Michael A. Sachs, BSEE

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Sarasota, FL 34239

941-***-****

acdyt9@r.postjobfree.com

www.viScience.com

Background:

Electrical / Software Engineer with an accomplished 20 + year career in Avionics and

Bio-Medical Systems design, development, validation and test. Experienced in the

design of safety critical systems with working knowledge of FAA and FDA software

development standards and compliance.

Expertise:

Bio-Medical Electronics and Software, Electro-Fluidics, Avionics Simulation and Test

Automated Test Systems, Vision Systems, Precision Multi-Axis Motion Control

Programmable Automation Controllers, HMI Design, LabVIEW Software Engineering,

Experience:

2012-Present, MicroArrays: Instrumentation Systems Engineer

Automated DNA Assay Processing System

Design of multi-axis robotic material handling, electro-fluidics control

HMI design, colorimetric computer vision, environmental controls and instruments

Automated database configuration control, data logging, report generation

2008-2012, NASA / Teledyne Brown: Lead Instrumentation Systems Engineer

ARES Data Acquisition, Instrumentation and Test Software

Successfully led the design, integration and validation of the Hydrodynamic

Suspension Controls System used to measure dynamic modal vehicle characteristics

during simulated phases of flight. Design of embedded system architecture,

subsystem communications, selection of all electronic components and instruments.

Design of custom analog and digital interfaces, signal conditioning, and field wiring.

2006-2008, Altria: Instrumentation Systems Engineer

Aerosol Drug Delivery Testbed

Design of prototype electro-microfluidics systems and controls

Desgn of LabVIEW based Test and Scripting tools

Design of FPGA based infusion and heating controls

2000-2008, Baxter Healthcare: Software Systems Engineer

R&D Systems Engineering Renal Product Development

Software Validation and HIL Regression Testing for Hemo Dialysis Systems.

Prototype development and testing of complex electro-fluidic models and cassette

based volumetric pumping devices.

Characterization of temperature sensitive fluidic systems.

1997-2000, GE Medical: Software Systems Engineer

Software validation of Critical Care Patient Monitors and Board Level ATE

Testing and characterization of ECG instrumentation, Pacing Artifact Rejection, High

Pass Baseline Filtering, Pulse Oximetry, Blood Pressure subsystems. Development of

LabVIEW scripting software used for validation and manufacturing test requirements.

RF EMI Testing of Critical Care Patient monitors to ensure MRI Compatibility.

1990-1996, Honeywell Aerospace: Avionics Engineer

Avionics Software Design, Modeling and Test

Development of avionics software for the TCAS (airTraffic Collision Advisory System)

Development of Automated Pressure Transducer Calibration Systems and Software

Development of software modeling and simulation tools to optimize fixed point

calibration algorithms.

1984-1990, Sperry Flight Systems: Instrumentation Systems Engineer

Avionics System Integration and Software Design for NOAA IWRS

Development of Meteorological Instrumentation and Telemetry for C130 Aircraft.

Console firmware, Avionics Communications, Hardened Solid State Memory Design.

Analog Transducer, RS485, ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553B interfaces

Boeing 757 Electronic Flight Instrumentation System Avionics

Mil-Spec Multiprocessor PCB Design

Design of Redundant Error Correcting Comm. and Bus Arbitration Interlock Logic

Education:

BSEE, Arizona State University

Publications and Accolades:

Hydro-Dynamic Suspension System, NASA Technical Reports, 2011

NASA Performance Award 2010

National Instruments LabVIEW Developer Certification

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