Engineer Design
Resume:
Will Murray(Available for
Consulting)
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SUMMARY – Looking for longer term contract or direct work in the north
Dallas/Richardson/Plano/McKinney Areas. Will Consider Austin, Houston, San Antonio.
–30 yrs of Product Design Involvement doing Preventative Medicine Includes: Radars, Auto-
Pilot Sensors, Radio's-Life-Flight and Emergency Services, Satellite Phones for Search and
Rescue and Business Aircraft, 911 capability for Wireless Handsets, DSL Modems, VOIP
Phones, Semiconductors, and Electronics Manufacturing, Rugged File Servers, Avionics
Computing Modules for the prevention of accidents, Active Vibration Control Systems- Power
over Ethernet Link, Industrial Controls(Networked) Oxygen, Inert Gas Systems, Personal
Oxygen Systems High Temperature Modem Systems, High Temperature Pressure and
Vibration Sensors.
Extensive experience in electronics and software engineering in the Aviation/Aerospace and
Wireless industries, Experience in the Medical and Semiconductor and Electronics Industries.
Background encompassing product, research, and software development. Possess strong
development and implementation skills. Demonstrates a keen knowledge in software, CAD
tools, algorithm symbolic reduction tools and programming languages with the ability to
quickly grasp new technologies. Creative engineer that emphasizes customer satisfaction
through quality of product and service.
Specialties: Electronics – Analog Hardware Design and Digital Hardware Design at the
Printed Circuit Board Level – over 55 boards Designed, up to thousands of components.
Orcad, Cadence, Mentor-UNIX FPGA Firmware in VHDL, with Modelsim, and some Verilog,
over 20 PLD, and CPLD's and 9 FPGA's Embedded Software as it relates to Hardware in C,
C++, and Assembly Language, -over 12. Hardware Requirements, and Specifications, Test
Requirements and Specifications, Since 1980. Hardware Verification and Test.
SKILLS VHDL ModelSim
Xilinx Actel
LVDS Code Composer Studio
ARM7 DSP
Filter Design Power Supply Design
Digital Hardware Design Programmable Logic
CPLD MIPS
PowerPC Assembly
Analog FPGA
Orcad Firmware
Embedded Software Embedded Systems
Debugging Microcontrollers
Verilog C++
Electronics C
Electronics C
System Design Microprocessors
Circuit Design Multimeter
Logic Analyzer Signal Generators
Spectrum Analyzer Pspice
Schematic Capture Analog Circuit Design
Electromagnetic Compatibility Lightning Protection
Digital Signal Processors Simulations
Hardware Architecture Matlab
Simulink Integrated Circuit Design
Testing ARM
RF Semiconductors
EXPERIENCE UBM Tech 04 / 2012 - Present
Technology Blog Writer -- All Programmable Planet - UBM Media
Write Bi-Monthly Blog on MCU, FPGA And Programmable System On Chip Devices Write
Blog on Analog/MixedSignal technology
Mixed Signal Electronics / PCB Design Group on LinkedIn 03 / 2008 - Present
Co-Moderator
Connecting Mixed-Signal, Analog / Digital Board Level Design Professionals – Click on the
Icon found on my profile to join.
Avionics Design Group on LinkedIn 03 / 2008 - Present
Co-Moderator
Connecting Members of the Avionics Design Community –
FPGA / CPLD Design Group on LinkedIn 12 / 2007 - Present
Co-Moderator
The FPGA / CPLD Design Group on LinkedIn aims to help connect professionals in the fields
of CPLD / FPGA / and ASIC design.
SDSM&T Alumni Group on LinkedIn 11 / 2007 - Present
Co-Moderator
Connecting South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Alumni on LinkedIn
Confidential Company 08 / 2013 - 09 / 2013
Consultant - Hardware and Process Review
Process and Design Reviews for UL-1998 / CSA certified Burner Control Unit –
recommended generation of formal HW/FW requirements, Use of Defect Tracking, Dual
Dissimilar MCU's, Over Voltage / Transient / Static Discharge Protection on all Power and
I/O, Redundant Analog Sense Paths, and many other improvements to reduce insurance,
workman's compensation and liability coverage costs of systems.
