Objective
I aspire to contribute over two decades of engineering
experience - from logic validation to operating system and
application programming - to a technical lead position.
I offer a solid background in logic validation and
understand the value of clean, clear design practices.
I strive to ensure open, effective communication with
designers and testers to successfully execute a design.
Work Experience:
Senior Verification Engineer:
Nvidia, Inc.,
Durham, NC, August 2018 - present
Senior Staff Verification Engineer:
Qualcomm, Inc.,
Raleigh, NC, June 2009 - July 2018
2012: Unit Verification Lead, Execution Unit,
Snapdragon Kryo and Centriq cores.
Key developer and manager of the design and implementation of a
System Verliog/UVM based unit test environment. Coordinated
coverage generation and evaluation; feeding back into design
stimulus.
2011: Unit Validation Lead,
Floating Point Unit, Snapdragon Krait core
Maintained/Improved validation environment. Developed new
tests and closed coverage.
2010: Random Testcase Generator
Contributed to the development of a random assembly-language
test generator (written in C++). Improved a documentation
web application.
2009: L2 Processor Cache,
Snapdragon Scorpion core
Assisted with testplan development, and implemented testing testing
using a combination of Verilog, System Verilog, Perl, and a
custom CPU modeling language.
ASIC Engineer:
Optimal Technologies, (US) Inc.
Raleigh, NC, May 2008 - January 2009
Determined requirements for
custom Systems on a Chip (SoCs), including a set top box on a
chip with extremely tight power requirements.
Developed simple SoC modules and
codecs that are free of patent conflicts.
Evaluated vendor Intellectual
Property through discussions with vendors and review of
specifications.
Staff Engineer:
IBM,
RTP, NC, June 1995 - May 2008
2008:
Engineered major architectural modifications for latest
processor (some redesign/some remap). Providing supervision as
instruction cache unit lead.
2005: PowerPC 464
Made architectural changes to improve the speed and worked with
physical design engineers to make major structural improvements.
Continued to maintain validation tests.
2003: PowerPC 450
Maintained instruction cache unit through a remap of PowerPC 440
to 90nm technology. Improved unit timing with a variety of RTL
and physical design changes while maintaining the unit
verification
2001: PowerPC 460
Co-developed new front-end validation methodology and testplans.
Rewrote Perl/CGI web-based test results reporting using PHP/MySQL
to improve test and test reporting throughput. Oversaw two
interns developing validation code coverage tools.
1999: PowerPC 440
Worked with Aptix FAEs to develop a system capable of running
Linux using their FPGA-based logic emulation hardware.
1997: PowerPC 405, Set-Top Box
reference platform
Developed validation plans for unit-based
module testing with implementation done using C++ coordinated
with Verilog simulation.
1995: PowerPC 403GCX, 401
Operated Quickturn FPGA-based logic emulation hardware.
Developed interface boards and test submission/control systems.
Automated large portions of the job with Perl and Ksh scripts.
Software Engineer:
Data General, RTP, NC, May 1993 - June 1995
Developed tests for new
functionality in DG/UX (Data General's UNIX)
Developed automation tools for
test engineers
Executed tests on DG/UX and interpreting results
Teaching/Research Assistant:
NCSU, 1990-1995
- Computer Languages:
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Assembly(ARM,PowerPC/6502/6800/8051/68000), Verilog, System
Verilog, C, Perl, C++, UVM, MySQL, JavaScript, PHP, VHDL, Tcl/Tk,
EDIF, Shell(bash/tcsh/and others), Motif/X, Lisp, HTML, Python
- Operating Systems:
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UNIX (Most variations, esp. Linux), Macintosh, MS-DOS, Windows
- Education:
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MS Computer Engineering,
NC State University,
May 1996 (GPA: 3.5)
BS Electrical Engineering,
NCSU, May 1993 (GPA: 3.33)
BS Computer Engineering,
NCSU, May 1993 (GPA: 3.33)
High School Diploma,
NC School of Science and Math,
June 1988
- Activities and Organizations:
- Recreational programmer and
electronics hobbyist, avid reader and film fan, live music
aficionado, occasional gardener and cook.
References Available Upon Request.
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