Software Embedded Firmware Electronics Telecommunication Engineer (C,C++,FPGA)

5/2013 – 12/2013

Jan 2006–present consulting in Canada, USA and Germany
Senior Software Embedded Engineer –Consultant
• Hitech Applied Corp. Sept 2012-present topics: automotive(AUTOLIVE, AUTOSAR Munchen), system software architectures, haptics tactile cueing, imaging, Vector libs-.NET, CAN, bootloader, firmware update, requirements &specification, multicore , Infineon Aurix, software development plan, Enterprise Architect, WinIDEA, Eclipse, TASKING compiler.
• Adaptive Networks –Montreal Jan 2010- May 2012 ARM-TI Cortex M3 LM3S9B96
Completed Firmware update solution (Stellaris bootloader control ) ,C,C++CLI/.NET(3.5,4.0),GUI,
Keil uVision,Visual C++ (Express 2008,Prof. 2010), shell, WinForms, Code Composer Studio,
host boot,multicore DSP TMS320C6472 , RS232,Ethernet (BOOTP, UDP, TCP/IP),event-driven sw, Tektronix object formats, hardware bring up, integration, JTAG, I2C, SPI, multitarget-multiprocessor development , Wireshark, diagnostics, deployment, multithreading
• Eaton Corp Feb 2007- Nov 2008 –Michigan- SW Engineer –Solved various problems in automotive real time control systems (time constraints, CAN bus, data priorities, sequencing and diagnostics) embedded C++/C, OSEK /PowerPC, OOP,UML, MATLAB, SIMULINK, Real Time Workshop, WindRiver tools, Eclipse 3.x, ClearCase, code optimization, debugging, S-functions, hardware control, CAN/J1939 , CANape, CCP2.1, DOORS,make files
• Delphi –Kokomo,Indiana Sept 2006- Dec 2006- SW/HW integrator engineer for in-car multimedia electronics. Completed multimedia integration for automotive equipment Development, integration, RTOS, C real time, Synergy CM, NEC850, IDT850 , sensor- parameter control, CAN bus, new product sw-hw bring–up, power modes , PVCS, make files
• GE –Toronto Jan -2006 –Jun 2006 Industrial electrical measuring system development Completed Greenhills BSP for unsupported PowerPC - RTOS GreenHill Integrity, MULTI GreenHill, PowerPC 860-870 Family, PowerPC board bring-up, RS485, RS232, imaging artifacts removal, BDM
May 2005 – September 2005 Raritan Computer Inc – Somerset, NJ , USA
Senior System Engineer – System Engineering & Architecture group
• Product System Engineering (SW-HW-FW requirement architecture definition, new product) for remote network control by Video -Keyboard –Mouse , DOORS, C++/.NET
• Embedded Linux network performance modelling ,shell (Bash) scripting and Perl
• Digital signal processing - Video Quality standard definition /quality improvement over digital (network) and analog equipment using DSP image processing algorithms/methods (1d-2d-FFT, wavelet exposure, equipment frequency analysis)
• Hardware electronics solutions on system power modes/powering devices
Jan 2003 – Feb 2005 contracting - Toronto, Canada
• High Tech Solutions 2004-2005 - PCI test boards (Xilinx XC9500XL family CPLD’s), VHDL, Orcad 9.2/9.1, PCB Layout, CPLD development full product
• Cimtek 2004-Digital Video Systems analysys and test concept, video software – hardware architecture (PowerPC based) ,C++,audio device control, Web Services,RPC ‘s
• Y-Vamp Corp 2004 Corp-Real time video hardware conversion from Rec 601 (PVR personal video recorder output) to processing video IC input Rec 656 (portable video system).Used Altera HDL – AHDL – real time video processing on Altera CPLD’s (MAX3000), MaxPlusII, SDTV, TV NTSC / PAL , various video IC’s, video system analysys (Video IC – microcontroller), RGB, YcrCb, parallel processing components
• Y-Vamp Corp 2003 Secure updating for video system firmware (surveillance portable video system), Toronto, Encrypting/decrypting (DES 3-2-1 encrypting method) bootloader (C/IAR) and PC application (C# /.NET / serial RS232) for Atmega128 (Atmel), encrypted firmware updating, ICC AVR and Keil IDE ,video equipment analysis, SPI, JTAG, microcontroller development procedures. Borland Builder development.
• North American Institute for Computer Systems-Toronto Aug 2002-Feb 2003
Advanced Electronic Hardware Design Postgraduate Course
Hardware design methodologies, VHDL ,Verilog , FPGA/CPLD programming Altera/ Xilinx, design verification(RISC processor – Xilinx Virtex), state machines,data path – control unit design, hw algorithm representation, sw to hw translation, DSP HW implementation ,robotics
Feb 2000-May 2002 ATI Technologies –Toronto
Engineer -Display & Grahic processing units boards domain – ASIC control by software ( Radeon processor chip family), GPU driver C programming (some assembler). Developed modified GPU software driver code related to hardware abstraction, display devices algorithms implementation, digital hardware- chip control, DDC , EDID, LVDS, DVI, DVI-I, TMDS, VESA / GTF timings control, clock control, I2C, video display modes-resolution , refresh rates , PLL control, video data flow optimization, display control, displays controller control, video/ display improvement: PC GPU cards / display devices (monitors, LCD’s, DFP’s), revision control - builds, makefiles, DLL libraries, kernel debugger, SoftIce, WinDbg, Windows NT / 9X / 2K / XP, driver specific OOP, SW component /integration/ release procedures, sw architecture, source control CONTINUUS (Synergy CM), PERFORCE (release management).
Oct 1999 - Jan 2000 Softfield Research LTD – Toronto
Development Engineer HW- digital MIPS NEC VR4181 design ,handheld devices - PDA (personal digital agenda), PCB , digital interfacing and design (LCD, tactile screen, memory), Protel, Redhat 6.0 Linux OS, C programming, system self test.
Oct 1998 – Jan 1999 Polytechnic University Bucharest – Romania
Faculty of Electronics & Telecommunications Bucharest - Associated didactic staff
Numerical algorithms and C programming seminary- Various algorithms focused on electronics application - optimizations of characteristics, interpolations, (differential) equations (systems) of equations solving, integrals , derivatives, different types of regressions, error handling (algorithms, floating point representations)
Oct 1988 – Oct 1998 PC’s ,Microcontrollers and Microprocessors Division SW/HW of the R&D Institute for Electrical Engineering Bucharest, Romania
Project Responsible(manager)/ Principal Research Engineer / Software Designer/ Application Developer/Electronic Engineer in projects –products development environment for industry , medical domains
• Centralized parallel distributed electrocardiography monitoring system (PC and microcontrollers platforms) -Visual C++ v5.0 programming, MFC, GUI, OOP and OOD-object oriented design and analysis, C51 (8051 Microcontroller family), real time programming. Developed Windows GUI application displaying multiple electrocardiography EKG signals on a central PC screen and also the sampled EKG signals locally on LCD. Used 80C552- microcontroller board to sample and process EKG signal (C51, DS51), also for LCD displaying. Designed the LCD digital hardware interface.DSP related to signal conditioning , filtering ,amplitude-frequency characteristic reproduction – transfer between equipments.
• 80C552 based system that measured gas pressure and concentration for automotive vehicles (microcontrollers platform). Application included software calibration, hour run time routine (I2C memories), HMI design and implementation (panel routines, display routines), analog/digital (A/D) conversion and sampling routines, quick real – time filtering methods, hardware self-testing procedure. C for 80C552 microcontroller (C51, Franklin Software).DSP: signal conditioning and frequency characteristics identification.
• Remote control system (PC + customer’s proprietary) for distributed temperature and heat-measuring equipment (several acquisition points, centralizer /concentrator) on DANFOS counters. Used OOP and OOD - Object oriented design, multitasking, GUI, hardware abstraction , serial communication. Developed hardware testing procedure of the whole system. Borland C/C++
• Visual C programming, Win32API, GUI, statistical data display - Win32/NT
• PC ISA board for IBM-PC compatible testing and repairing activity, manufacturing (full cycle manufacturing expertise).
• Medical expert system for cardiology diagnostics – DSP (FFT), form recognition ,Turbo Prolog, Turbo C and assembly / DOS ( mixed language programming- assembly 8086 with C, interrupts) /IBM-PC compatible. Architected the software part of the project.
• System engineer (PC , microcomputers ,mainframes). Solved complex system problems , SW , HW and at the software/hardware border ( hardware MMU , memory , data transmission over networks, user application development , data and OS system corruption, failures root cause)
1987 – 1988 R & D Institute for Automation Bucharest - Romania
• System Engineer / Application Developer-System engineer (certified 1988 backup, diagnose, system maintenance) , C system programming.
1985 – 1887 SARO Enterprise Targoviste - Romania
• System Software Engineer / Application Developer - FORTRAN, assembler. Data recovery after system crash, OS internals.
1985 Dipl. Electrical Engineer Electronics & telecommunications Faculty - Bucharest Romania
• State Project –Image Compression with adaptive quantization by commuting characteristics. Machine Vision.