Confidential company 04 / 2013 - 06 / 2013
Firmware Engineer(Contract/Consultant)
Firmware Engineer (Consultant/Contract) – Requirements Reviews, Code Reviews,
Document Reviews, Schematic Reviews, Process Reviews, Problem Reports and Resolutions –
DO-254 Level A/B/C Data-bus Application–Used to Aid in Assuring Safe Flight/and Control
– For Successful First – Pre Flight Review) Aided in Identifying Power on Reset, and
SEU(Soft Error), Other, related issues with Design /Design Processes. DOORS / Integrity
used.
CGG 06 / 2012 - 03 / 2013
Electrical Design Engineer
Design of Gauges and Sensors used in Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Production and
Exploration – High Temperature Electronics Design. – Even if you buy all your food and
health items from a natural food store and herb store petroleum has a significant impact
their on price, availability, and quality.
– 50% of a barrel of petroleum crude is used to make things other than gasoline – 30% of all
medicines use petroleum based chemicals – all plastics used in disposable hospital equipment
come from petroleum – all epoxy resins used for making the circuit board that runs the
computer or tablet you are using to view this come from petroleum.
Model Datalink over Submersible Pump Power Cable Modem using DMT Modem Technology
using SciLab(French version of MATLAB/Simulink), LTSpice, and C++. Analyze RS-232
gathered Burn-In Statistics in R language, Solid State Over Voltage Protection Circuit Design
using SiC devices. Schematic Capture in Altium. Revision of Hi-POT Test proceedures for
down hole circuit protection chokes. Design of high temperature PWM filter inductors for
down hole guage prototype. Construction, and high temperature test of High Temperature
Circuit prototypes.
Lake Geneva Research (DBA) 11 / 2010 - 01 / 2012
Volunteer as CTO / Research and Development Engineering -- A non profit R&D corporation
in start-up
Volunteer Position with Non-profit Research and Development including: Analog and Digital
Circuit, and Software, Specification, Design, Test, Support, and Qualification to FDA, and
Commercial standards. To Support Fitness, Wellness, Aerospace and Bio-Medical
Applications – Present Projects Devices to ease joint and back pain of people who are
traveling – Devices to make Sinus Surgery Safer by reducing chances of infection. Work with
legal team to prepair patent filing / preliminary patent filing documents. Prototype Key
design concepts, and test key concepts prior to incorporation into I.P. Perform failure
analysis on prototype hardware and firmware to determine design alternatives or alternate
vendor solutions. Work with sub-component vendors to optimize solutions.
Confidential Company 02 / 2009 - 11 / 2011
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Analog and Digital Circuit, and Software, Specification, Design, Test, Support, and
Qualification to FDA, and Commercial(FAA-RTCA) standards. Oxygen, and Inert Gas
Products – Projects Included
*Analog and Digital Design for TMS320C2808 Based Controller/Monitor for Oxygen
Concentrator with AC-DC Power Supply Design to Mil 704/Mil-461 – Develop FIR filter
requirements and coefficients for 2808 DSP for Oxygen Sensor for software in the loop
control
*AC-DC Power Supply Design for Inert Gas Generating System(Mil-704, Mil-461 qual)
*Preliminary Software Qualification of personal Oxygen System – Recommended
Implementation of Code coverage testing. White box and Black Box Testing of MSP430 C
code.(DO-178 used)
•Lead Electrical Engineer on Companies first On-Board-Inert-Gas-Generating System done to
RTCA DO-254 Firmware Safety Standard(Level A system, With Level D Monitor) Design
includes EMC Qualification to DO-160 – Work with Certifying Authorities, Customer, Other
Lead Engineers, and Consultants, to Develop Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification,
System Safety Assessment, Hardware Verification Plan, and other Certification Documents.
Work with consultant staff to develop Controller/Monitor Hardware Requirements based on
above. Oversee Verification of controller/monitor design per above. Design used to verify 787
OBIGGS Oxygen Sensor prior to production start. (Rad-Tolerant Actel Pro-ASIC3 FPGA HDL,
Synthesis, Place and Route, and Board Layout, DC-DC power supply design,EMI analysis and
qual.)
Medical (MedEvac) Oxygen System – Perform FDA related Failure Analysis for Components,
Production Support, Other Duties as Required, FDA related Design Change Decision Support
• Aid in identifying tools and capital equipment for proper in-lab, and production,
prototype, test equipment, and end equipment manufacturing and servicing. Aid in ordering
components for prototype builds. • Prepair changes to support production per FDA
requirements.
