Experience

AWM

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Engineering

  • Sep 2017 - Present



AirFixture, LLC

• United States
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Electrical Design Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Sep 2017

  Completed 50+ customized UFAD solutions including customers’ needs communication, design, overseeing production, testing and implementation. Ongoing customer support including global clients (remote and on-site). Review and approve the requirements for $1,000,000+ projects. Sole responsibility for custom electrical and control solutions on $1,000,000+ projects. Mentoring and training of all engineering and project management personnel. Liaison to Johnson Controls International for technology, and product partnering. • Circuit board design and development. • Software development and testing for circuit board, including remote. • Ongoing R&D activities. • Mentoring and onboarding new technical team members. • Client support on site (local and international). • Providing consulting for unique real-life testing LAB design and implementation. • Electrical design bench management. Show less



Indra Air Traffic, Inc.

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Electrical Design Engineer

  • Jan 2005 - Sep 2006

  Designed modules to act as interface between Selex’s system and international customer’s system, controlling RF functions, continuously monitoring detected RF signals, monitoring all system activity, reporting system status and problems, and shutting system down when critical errors occurred. Modules were flexible to changing system control and customer requirements. • Reviewed and updated system specification to ensure new system interface would communicate with customer’s system while meeting customer’s specification. • Defined specifications for interface, monitoring, and control module based on customer and system requirements. • Developed requirements for stand-alone test fixture to simulate serial communication, system control, and system status functions of customer’s system. • Identified and selected module functions between FPGA, discreet circuits, and software. • Circuit Board design with PCAD schematic entry and verification, consisting of microprocessor, FPGA, Digital interface, Analog interface, and power supply circuitry. • Designed complex monitoring, control, and interface functions in FPGA using VHDL. • Business trip to Italy for system integration tests. Show less



Martin Company

• United States
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sr. Electrical Design Engineer

  • Mar 2001 - Jun 2002

  Designed and verified electronic circuit and embedded software systems. Worked closely with customers to ensure designs meet their needs. • Interfaced with customers to develop software and system specifications. • Developed RF ID system software in C for the TI TMS320F2406 DSP. • Designed new RF ID decoding algorithm which improved system performance. • Tested different antenna configurations and verified the signal conditioning circuitry to maximize signal strength on the RF ID project. • Developed Assembly software to interface with customer's proprietary code on TI DSP. • Converted complex schematic design to hierarchical Verilog to aid in the conversion from Xilinx FPGA to Actel FPGA and to better utilize the synthesis tool. Show less



Texas Instruments

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Sep 1997 - Feb 2001

  Performed specification, design and debug functions as required to support customer needs. Duties ranged from full-chip ASIC design and verification to low-level simulation in SPICE. • Interfaced with customer to develop specifications and led design implementation of custom DSP, performing design, verification, timing, test and debug functions. • Supported production test with assembly code and test vectors. • Led program to produce a test IC, designing modules, verifying netlists, interfacing with physical design team, and coordinating with fab to complete the project on time. • Designed test structure for process speed characterization that saved pins on customer IC package, providing greater flexibility for customer pin utilization. • Analyzed output drive circuit with SPICE to optimize transition characteristics. • Ported system netlist to hardware-accelerated simulation environment (Quickturn), producing a stable platform for emulation tool debug. Show less



BFGOODRICH AEROSPACE - JCAIR TEST SYSTEMS

• New Century, KS

• Sr. Project Engineer

  • Jun 1994 - Jun 1997

  Designed, synthesized, simulated and debugged complex systems in FPGAs and PCBs. • Led GPS constellation simulator project, managing task and personnel assignments. • Researched and designed digital GPS code generator, resulting in a functionally correct development system. • Verified RF GPS code with spectrum analyzer and GPS receiver. • Designed interface for TMS320C31 DSP, producing a stable platform for system control and emulation. • Developed embedded software to maintain code generator and clock functions. • Adapted a new correlation routine to existing system, removing the need for PCB rework. • Designed interface for embedded PC104 system. Show less



Wilcox Electric

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jun 1990 - Jun 1994

  Designed and integrated subsystem PCB. Designed, synthesized, and simulated circuits in EPLDs and FPGAs. Performed board level debug and test of prototype systems. • Designed, verified, and integrated mixed analog and digital circuit board. • Proposed alternative solution to ASIC requirement using high-density FPGAs. • Researched and designed improvements to existing analog peak-detector circuit. Designed and integrated subsystem PCB. Designed, synthesized, and simulated circuits in EPLDs and FPGAs. Performed board level debug and test of prototype systems. • Designed, verified, and integrated mixed analog and digital circuit board. • Proposed alternative solution to ASIC requirement using high-density FPGAs. • Researched and designed improvements to existing analog peak-detector circuit.