Experience

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  MIT Lincoln Laboratory

  • Specialist

    • Jan 2015 - Present
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  CSP, Inc.

  • Principal Hardware Engineer

    • Aug 2004 - Sep 2014

    Primarily responsible for the design and development for CSPI’s Switching/IO products. This includes the Data, Control, Management planes, and all external I/O connections to the switching sub-system. As a Lead Engineer my responsibilities include but are not limited to:• Formulating product concepts and design options• Cost evaluation for each design option• Schedule evaluation for each design option• Produce a design specification• Schematic capture• Coordinate/run design reviews for both specification and schmatics• Coordinate PCB layout with an outside vendor• Debug prototypes• Perform environmental and regulatory testing• Release to manufacturingDesigned and released four VXS modules, one ATCA RTM module, and one Open VPX module, one 10GBase-T NIC to production.Myricom 10G-PCIE2-8C2-2T/10G-PCIE2-8C-T: Datasheet: http://www.myricom.com/products/network-adapters/10g-pcie2-8c2-2t.htmlhttp://www.stordis.com/catalog-product-Myricom_10G_PCIE2_8C2_2T.htmThe 10G-PCIE2-8C2-2T/10G-PCIE2-8C-T features a single or dual port 10GBase-T NIC.VXS-3130T4: Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/downloads/documents/3130_t4.pdfThe VSX3130T4 features a Freescale T4240/T4160 processor with 12GB/8GB of DDR3L memory.VPX-3300GTX:Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/3300gtx/The 3300GTX features one NVIDIA MXM Graphics Processing Unit, and a two port FDR InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter.

  • Principal Hardware Engineer; Continued

    • Aug 2004 - Sep 2014

    ATCA RTM-ATCA-4200-IB:Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/infiniband-rtmThe RTM-ATCA 4200-IB features a QDR InfiniBand Host Channel Adapter and Fiber Transceiver to deliver 40Gb/s connectivity for High-Performance Embedded Computing on AdvancedTCA platforms. VXS- M2E:Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/vxs-m2e/The VXS-M2E provides Ethernet connectivity between six payloads on the VXS backplane and two standard RJ45 connections on the front panel. Additionally, the VXS-M2E provides support for two XFP fiber transceivers.VXS-P14:Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/vxs-p14/The VXS-P14 module is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet pass-through module designed to support 14 SFP+ transceivers on the front panel. The VXS-P14 module offers connectivity, at 10Gb/s between the processing nodes on the 3000 SERIES payload modules.VXS-M16:Datasheet: http://www.cspi.com/vxs-m16/The VXS-M16 is a sixteen port 10Gb/s Myrinet Fabric. It facilitates the communications between each of the 3000SERIES embedded processor, or specialized FPGA processors via sixteen 10Gb/s XAUI ports.

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  Terapulse, Inc.

  • Acton, Massachusetts

  • FPGA Design Engineer (Contract)

    • Aug 2002 - Dec 2002
    • Acton, Massachusetts

    Part of a small group that implemented, and verified a DSP algorithm for an ultra-high-speed optical system. The target device was an Altera Stratix Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA).

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  Gotham Networks

  • Acton, MA

  • Principal Hardware Engineer

    • Jul 1999 - Jul 2002
    • Acton, MA

    Member of a team that developed the architecture for what was to become the GN1600; a sixteen slot multi-service switch/router developed for the telecommunications industry. • Worked in a design group doing multiple FPGA and module design. • Developed and wrote the design sp...