Senior Software Engineer

• Jun 2020 - Present

Software Test Engineer

• May 2015 - Jun 2020

• Lead software development process and manage project for the development and release.• Design and develop test automation platform and execution sequencing architecture in LabVIEW, independent of NI TestStand. Automate tests with applications utilizing this platform to increase test efficiency and accuracy, shorten test cycle. • Design and develop application and plugin frameworks for large scaled applications in LabVIEW. Develop hierarchical plugin system with a huge amount of packed project library. • Develop and maintain CI/CD with Jenkins.• Design, maintain and perform network tests for Products in design verification testing phase.• Prepare other test engineers with the automation system for operating and designing tests• Review work quality and provide mentorship to other engineers.• Build and maintain cross-functional working relationships with other groups both locally and abroad, provide support for other service, testing and software groups. Show less

Product Validation Engineer

• Nov 2011 - May 2015

• Designed, maintained and performed network tests for Products in design verification testing phase.• Developed tools for manual and automated tests for network connectivity, performance and stability testing using NI LabVIEW, Perl and Python, shorten the test time, improved accuracy for each test and refined test scenarios for some corner cases.• Performed product evaluation and performance analysis. Utilized standard departmental procedures, developed and modified test plans to establish performance, reliability and stability of the products.• Conducted standard and advanced failure analysis and provides detailed reports. Evaluated results and provide corrective actions or recommendations.• Modified and optimized automation test tools based on different situations and devices under test.• Worked with multiple teams (Software design, Hardware design, firmware, Customer support) to support and test. Show less

Research Assistant

• Aug 2010 - Jun 2011

• Focused on Circuit Level low power design; • Designed and developed a novel SRAM cell design working in near threshold region using 45nm CMOS Technology, optimized power dissipation and speed for the SRAM cell;• Designed and developed a single-port Sense Amplifier design which helps the SRAM cell save more power and work with a faster read out speed;• Responsible for the design of the SRAM cell and Sense Amplifier circuit, the simulation check with Synopsys CAD tools, analysis of the circuit to modify the original design in our lab past used the layout research with CAD;• The proposed design achieved more than 50% for power reduction, 68% for leakage reduction,90% for write delay reduction and 78% for read delay reduction compared to traditional 6T SRAM in near threshold region. Show less

Internet Lab Developer

• Aug 2010 - May 2011

• Developed, edited and synthesized course videos, slides, projected documents and other materials for online and remote access.

Hardware Engineer

• Jan 2009 - Mar 2009

• Participated in design and implementation of the schematics for Optical Time Domain Reflectometer(OTDR) system; • Performed the development and verification of the PCB for OTDR system using Protel; Built the prototype for the OTDR, soldered components like FPGA chipset, flash memory chips, capacitances, resistances, etc. onto the board; Performed the development and verification of hardware functionalities of the FPGA using QuartusII; • Performed the development and verification of data transfer protocol between the prototype and a PC through a serial port using QuartusII; • Provided support to software development groups for the embedded system design; • Performed thorough lab test and debugging of major functionalities and board design using test chamber; Show less