Engineer Software
Resume:
Michael E. Shirk
Sr. Software Engineer
Rockford, Minnesota
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Summary: Over twenty five years experience in the software industry from
embedded processors and real time operating systems. Also
significant object oriented projects involving COM+ development.
Great communication skills developed over years of working with
customers giving presentations, demonstrations, and onsite
installations.
Languages: C, C++, some C# and JAVA, Visual Basic, COM+ and XML.
Extensive assembler language with many different embedded
processors including ARM9, ARM11 and MIPs, along with Intel and
Motorola processor family assembler languages.
Operating Systems:
VxWorks for ARM and MIPs platforms, Windows family, IBM's AIX
(UNIX).
Communications Experience:
I have worked with many serial protocols including I2C, SPI,
CANB, RS-232, and SDLC. Development of software drivers on 1394
hardware. Stack drivers for OSI, GR-303 and VxWorks. Client
server software for TCP/IP in a Windows Environment.
Databases: Computer Associates Advantage/DS, SYBASE SQL Server System XI,
Microsoft SQL Server, SYBASE DirectConnect Product, and SYBASE
Open Client/ Open Server. ODBC on Windows platforms.
Patents: US6539301
Experience: University of Wisconsin Feb 2011 - June
2011
Ice Drilling Design and Operations
Madison, WI
Designed and implemented embedded software for a sensor / motor
controller board for a new generation of Antarctic ice drills.
The board interfaces with an array of sensors (temperature,
pressure, strain gauges, etc.) and also controls six actuators
for directing the angle of the drill.
Experience: Honeywell Corporation November 2004 - August 2010
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Sr. Software Engineer
The division I worked for at Honeywell is the Aerospace and Defense
R&D group. As the Sr. Software Engineer for several generation
of a projects involving navigation units for the military
(projectiles and missiles) I was responsible for working with
the FPGA programmers on board bring up using several tools
including JTAG chains and protocol analyzers. Software
development included low level software as well as BSP
development for our vxWorks and Micron RTOS's. BSP interrupt
drivers included RS-232, SDLC, 1394, and timers.
When the project started we used Green Hills MULTI compilers,
Integrity, and IDE for the ARM 7 version of the nav unit. The
next generation of the nav unit moved to MIPs and migrated our
code from Green Hills to Windriver compilers and IDE (ECLIPSE
variant) and eventually to the vxWorks RTOS. The last
generation was a dual core ARM9/ARM11 ASIC where the ARM9 was
again developed using Green Hills MULTI and the ARM11 was
Windriver.
I headed up hardware and software certification for our two products
with our production group.
I developed several Windows and board level test tools to use in
factory test. GUI's were written using Microsoft VB and C#
Experience: Alpine Electronics June 2002 - November
2004
Troy, Michigan
Sr. Software Engineer
Alpine Electronics is a major manufacturer and supplier of
state of the art retail and OEM car stereos. My duties there
included DSP development at the board level and a tools suite at
the Windows level.
Also I did software for a checkout facility, which included
controlling power cycling, temperature cycling and humidity
cycling. Results were then logged into a database.
Tools for the Windows apps include VB and Labview for the GUIs.
DSP and other memory programming done through CAN bus software I
wrote in C++ for Windows platform.
Other duties included coordinated with software engineers in
Japan
Experience: EDI Enterprises, Inc. 2000 - 2002
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Sr. Principal Engineer
Design, coding and implementation of a Fiber Network Inventory
System. This involves database design, PHP, HTML and JavaScript
programming.
Design, coding and implementation of Teletraffic Cop, and
Windows based set of programs to interface to TeleCom switches
allowing computation and generation of reports of network load,
performance and faults. Product uses Borland C++ framework with
COM+, XML and is an OO design and implementation.
Other projects include coding GR-303 and V5.2 embedded protocol
stacks for telecom hardware.
Additional responsibilities:
- Customer demonstrations and presentations
- Customer support both onsite and offsite
- Trade Shows
Open Networks Engineering 1997 - 2000
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Real Time Embedded Software Developer
Designed, coded and implemented several embedded drivers for
telecom network equipment including SONET OC-3, HDLC, network
alarm management,
OSI protocol stack maintenance and enhancement. This protocol
stack is an embedded stack running on many different hardwares
under many different real time kernel OS's.
Responsible for the debugging of new SONET hardware.
CORBA training.
Rockwell International (EPCOM) 1994-1997
Embedded Systems Programmer
Firmware engineer responsible for embedded real time navigation
software. Navigation software included GPS, dead reckoning, and
map matching input, plus the development and implementation of
all navigation algorithms.
Designed, coded and implemented a mobile wireless emergency
response product similar to OnStar. The product uses GPS and
either Mobitex radio modems, or cellular phone hardware to
communicate to a central monitoring station. Code pieces
implemented included a real time multi-tasker, communications
module, GPS software, and implementation of voice
hardware/software. Other duties include managing and setting
software schedules, working with vendors on central monitoring
and cellular adapter firmware and factory test software.
IBM (through Analysts International Corp) 1988-
1994
Contract Programmer
SCSI device driver development for both the RS/6000 and the
AS/400.
"Connection Program 6000" First SQL query package to connect
the RS/6000 to the AS/400. Design and coding.
Team Lead responsible for design, coding and debugging of a
display station interface for a Picture Archival and
Communications System for the Mayo Clinic.
Wrote TCP/IP extended device drivers to run across an RS-6000 to
AS/400 Fiber Channel Standard link ( the predecessor to FDDI).
Education:
Attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI from 1976-
1981 Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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