Digital Design/Schematic Capture/PCB Layout

EDUCATION
B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1983
North Carolina State University-Raleigh

SKILLS
Digital Electronic Hardware/Embedded Microcontroller Design
Schematic Capture and PCB layout, all aspects, with Protel Design Explorer
Embedded Microcontroller Assembly and C Programming
In-Circuit Emulation
Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers
Proficient with Windows 2000, Mac OSX, MS Word, MS Excel, AutoCAD 2000

EXPERIENCE
Electronic Engineer, 11/2007 - 2/2008
ZLS, Inc., Freelance, Austin, Texas
Designed printed circuit boards for gravity measuring equipment, including schematic and PCB layout.

Electronic Engineer, 4/2004 - 2/2008
Nada Technologies, Inc., Freelance, Austin, Texas
Designed printed circuit boards for semiconductor-handling equipment, including component selection, schematic and PCB layout. Designed system cable assemblies and supervised production of first articles with outside cable manufacturer.

Electronic Engineer, 3/1991 - 4/2000
Progressive System Technologies/Asyst Technologies, Austin, Texas
Designed electronic hardware and firmware to control semiconductor-handling equipment. Hardware design included circuit design, component selection, schematic and PCB layout, and test and debug of discrete circuits and embedded PIC microcontroller-based systems. Experience driving several types of motors, solenoids, etc. Firmware design included logic design, code generation, and test and debug, including in-circuit emulation, for PIC and Z-World microcontroller-based systems. Developed numerous drivers in assembly and C. Communication protocols worked with include RS-232, RS-485 and I2C. Wrote maintenance procedures, system communication specifications and system user documentation.

Software Engineer, 2/1990 - 1/1991
Computer Algorithm Development, Austin, Texas
Integrated several software components of a custom machine vision system with a commercial robot. Designed, wrote and debugged utility applications. Documented vision system software.

Electronic Engineer, 1/1984 - 9/1988
National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, Maryland
Top Secret Security Clearence (Inactive)
Designed, built and debugged digital and microprocessor-based systems. Designed, wrote and debugged firmware.

REFERENCES
Available upon request

INTERESTS
Dance, Metal and Glass Art, Fire Performance, Photography