Eric M. Adams

**** ** **** **

Delray Beach, Florida 33445

561-***-**** ac8hyg@r.postjobfree.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-m-adams-39406914/ Embedded Software/Hardware Developer

Summary

Hard working and effective embedded developer and leader. Ready to learn your project needs and get results with over 30 years experience in analysis, design, leadership, testing, collaboration, documentation and support of embedded software and hardware. Lead a group or work as an individual contributor. Excels in full product cycle from concept to customer.

Skills

Overall System Design

Requirement analysis and implementation

C, C++

Development in Linux and Windows

Battery Management

Embedded IoT

Component and Module Interface Development

Schematic Design and Board/System Test

Work Experience

1) Novele Sept 2016 thru present

Head of Hardware Systems, Consultant

Director of hardware system design for start up company's premier wall mountable energy storage device. Prime technology leader developing full product. Working with other senior company leaders on feature set and competition, KPIs, budgeting, production, certification, sale, investments, support, testing, procurement and manufacturing. Assisted in creation of patent claims for company inventions.

Designed, coded, tested and documented embedded software for battery management systems for energy storage device. Included C based CANBUS interface code between dedicated Nuvation and Orion BMS modules and AWS IoT Raspberry Pi Linux based processor. Designed hardware configuration to affect monitoring and control of the system. Built and tested 2 prototypes and designed 3rd. 2) MagicLeap Sunrise, FL. August 2017 – May 2018

Lead Test Engineer for Device Battery and Power Systems. Led team to develop and implement extensive test procedures for verification of device power state including power management, boot up and shut down, performance, charger and battery. Found and report many significant issues. Main liaison to development at coordination meetings discussing power management design and verification.

3) ARRIS Boca Raton, FL Formerly PACE September 2015 – March 2016, July 2016 thru April 2017. Principal Software Engineer

Full software development cycle responsibilities for ARRIS/PACE new and legacy TV set top box (STB) product sets.

Code development, test, release and factory support for manufacturing test platform and customer deliverables. Using C/C++ and CVS repository tools in Linux Fedora. Highlights include debugging of crashes, updating and troubling shooting APIs, low level Broadcom CPU interfaces to communication and audio devices 4) Global Technology Systems (GTS), Riviera Beach, FL 9/2012 thru 9/2015 Embedded Project Leader

Full product lifecycle responsibilities for GTS’s Genius Battery Family. Smart batteries with on board Atmel micro controller. Responsibilities include embedded software and hardware design. C software system including battery State of Health, I2C communications, charging and protection system. Also analysis of SHA-1 authenticated printer to battery communications.

Assisted with batteries hardware design and verification including protection, charge/discharge and communications. 5) Siemens Molecular Imaging (MI), Knoxville, TN 1/2012 thru 8/2012 Digital Project Leader

Full product lifecycle responsibilities for the Siemens MI PET products including technical design and project management. Responsibilities include Engineering Change processing, FGPA design, circuit board design, test, verification and inter departmental communications. Localized an issue with data processing on a Fibre Channel link implemented using Xilinx Virtex 2 Pro Rocket IO and SFF SLC optical connections. Eric M. Adams Resume Senior Embedded Engineer Page 2 of 2 6) UTC Fire and Security, Boca Raton, FL. Formerly GE Security, 10/2007 - 10/2011 Lead Hardware Engineer

Full hardware project responsibilities including Hardware logic and board schematic designs, embedded C and assembly code for security access controllers utilizing Xilinx FPGA MicroBlaze soft processor with uClinux based code. Specific design responsibilities included successful implementation of NAND interface utilizing VHDL and Modelsim. Specification development Timing closure. Tasks included coordination with in house and external teams for test, procurement, manufacturing and certification.

7) XG Technology Oakland Park, FL, 8/2007 – 10/2007 Lead Hardware Engineer

Altera FPGA design, build and communications debug for cell phone development. 8) daVinci Systems, Coral Springs, Florida, 5/1993 - 8/2007 Project Manager, Hardware Engineer, Software Engineer

Project manager for product which grossed $10M. Responsibilities included design, specifications, communications, standards compliance, scheduling, budgeting, technical coordination, customer coordination, quality and risk analysis.

Hardware engineer for digital design of control panels with VFD and LCD Displays, real time video processors using Xilinx Virtex FPGA’s, DDR Memories, HDL, Verilog. High speed circuit board design, signal integrity and EMI.

Embedded software engineering projects included user session data translator, user interface, machine control and communications..

9) Plateau Digital, Grass Valley, CA., 5/1991 - 5/1993 Product Manager, design engineer and support for a hand held digital video multi meter 10) IBM, Boca Raton, Charlotte NC, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 06/15/1978 – 05/1991 Hardware Engineer, Software Engineer, System Support

Design engineer and system set support engineer for the Space Shuttle Launch System

Lead assembly language programmer on embedded control system for printers. Received Divisional Award for role in getting new product to market overcoming barriers between multiple divisions and disciplines.

Software then hardware design engineer for design and implementation of semi-conductor manufacturing systems. Responsible for creative and engineering effort that provided local control bypass overrides Additional Skills

GIT, Cross Compliers, Microsoft Project, PCB Designer, PADS, Layout, Project Management, PLC, Ladder Logic, Emulators, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Chipscope, PCIX,CVS, SVN, ClearCase, Kermit, Pearl, Bash/Shell Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Protocol Analyzers, FCC Part 15 A/B, IAR, I2C,GDB, Microsoft Visual Studio, Mentor Leonardo & Synthesis Education

Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida

Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering with Honors Other Accomplishments

Two related Patents in 1988-89

o 4,790,076 Instrument responsive to acceleration forces o 4,821,423 Instrument producing electrical signals in response to acceleration forces Volunteering Activities

President of Home Owners Association

Co-VP Social Action, Web Master and Former Co President for religious organization

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