1/2010 – 4/2013

• System-Software-Architekturen, taktile Haptik Cueing, imaging (Toronto)

• Adaptive Networks – Montreal Jan 2010-Mai 2012 ARM-TI Cortex M3 LM3S9B96 abgeschlossen Firmware-update-Lösung (Stellaris-Bootloader-Steuerelement), C, C ++ CLI/.NET (3.5,4.0), GUI, Keil uVision, Visual C++ 2008 Express, Prof. 2010 shell, WinForms, Host-Boot Code Composer Studio, , Multicore DSP TMS320C6472, RS232, Ethernet (BOOTP, UDP, TCP/IP ereignisgesteuerte sw, Tektronix Objekt Formate, Hardware bring-up, Integration, JTAG, I2C, SPI, Multitarget-Multiprozessor-Entwicklung, Wireshark, Diagnostik, Bereitstellung, multithreading

2/2007 – 11/2008

• Eaton Corp Feb 2007-Nov 2008 –Michigan-SW-Ingenieur-–Solved verschiedene Probleme in automotive Echtzeit-Steuerungen (Zeit Einschränkungen, CAN-Bus Daten Prioritäten, Sequenzierung und Diagnose) eingebettet C + / C, OSEK/PowerPC, OOP, UML, MATLAB, SIMULINK, Real-Time Workshop, WindRiver Werkzeuge, Eclipse, ClearCase, Codeptimierung, Debuggen, S-Funktionen, Hardware-Steuerung, CAN / J1939, CANape, CCP2.1, Dateien machen

9/2006 – 12/2006

• Delphi –Kokomo, Indiana Sept 2006 - Dez. 2006-SW/HW-Integrator-Ingenieur für multimedia InCar-Elektronik. Abgeschlossene multimedia-Integration für Fahrzeug-Ausrüstung Entwicklung, Integration, RTOS, C Echtzeit, Synergy CM, NEC850, IDT850, Sensor-Parameter-Steuerung, CAN-bus, neue Produkt sw-hw Bring–up, Power-Modi, PVCS, Dateien make-build