Hardware/Software Engineer Sample 1
Joe A. Person Hardware/Software
Engineer (sample resume format only)
123 Main Street, Anywhere,
CA 12345 H: (555) 555-1212 W: (555) 555-1234
OBJECTIVE
Attain an engineering position with opportunities for technical leadership.
Utilize my experience in software, hardware, troubleshooting, coordination
and good interpersonal skills to reduce development costs and improve product
competitiveness.
SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
- Troubleshooting hardware and
software combined problems; defining the problems and the issues, then
integrating their solutions.
- Presentations to upper management
on status, problems, new ideas, and cost savings changes.
- Expediter - coordinated hardware
staging & software integration under an aggressive schedule.
- Component level/System level
- Design and integration of Acceptance Test Procedures (ATP).
- Structured software design.
- Real-time software for automated
instrumentation applications.
- Real-time firmware using co-processors.
- Real-time Digital Signal Processing
(DSP) firmware.
- Real-time satellite telemetry
and command system.
- Integration of real-time Hardware/Software
and instrumentation systems.
- Synchronous, asynchronous,
and parallel communications interfaces hardware and software.
- Designed and implemented real-time
data acquisition hardware and sensors.
- Hardware and software design
for computer controlled test equipment.
- Evaluated commercial data acquisition
and computer systems for specific applications.
- Programming for graphics applications
and report generation.
- Taught college level computer
programming and mathematics.
- Published article: "Interfacing
Stepper Motors to a Personal Computer." Oct, 1983 Issue, InCider
magazine.
LANGUAGES, SYSTEMS, and INTERFACES
| HP series 300 & 700 workstations (HP-UX) |
HP's: TDE, VEE, ITG Drivers |
HP 35, 9816, 9836C |
| Micro VAX Ill (VMS) |
Pascal |
Turbo C |
| VAX 8700 (VMS) |
KXJ I/O Processor |
Micro-Power Pascal |
| PDP 11/70 |
Macro 11 Assembly |
HP BASIC, HPL |
| PC's |
FORTRAN |
Forth |
| RS-232, RS-422, RS-423, RS-485 |
Motorola 6800, 6502, 6809 |
Motorola 56001 |
| Analog Devices 2101 |
IEEE-488 |
Opto 22 |
DISCIPLINES
- Project Leader
Lead a technical team to improve system testing methods. Coordinated integration
and delivery of a distributed real-time system. Coordinated Acceptance
Testing, along with integration of software and real-time hardware.
- Instrumentation
Designed and implemented monitoring systems and automated test equipment
interfacing with microprocessors, PC's, HP computers, VXI, Apple, A/D boards,
D/A boards, I/O ports, parallel interfaces, serial interfaces, HP GPIO
and HPIB interfaces.
- Software/Firmware
Structured design programming, following to end of integration and installation
real-time software, Computer Human Interface (CHI) software, Digital Signal
Processing (DSP), device handlers, and communication protocols for real-time
applications and embedded systems.
- Simulation
Designed and integrated software to replace hardware components to save
manufacturing costs. Software and hardware work with real-time computer
controlled automatic test equipment. Accessory and component testing.
EMPLOYMENT
References available upon request.
July 1990 - Present, Consultant.
Worked at the following companies: ABC Company; DEF Corporation;
GHI, LTD; JKL Company, MNO, Inc.
- Developed System Functional Test (SFT) software written on HP workstations
under UNIX, using HP's Technical Development Environment (TDE)
and Visual Engineering Environment (VEE) software, (H/W and S/W
acceptance tests) for computer controlled instrumentation systems.
Debugged and modified instrument drivers written in HP's ITG
language.
- Worked with customers to finalize requirements, then designed and wrote requirements
specifications documents.
- Wrote documents for requirements
flow-down to subcontractors; coordinated with these subcontractors
to design and integrate hardware.
- Performed requirements analysis. Prepared a Design Specification Document.
Interfaced with subcontractors and vendors for technical evaluation
of proposals. Worked with subcontractors to implement the design.
- Developed software for the following applications: INTEL 80188 firmware
for telephony; DSP firmware on Analog Devices 2101 for telephony;
Motorola 56001 DSP processor for CD quality sound; automated PC
based FAX system.
June 1990 - May 1991, Project Leader. PQR Company, San Jose,
CA
- Used W. Edwards Deming Total Quality Management (TQM) tools to lead a technical
team to improve the process of how the department performs hardware
testing. Developed and wrote test procedures.
- Coordinated software development and hardware design along with the integration
and delivery of a distributed real-time system. Tracked and performed
forecasting of the project budget. Presented project status and
budget to management.
- Bridged the gap between hardware and software departments. Evaluated problems
to identify the areas of discrepancies. Also worked with engineers from both
hardware and software departments to integrate the most cost effective
solutions.
February 1987 - June 1990, Software Engineer. STU Corporation,
Santa Clara, CA
- Developed a multi-process software system for an embedded I/0 processor that
handles a time critical I/0 interface which communicates with the Micro VAX Ill
via shared memory.
- Developed the software package and integrated the hardware for a computer
controlled monitoring system that monitors the kilns which bakes STU 's space
vehicle tiles.
- Evaluated the latest technology in computer automated process control systems
to bring data acquisition systems on-fine with less cost and in less time.
May 1984 - January 1987, Consultant. VWX Agency, Dearborn, Michigan
at ABC Company, Electronic Component Division, Indianapolis, Indiana
- Developed software packages, designed hardware interfaces and modified test
fixtures for: calibration, equipment control, data collection, automated data
analysis, digital signal processing, report generation including graphics data displays
and long term data storage.
May 1983 - May 1984, Software Engineer. DEF Corporation, Louisville,
Kentucky
- Developed reflector design software for fiber optics applications.
- Developed graphic reports, generated via vector plotters along with mechanical
dimensions and specifications for the reflector's.
- Purchased equipment and development of a computer electronics laboratory.
September 1982 - May 1984, Instructor. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY
- Mathematics Department
- Taught computer programming language BASIC, pre-algebra and algebra.
EDUCATION
Eastern Kentucky University - 1984 Bachelor of Science
-- Applied Physics Minors -- Computer Science, Computer Electronics,
and Mathematics
ACTIVE CLEARANCES: EBI, DOD Secret
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