Summary

Talented and disciplined software engineer with interests in embedded systems, control systems, robotics, and mobile software development. Highly proficient in C, C# and Objective-C, with a large toolbox of more specialized languages as needed. A strong team player with a focus on delivering results.

Experience

Apple Inc., Cupertino, California
CoreOS Software Engineer
July 2011-Present

Rethink Robotics, Boston, Massachusetts
Senior Embedded Software Engineer
December 2009–June 2011

Solely responsible for firmware bringup of five versions of Cortex M3-based motor controller boards
Replaced ad-hoc USB communication protocol with a more architected, robust, and forward-compatible protocol supporting USB, Ethernet, and serial transports with support for real-time and best-effort channels
Wrote bootloaders for remote download of firmware, allowing firmware upgrades over network instead of via JTAG
Specified and implemented architecture for motor controller firmware, increasing modularity and supporting multiple targets from single codebase
Helped drive motor controller board hardware architecture including SoC selection, communication hardware, and inverter design

AutomationSolutions, Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts
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

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, Objective-C, C# & .Net, IEC 61131, Perl, Python

Embedded Platforms: ARM, Cortex M3, PIC, Coldfire, HC11, AVR

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

Software: Matlab/Simulink

Operating Systems: Linux, Windows, iOS, Mac OS X

Languages: Native English, proficient French, basic Italian

Education

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georiga
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