Confidential Electronics Mfg. Co. 04 / 2008 - 12 / 2008
Consultant Design Engineer(Electronics-FPGA)
Develop/Verify Data-link related functionality in VHDL for FPGA based Active Vibration
Control System for Helicopter to include High Altitude Med-Evac Missions. Make
Recommendations for Improving Ethernet Link Performance. Layer's 2-3 Protocol Stack
Development and Specification for Custom Hardware Control. (Sub 200uS loop) using
Xilinx ISE/ Mentor Modelsim tools for Synthesis, Testbench, Simulation, Place and Route
and Verification, and C++ for Development Perform RTCA-DO-160 EMC Testing of
prototype hardware, data-mine results, and write up recommendations for design
improvement. Make Recommendations for Design Improvement relating to FPGA aspects of
designs. Perform Vulnerability Analysis and Test of Networked Control Systems using
Smartbits, and other tools. Write recommendations for network security procedures for
Networked Industrial Vibration Control Device – Applied until tool vendor patched Xilinx
Micro-Blaze stack code. Review and Make Recommendations for Design Improvement
relating to FPGA / POE circuits. Contribute to DO-254 Process Effort.
Confidential Company 03 / 2007 - 04 / 2008
Consultant -- Electrial Engineer
Consultant to Business and Regional Systems Group –Hardware Platforms– via Volt
Terrain Awareness and Warning System – Used to prevent controlled flight into terrain /
landing with gear up type accidents. Develop T.I. C55x Code Composer Studio based code to
debug FPGA based Prototype for NAND FLASH controller ASIC. Use USB Blaster, and Altera
Quartus Signal-Tap Logic Analyzer. Debug Prototype PCB.
Common Computing Module: 747-800,ARJ-21,Others – Used to relieve the pilot when
required Evaluate AFDX/ARINC 664 Ethernet Parametric Testing Solution. Write Turbo-
ATLAS Software to control Ethernet Measurements via IEE488, USB, and RS-232 for
Tektronix DPO Oscilloscope and test fixture. Model Ethernet Test Path with SPICE Circuit
Simulator. Integrate Ethernet measurements with test suite. Modularize Test Suite. Modify
Lauterbach Emulator scripts. Add routine to load Flight Software. Make Recommendations
for Test/Equipment Improvement
File Server Unit : – Write Test Specifications and Requirements. Simulate Ethernet Signal
Path with HSPICE. Test, Correct Design of Unit.
787-GGM: – Recommend EMI Gasket Solution.
Xennia Technology Inc 05 / 2005 - 01 / 2007
Electrical Design - Hardware/VHDL
• Design and development of VHDL based FPGA print engine for Xaar Omnidot -760
Printhead. –Used to Print LCD processing Steps, Medical Bar-Codes, and Nano-Technology
processing steps - Control/Jetting for 30 Ton Ink-Jet. Design used 420MBPS LVDS Serial
Links to Print Heads. Design was over 1.2 Million Gates of VHDL. • Add new features to
VHDL based FPGA based Print Engine Designs using Xilinx ISE/ Mentor Modelsim tools for
Synthesis, Testbench, Simulation, Place and Route and Verification. • Aid in Debugging
ATMEL AVR RISC micro-controller code for Print Engine Aux. Processors. This included
algorithm/filter development using Maxima for software in the loop logarithmic temperature
compensating piezo array warp control switching power supplies(48wX2x4x6) array output.
• Recommend/Implement Design Improvements to Printed Circuit Board Designs – ORCAD
tools. • Support Production and Repair of circuit boards through development of BOM’s,
ECO’s and Procedures, for FDA and Nano-Technology applications • Other duties as required
by a small and fast paced start up organization.
Texas Instruments 2003 - 2005
Electrical Design Engineer
• Voice over Packet and Digital Subscriber Loop ASIC’s verification and board level support.
– Used for Wireline Communications for Hospitals, Dr's Offices, and other Businesses.
• Implemented Digital Verification Debug Board for ADSL-II Modem, and Xilinx Virtex
FPGA Daughterboard for 6713 DSK printed circuit board hardware, some supporting
software and Verilog, and performed ASIC physical verification tests. Used Cadence Orcad
for schematic capture for printed circuit board design input. Assisted in performing signal
integrity analysis using Cadence Spectraquest,. Run ADSL modem Networking Subsystem
Verification Tests.(MIPS-Vision ICE, IXIA Ethernet generator) *Accurately forecast
Insufficient Throughput in Design 3 months prior to tape-out.
