Richardson, TX 75080 (972) 672-5104 mwb5b8d4@westpost.net SUMMARY * Over twenty years high-speed embedded design experience; mainly with powerPC microcontrollers * Designed boards with OC-12/OC-48, Ethernet, DS3, RS485, cPCI and PCIe interfaces * Designed Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs using VHDL, and Altera CPLDs using Verilog * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity * Active secret security clearance EDUCATION _BSEE,_ Ohio State University, 1983 EXPERIENCE 2010 a" PRESENT ROCKWELL COLLINS, RICHARDSON, TX _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed a Spartan3 fpga based board used to configure RF module * Modified existing VHDL code to add functionality for new RF module * Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot hardware in the lab * Schematic capture using DxDesigner 2009 a" 2009 DRS, MELBOURNE, FL _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed a Virtex-5 fpga based board with 500MHz DDR2 SDRAMS * Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot hardware in the lab * Schematic capture using Orcad 2008 a" 2009 RAYTHEON, TUCSON, AZ _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed an MPC8641D based board with 500MHz DDR2 SDRAMS * Designed DC power circuits for board, using DC/DC converters, LDO regulators, voltage monitor circuits, PCIe and Ethernet interfaces * Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot hardware in the lab * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity * Schematic capture using Mentors' Design Architect 2006 a" 2007 REDLAKE, TUCSON, AZ _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed boards used in high-speed night vision digital cameras * Designed DC power circuits for boards, using DC/DC converters, LDO regulators, voltage monitor circuits, and current monitor circuits * Designed test fixtures for high-speed cameras * Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot hardware in the lab * Designed Virtex2 and Spartan3E FPGAs, and XC95xxx CPLDs using VHDL * Developed VHDL using ISE and synplify Pro * Schematic capture using OrCAD 2005 a" 2006 SENTITO NETWORKS, ROCKVILLE, MD _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed an MPC8560 based board with a DS3 interface to a VoIP gateway product * Board has 333MHz DDR memory, Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDSs, DS3 LIU and framer * Schematic capture using Cadence's Concept * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity * Using pin mux tool for general purpose I/O pin assignments for MPC8560 2005 a" 2005 ROCKWELL COLLINS, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed cPCI based boards for a military project * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity 2003 a" 2005 NORTHROP GRUMMAN, BALTIMORE, MD _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed Xilinx Virtex2 FPGA based boards with LVDS and cPCI interfaces for space-based applications * Used oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for prototyping * Schematic capture using Mentors' Design Architect * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity 2002 a" 2003 VERILINK, MADISON, AL _HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed embedded microcontroller boards for DDS networks * Boards have FLASH, SDRAM, Ethernet ports, RS232 ports and Xilinx FPGAs * Used oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for prototyping * Used OrCAD for schematic capture 2001 a" 2001 METERA, RICHARDSON, TX _HARDWARE ENGINEER _ * Designed MPC850-based boards with FLASH, SDRAM, RS232 ports, SONET ICs, network processor ICs and Xilinx FPGAs * Used oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and in-circuit emulators for prototyping * Used Concept for schematic capture * Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity * Designed Altera CPLDSs using Verilog 2000 a" 2001 METRO-OPTIX, ALLEN, TX _ASIC DESIGN ENGINEER_ * Member of a team that designed, simulated and documented an ASIC used in SONET communications _SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER (1999-2000)_ * Designed Motorola MPC8260-based card with SDRAM module, 10/100 Ethernet and RS232 interfaces * Used Mentors' Design Architect for schematic capture
_SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed a DS3 CES card for interfacing DS3 lines to an ATM network * Hardware based on MPC860 microcontroller, SDRAMs, AAL1 SARs and DS3 framers * Used Concept for Schematic capture * Programmed Xilinx XC95xxx CPLDs using VHDL 1993 a" 1998 HARRIS NETWORK SUPPORT SYSTEMS, RICHARDSON, TX _SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER_ * Designed and developed hardware used in data communications systems for the Telecom industry * Hardware based on Motorola MC68360 and MC68302 microcontrollers * Designed embedded microprocessors using DRAM Simms, PCMCIA, Flash, SCSI-2 ports, RS232 ports, RS485 ports, Ethernet ports and CPLDs * Used ORCAD for schematic capture * Designed hardware to meet CE ITE Class A standards 1992 a" 1993 EMCOM CORPORATION, PLANO, TX _HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER_ * Designed and developed Motorola MC68302-based and Zilog Z180-based systems used for real-time monitoring of high-speed V.35 data communications lines * From specifications, designed embedded microprocessor-based circuit boards with DMA subsystems, Flash, PSRAM and CAM memories, and glue logic (PALs, FPGAs) 1988 a" 1991 ELECTROSPACE, CHRYSLER TECHNOLOGIES, RICHARDSON, TX _ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER_ * Designed and developed Intel 80286-based hardware and software * Designed and programmed an ISA circuit board used for interfacing the PC to the MIL-STD-1553 bus 1987 a" 1988 FORNEY ENGINEERING, CARROLLTON, TX _SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER_ 1984 a" 1987 CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING, TYLER, TX _MANUFACTURING ENGINEER_ _REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST_