James

12/9/2014
Raleigh, NC

Position Desired

Computer Engineering
Cary, NC; Durham, NC; Raleigh, NC
Yes

Resume

Senior Design Engineer: Software, FPGA, ASIC, and Embedded


Profile:
Most recently responsible for the creation of a verification environment for testing an emulated microprocessor using Xilinx FPGAs.
Formally educated in Engineering with a Bachelor’s degree, one IT
certificate, and one DSP engineering certificate.
Specializing in the design and verification of ASIC and FPGA hardware,
and embedded software
Proven success in growing expert in unfamiliar design algorithms and
design software
Expert experience in designing ASIC hardware, computer scripts,
computer software, designing embedded applications, test, and
lab test equipment
Accomplished in embedding and verifying applications employing
microprocessors
Experienced with employing FPGAs and lab test equipment for custom
testing and bring-up qualifications
Strong with designing OO software for both Java and C#, can create
C code for embedded applications, creating algorithms, and
applying mathematical methods
Many of my roles and responsibilities involved leadership, team work,
and individual contributions
Experienced in the art of making hardware more hardened to reverse
engineering
My studies to achieve the DSP Engineering Certificate at UC-Irvine
encompassed the proficiencies of understanding graphics and
video compression, domain analysis, and wavelets.
Experienced in board design and board level component selection
View myself as a VLSI ASIC design and verification specialist with
additional design skills in software, FPGA implementation,
embedded design, and composition of application software
(C# and Java)


Career:
Static Control Components, Raleigh NC; Senior Electronic Design Engineer; 2009 - Current
Insilica/Atmel, Durham NC; Senior Design Engineer; 2006 - 2009
Agere Systems, Allentown PA; Hardware Design Engineer; 2002 - 2006
Lucent Technologies, Allentown PA; Hardware Design Engineer; 1996 - 2002

Senior Electronic Design Engineer, February 2009 - Current, Static Control Components Raleigh, NC.
Products: Custom Mixed-Signal ASICs with embedded uP, microprocessor and
non-volatile memory

Maintained a significant role in the creation of several ASICs for the
UMC 250nm and 180nm processes also while earning two
certificates, and expanding my role beyond hardware design.
Responsible for the creation and testing of an emulated ASIC using
Xilinx FPGA
Served as the ASIC Verification Engineer responsible for ensuring
the product was designed correctly
Design Verilog RTL using Verilog and SystemVerilog
Wrote UVM assertions
Documented the ASIC design architecture, wrote specifications, and
implemented test plans
Created application software for test using C# and WPF
Created several custom FPGA emulations of ASICs designs using C# and
Java as the application software
Wrote ASIC regression tests employing Verilog, Modelsim, and
SystemVerilog
Wrote ASIC block level regression tests for system components using
analog and mixed signal environment
Created random directed...

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