Jacques Fortier

Goal

A position with an innovative company allowing me to apply my skills in motion control, control systems, and embedded systems to a variety of technical challenges.

Experience

Heartland Robotics, Cambridge, MA

Senior Embedded Software Engineer
December 2009–Present

Designing a new breed of industrial robots.

AutomationSolutions, Inc., Beverly, MA
Automation Engineer
January 2006–December 2009

• Worked with customers to design, implement, and debug high-precision motion control systems.
• Managed all aspects of the technical relationship with key customers accounting for $7 million of hardware sales leading to deployment of over 500 machines.
• Designed and implemented turn-key PLC software for customer machines.
• Developed C# .NET libraries for communication from Windows GUIs to PLC software.

Williams Consulting, Inc., Suwanee, Georgia
Coop, 4 semesters

January 2003–May 2005

• Drew on knowledge of C, Perl, shell scripting, Linux, and embedded processors to write software for custom hardware designed by the company
• Lead hardware debug and software development for a cockpit video display, including creation of drivers for four different video processing chips.
• Wrote user interface, configuration, and remote control/upgrade modules of embedded software for a product line of 5 MPEG-2 stream processors for digital cable.
• Enhanced Windows, HC11, and PIC software for an experimental medical device designed to replace electroconvulsive shock therapy.

Georgia Tech College of Computing, Atlanta, Georgia
Teaching Assistant
Summer 2003

• Teaching assistant for a sophomore class on C and basic compiler theory
• Lectured a recitation section of 30 students, assisted in creation of assignments and tests, created automatic grading programs for programming assignments, supervised labs, provided individual assistance, graded
  tests

Skills

General: Motion control; control system design; embedded software, PLC programming; iPhone software development; Linux, Mac, and Windows software development; hardware debug

Programming Languages: C, C# & .Net, Objective C, IEC 61131 structured text/ladder/FBD, Perl, Python, SQL

Embedded Platforms: ARM, PIC, Coldfire, HC11, AVR

Communication Buses: Ethernet, Ethernet Powerlink, Modbus/TCP, EtherCAT, SPI, I2C, RS232, USB

Software: MySQL, Matlab/Simulink

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, general Unix

Languages: Native English, proficient French, basic Italian

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
August 2001–December 2005

• Overall GPA: 3.93 (4 point system)
• Relevant Courses: Computer Architecture and Operating Systems, Computer Languages and Translation, Systems and Controls I, Linear Systems and Controls, Advanced Control System Design and Implementation
• Coursework included undergraduate research and graduate level courses