Stephen Cefali

***** ***** **** ** ***** San Juan Capistrano • acvn86@r.postjobfree.com • 818-***-**** Objective

To obtain a software position that will allow me to devlop my computer science skills and entrench myself in the world of software.

Skills: Python, Java, UNIX, SQL, C, Android, Tcl

Work Experience

Engineer II, Broadcom, Irvine CA 7/2013-Present

• Leading project to design an SQL database for managing IOs and generating RTL for WLAN radios.

• Created a Python library to parse System Verilog (SV) netlists to analyze and modify their structure.

• Created a tool to analyze analog designs and autogenerate SV models which describe behivor.

• Desiging verification and design methodoligies by creating Makefile based enviornments, Python scripts, and writing programs for third party vendor tools.

• Leading pre-silicon verification efforts on WLAN and 60GHz radios by working with RF and baseband teams to catch design bugs and ensure digital controls converge to the analog design. Education

• Harvey Mudd College (HMC), Claremont CA

• Bachelor of Science, Engineering, May 2013

• GPA: 3.50; Dean's List: Spring 2010-Fall 2012

Clinic Experience

DIRECTV Clinic (Team Leader), HMC, Claremont CA 9/2012-5/2013

• Led the team by delegating responsibility, managing budgets, and communicating with the liaison.

• Designed and programmed a hand-held device in C which tests both Ethernet connection for consumer routers and WiFi connection for DIRECTV devices.

• Developed an Android application which receives the data via Bluetooth technology from the hardware device to display the connection details.

• Compiled a report regarding the production costs and ergonomics of the device. Internship Experience

FPGA Intern, Ixia, Calabasas CA 5/2012-8/2012

• Developed the architecture and programmed a five layer parsing checksum engine in VHDL.

• Designed architecture for future work in a timestamp engine.

• Created a self checking test bench in Modelsim for the checksum engine.

• Built and tested the chip on an FPGA using test cases created with Linux software. For Fun

• Building an OpenCV and OCR based program in Python to automate and optimize placing pilots into training groups for a WWII strategy game called War in the Pacific

• Avid history and Game of Thrones reader

• Active street cyclist and Yogi trainee

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