modularized and refactored code for better maintainability, portability, and preparation for FreeRTOS. Performed validation to ensure that new board designs function as expected

Professional Electrical Engineer

• 1987 - Present

Firmware Engineer

• 2018 - 2020

Wrote, developed, and debugged FreeRTOS-based embedded code in C for magstripe, chip, and NFC electronic payment devices. Developed cryptographic unit using NXP processor, mbedTLS for AES, DES, and TDES encryption and decryption. Used Git, Jira, and a Kinetis development suite with Freescale using MCUXpresso. Used Blue Gecko Bluetooth development kit. Set up Jenkins for daily builds for Continuous Integration Wrote, developed, and debugged FreeRTOS-based embedded code in C for magstripe, chip, and NFC electronic payment devices. Developed cryptographic unit using NXP processor, mbedTLS for AES, DES, and TDES encryption and decryption. Used Git, Jira, and a Kinetis development suite with Freescale using MCUXpresso. Used Blue Gecko Bluetooth development kit. Set up Jenkins for daily builds for Continuous Integration

Firmware Engineer

• 2016 - 2017

Developed and debugged embedded code in C and Javascript in embedded Linux used for digital security cameras. Code is checked into Subversion and is built regularly using Hudson for Continuous Integration. Developed future products using Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado tools Developed and debugged embedded code in C and Javascript in embedded Linux used for digital security cameras. Code is checked into Subversion and is built regularly using Hudson for Continuous Integration. Developed future products using Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado tools

Principal Engineer

• 2012 - 2015

Designed, developed, and debugged embedded C code for DirecTV Set-Top Boxes for TV/video with Broadcom BCM503, MIPS, and ST 5528 microprocessors. Involved in a team of engineers to develop firmware for DirecTV and Cox. Debugging tools include Lauterbach and ST Micro debuggers. Involved in Agile as well as Waterfall project methodologies. In a Linux system, installed, maintained, and configured Jenkins/Hudson Continuous Integration system for performing daily builds for C/Java codeset for set-top boxes. Researched and installed Jenkins and SonarQube plug-ins as needed. Installed, upgraded, and maintained SonarQube server for static code analysis. Maintained Linux server that hosted these tools. Controlled user access for IBM ClearCase and ClearQuest systems. Trained and assisted fellow engineers in usage of such tools. Created a build tree for on-demand daily building with appropriate parameter passing. Developed Python scripts within Jenkins to process build output files for use by other tools. Developed Perl scripts for output file manipulation. Build artifacts were stored in Artifactory, an artifact repository. Modified MySQL database for configuring Continuous Integration system. Show less

Principal Software Engineer

• 2006 - 2012

Designed, developed, and debugged embedded C code for Set- Top Boxes for TV/video with various microprocessors using JTAG debuggers. Designed, developed, and debugged embedded C code for Set- Top Boxes for TV/video with various microprocessors using JTAG debuggers.

Senior Principal Engineer

• 2001 - 2002

Developed, debugged, and maintained scripts that communicate with Hard Disk Drives to validate functionality. Scripts included random commands to exacerbate the hard drive in an effort to make it fail. Developed, debugged, and maintained scripts that communicate with Hard Disk Drives to validate functionality. Scripts included random commands to exacerbate the hard drive in an effort to make it fail.

Principal Engineer

• 2000 - 2001

In a team of engineers to develop firmware for PCI cards that encrypt and decrypt RSA data for Internet transmission security using C as well as assembly language for the IBM PowerPC microprocessor. Developed firmware schedules, Requirements Documents, and Design Documents as part of project development. Reviewed documents with peers prior to implementation. Used IBM’s RISCWatch debugger as a debug tool. Worked closely with chip and board designers from project inception through final product. Participated in team discussion and decision-making during project development and debug. Developed alternative methods in firmware to work around ASIC deficiencies. Met with OEM customers prior to developing OEM products. Show less

Senior Principal Engineer

• 1995 - 2000

Developed/debugged/tested firmware in C and assembly language to be compiled and run in an Intel embedded environment. Involved in a team of firmware and software engineers to develop a project beginning from marketing requirements up until final product test and debug. Generated product development specifications such as Software Requirements Documents and Engineering Design Documents. Debugged code using In- Circuit Emulators (ICE). Optimized code for maintainability by ensuring usage of structures. Mentored junior engineers. Enforced usage of source control for code development. Show less

Senior Systems Engineer

• 1987 - 1995

Software Engineer for mainframe computers Software Engineer for mainframe computers