Mechanical Engineer with P.E. license

Steve Chard P.E.

Experience Summary

Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Systems and Software Engineer with Professional Engineering License.

Consummate problem solver with extensive systems design, build, programming and applications experience.

Extensive design and applications experience with embedded systems, sensors, digital cameras, vision systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, servos and intricate mechanisms. Very fluent in CAD with extensive Solidworks 3D design experience having designed and drafted thousands of parts. Highly experienced in fabrication, material selection, composites and structural design.

Developed electronic devices and embedded controllers utilizing Motorola, Intel, PIC micro controllers and a wide range of small Linux devices (GumStix, Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard) Expert software skills encompassing a wide range of languages such as C/C++, Perl, Python as well as machine language (assemblers) supporting an array of operating systems such as Windows, Linux, QNX as well as several RTOS environments. Employment Summary

June 2010 to Present, CsiWorx, Lyle, WA

I am engaged in the development of several new technologies. Capitalizing on my extensive embedded controller experience, I have designed several autonomous devices to service farming and vehicle applications.

2009-June 2010 American Aerospace Engineering (AAE), White Salmon, WA As Chief Engineer, I led the development of new products and business opportunities. In addition to the design of the next generation of Insitu's ScanEagle Payload Bay, I also designed, built and installed a series industrial automation systems, including machine vision inspection, for a major ammunition manufacturer.

2006-2009 Insitu, Bingen WA

As the lead engineer of the aircraft recovery systems (SkyHook). I took three existing products and merged them into a single, Universal Skyhook substantially reducing part-number count and inventory as well as substantially upgrading performance and ease of use. 2007-2009 Advanced Navigation and Positioning (ANPC), Hood River, OR I was the software engineer responsible for porting the of the company's Windows based application to QNX. Additionally, I also worked on the team developing the user interface. Education

United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

University Of Maryland, School of Engineering, College Park, Md adtg16@r.postjobfree.com 360-***-****

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