• Used Code Composer studio to write ARM and C54xx C code for C5472 VOIP ASIC
hardware diagnostics.
Nokia 1999 - 2003
Design Engineer Baseband
• TDMA phone base band hardware and firmware design and verification. Research 911
Capability implementation
• Implemented audio and energy management portions of printed circuit boards and verify
audio, analog, and memory subsystems, as they interact with base band processor portions of
designs. Simulated EMC components with APLAC simulator. Team member of Failure Modes
Effects Analysis(FMEA).
• Supported ASIC cost reduction efforts and production efforts. Integrated new ASIC’s with
required new software changes, and evaluated required hardware changes. Team
successfully delivered over 18 million phones.
• Tested designs for EMI, EMC, ESD, and HIRF compliance and modified as required.
*Initiated Discussions that eventualy led to Merger between AWR and APLAC.
• Regression tested software releases as they related to the base band and audio hardware,
and took operating system traces.
*Wrote Nokia Dallas Baseband ASIC in Product Laboratory Verification Process Document.
*Field Check of Voice/911 Call Performance in Dallas Rush Hour Traffic – W/Data Logging
to PC
Honeywell 1996 - 1999
Staff Engineer
-as part of AlliedSignal -Olathe • Lead a team of seven engineers to develop an airborne PBX
hardware/software sub-function of an ARINC-761 (Airsat-5/8) based aero-SATCOM for a
747/777 class and large biz-jet aircraft. Used to allow crew to discuss in-flight medical
emergencies with ground. Team designed high-complexity mixed-signal PWB with over
1,200 components, CPLDs totaled over 15,000 gates. Wrote the initial hardware
requirements spec. Team developed 30,000 lines of OO device drivers and built in self test
code in SEI level three process and under RTCA DO-178B software safety guidelines.(E1,
TSI, ST bus, audio, digital, VHDL, STU-III) *Project group completed First Concorde LEO
SATCOM Call above Mach 1.2 *Project group completed First ER2 LEO SATCOM Call above
65,000 Feet *Project group completed First SATCOM Call above Mach 2.4 (Lockheed
Aircraft). *Field/Flight Test of Airsat in "Zippin Chicken" King Air
Honeywell 1993 - 1995
Sr. Project Engineer
• As part of AlliedSignal - (Prescot)
Assisted with feasibility study for Aero-I Satcom High Power Amplifier – (digital/software
portions). *Aided in the initial launch of Flightphone-800.
*Assisted with Flight Management System feasibility study(68349 vs PowerPC MPC555
design tradeoffs) *Feasibility Study of Digital Passenger Communications
System(PBX/Handsets for SATCOM) *Support of Below Multi-purpose Transceiver –
Installation Diagrams, Field /Customer Support, Custom Applications, Documentation
Package Preparation
First of Type Field/Flight Test Support for JetRanger, Notar, Citation,, other
Civil/Government/ Aircraft, Of ARC-513, other Radio Programs *Worked with Customer
to Identify Issues with systems by Flying on customer aircraft including during Tactical
Situations *Submitted Idea for Commercial Low Earth Orbit Aircraft SATCOM to V.P. of
Engineering
Honeywell 1990 - 1993
Project Engineer
– As part of AlliedSignal/Sundstrand/(GlobalWulfsberg) • Co-wrote 18,000 lines of
C/Assembly for 8051 to control new 30-960 MHz. AM/FM transceiver for Life-Flight / Aerial
Firefighting / Emergency Services / Search and Rescue applications.
