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Work ExperienceEmbedded Engineering Manager: Apollo America, Auburn Hills MI Technical expert for smoke detection algorithms and RF transceiver design. Facilitated team meetings. Led efforts to implement bug tracking and shared data through JIRA and Confluence. (October 2016 - Present) |
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Design Engineer: Apollo America, Auburn Hills MI Provided technical mentoring for engineers and professional mentoring for an employee in operations. Championed process improvements including version control of engineering documents and standard design libraries. (July 2012 - September 2016) |
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Engineer: RH Systems, Albuquerque NM Design work includes precision analog circuits for measurement, embedded processor hardware and software, PCB layout, control systems, and PC applications. Designed, built, and tuned process control systems for temperature, pressure, flow, and fluid levels. Designed mechanical and electrical refrigeration systems for precise low temperature control. Key successes include:
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Design Engineer I, Design Engineer II: Veris Industries, Portland, OR Designs involved product specifications, analog and digital hardware, firmware in C and assembly, parts selection, schematic capture and simulation, enclosure design, and manufacturing process. Most designs involved 8-bit microcontrollers, analog peripherals, switching power supplies, and interfacing to various resistive, capacitive and digital sensors. Processors used includes AVR, 8051 Variants, MSP430, and PIC. Responsible for troubleshooting and updating existing designs, cost improvements, manufacturing improvements, and testing and analysis of technologies and end product. Duties include test set design using commercial and custom hardware, test set software using: C, C++, Perl, shell scripts, MySQL, scripts in Octave and Gnuplot, and small amounts of Lua, Flex, and XML. Responsible for supporting products and test sets, including documentation and troubleshooting. Involved in customer support, inventory management, and various business cost/benefit decisions. Administrated and supported MySQL server for tracking product information, version control using Subversion, and PHP web pages for providing statistics from database. Assisted other engineers with hardware and software troubleshooting as needed. Resident expert in Linux programming, embedded microcontroller software and interfacing, temperature and humidity sensing. Acted as leader or co-leader for most projects. Performed duties of engineering manager when he was absent. Key successes include:
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Information Services Intern : The Sabine Mining Company, Hallsville, TX Research Assistant : LeTourneau University Adhesives Research Group, Longview, TX Contract Laborer : Rose City Sound and Lighting, Portland, OR Web Design Contractor : Medi-Mech Corporation, The Dalles, OR Computer Aid : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Dalles Dam Engineering Draftsman : U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, The Dalles Dam |
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