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Objective:
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To obtain an exciting and challenging position in hardware or software computer engineering.
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Education:
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BSE, concentration in Electrical and Computer Engineering /
Mathematics Minor
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, May 2003
GPA: 3.33 out of 4.00
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Relevant Skills:
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Expert in C/C++ including STL, threading, and networking (Berkeley sockets, lwIP, low-level Ethernet)
Proficient in both Windows and Linux GUI APIs: Win32 SDK, MFC, Qt
Proficient in logic design / simulation using Verilog HDL and schematic entry (targeting both VLSI and programmable logic)
Proficient in basic circuit analysis, image processing and GPGPU techniques
Proficient in shell-scripting, GNU Makefiles, Perl, HTML, PHP
Expert with GNU/Linux operating systems for programming and systems administration
Excellent problem-solving and system debugging skills
Excellent ability to quickly master challenging, complex systems
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Work Experience:
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Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI, June 2003 - Present
Senior Electronics Research Engineer, Advanced Technology Department
Responsibilities include:
Designing, testing and maintaining an FPGA-based embedded system used as a frame-grabber for a custom image sensor .
Designing, testing and maintaining cross-platform PC acquisition software that uses an Ethernet interface to a frame-grabber and supports the main development tool suite for advanced product development.
Designing advanced production test / control software for wafer-level testing of custom image sensors.
Creating, developing, testing a proprietary serial communication protocol and PCI-based implementation to facilitate advanced tester applications.
Porting and maintaining Linux /BSD/OSX versions of company-wide software libraries for internal cross-platform software development.
Developing Linux kernel drivers and control software for both custom and off-the-shelf image sensors.
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Solidus Design, Grand Rapids, MI, January 2002 - May 2003
Web Programmer
Responsibilities include:
Creating e-commerce solutions for customers using PHP, Perl, PostgreSQL and Apache.
Maintaining existing e-commerce infrastructure.
Interfacing with both designers and customers to determine design requirements and feasibility within a negotiated schedule.
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Electrical Engineering Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Senior Design Project, September 2002 - May 2003
Project Details / Accomplishments include:
A PCI card encapsulating an embedded system running the Linux operating system that transparently filters network traffic and appears to the host machine as a standard network interface card.
Developing a project schedule including work/task distribution.
Designing / fabricating / Debugging the PCI Card.
Porting the colilo bootloader to the MCF5249 and re-contributing the code to the OpenSource project.
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Electrical Engineering Department, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Research Assistant, May 2002 - August 2002
Responsibilities include:
Developing a network monitoring system for a Beowulf Cluster.
Designing / developing a PCI card to implement the network monitoring system.
Writing a custom netfilter hook / PCI driver in the Linux kernel to facilitate hardware-based network traffic monitoring.
Presenting the PCI card monitoring system design at the 13th Annual Argonne Symposium for Undergraduates in Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
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References:
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Available upon request.
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