*Hardware effort included new main processor board for Control / Display Unit, radio
mother board design, assist with radio MCU/DSP on DSP/Logic board.(RS-485,RS-
422,SPI,I2C,A/D,D/A,DSP, audio,RS-232)FCC,DO-160. *Flight/Field Test of some of The
First Helicopter Surface Mount Electronics in The World *Troubleshot numerous SMD and
other issues by Flying with Customer and Observing Issues during Flight Test *Design
Pioneered Phase-locking of the MCU/DSP to the RF Reference Oscillator *Design was first
Aircraft Grade 30-960MHZ Transceiver in world ARC-513 Support
Texas Instruments 1985 - 1990
Electrical Design Engineer
• Attend Graduate School in EE/Biomedical Engineering Minor – Evaluate Semiconductor
Components used in High Reliability Applications. Designed, developed, and integrated a
radio frequency compensation module for Broadband ADF(Automatic Direction Finding) like
application used to save pilot's lives. Design also did Gain and Offset Compensation for Auto-
Pilot Improved previous design by adding Error Detecting and Correcting Memory(EDAC),
and reducing the number of circuit cards from two to one. Designed analog, and digital
hardware. Wrote assembly language, C, and Pascal for test and real-time software.
Prototyped TMS320-based hardware and software to perform coordinate vector rotation in
real time.
• Implemented pre-production design improvements on K-band Automatic Frequency control
board for Multi-mode Radar Application. Used to keep pilots from getting lost with their
head in the clouds. Improved hardware and revised TI BASIC IEEE-488 test software for unit
and environmental testing.
EDUCATION The University of Texas at Arlington 1988 - 1990
Electrical Engineering
The University of Texas at Dallas 1986 - 1987
Graduate Coursework - Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 1981 - 1985
Bachelors, Electrical Engineering
USMCR-P-L-C – Aviation, Intramural Football, Intramural Basketball, Amateur Radio Club
Awarded Professor of Military Science Award of Distinction Medal – for Stopping Cadet's Fall
During Rappelling Exercise with My Body
Northwest College 1979 - 1981
Dual Enrollment - Engineering Prep
HONORS Past President Yavapai Amateur Radio Club, Strathmore's Who's Who 1996 Who's Who in
the West 1995 Who's Who in the Midwest 1996 Stanford's Who's Who 2010-2011
INTERESTS FPGA, VHDL, PCB Level Design, C/C++, Assembly Language, New Product Development,
Electronics Design, Embedded Software Development,
Trout Fishing, Linux, Amateur Radio, Radio Controlled Vehicles, Robotics South Dakota
School of Mines Alumni Group on LinkedIn,(Co-Moderator) FPGA/CPLD Group on LinkedIn
(Co-Moderator)
Mixed Signal Electronics / PCB Level Design Group on LinkedIn (Co-Moderator)
ASSOCIATIONS I.E.E.E, American Chemical Society, South Dakota School of Mines Alumni Group on
LinkedIn(Co-Moderator), FPGA/CPLD Group on LinkedIn(Co-Moderator) South Dakota
School of Mines Networking Group on LinkedIn(Co-Moderator), University of Texas
Arlington -Alumni, Staff, Former Students Network (Co-Moderator) Mixed Signal Electronics
and PCB Design Group on LinkedIn(Co-Moderator)
LANGUAGES English ( Native or bilingual proficiency ) German ( Limited working proficiency )
PATENTS Rhinoscope Warming Device Filed, 06 / 2011
US I nventors: Will Murray(Available for Consulting)
Method for warming a Rhinoscope or Endoscope to prevent fogging. The aim is to prevent
the transmission of disease due to the current practice of warming the instrument on another
part of the body.
PUBLICATIONS (FPGA) Low Latency is not just for the Quants 05 / 2012
All Programmable Planet (UBM) Authors: Will Murray(Available for Consulting)
http://www.programmableplanet.com/author.asp?
section_id=2023&doc_id=244550&&goback=%2Egde_4376879_member_118274841
A side note of one LinkedIn discussion on a major FPGA Group was that low latency
networks – the big FPGA-based innovation that is sweeping the financial trading industry – is
pretty much limited to that industry. For example, consider the recent article that appeared
on the Network Computing Website: Arista Outpaces Cisco Again With FPGA Switch.
In reality, however, there are many other players carving out a niche with low-latency, high-
throughput networks and networked devices. Some of these take a very serious side like the
AFDX and ARINC 664 networks driving the avionics systems in the Airbus A380 and the
Boeing 787 Dreamliner, among others. (You can find out more information on AFDX and
similar networks on the Xilinx and Actel Websites.) These networks improve reliability and
save weight, while the low-latency and high-throughput hardware in the FPGAs and ASICs
that run the lowest layers of the links help guarantee that all the date arrives in a safe and
timely manner. Similar networks are employed in the rail and marine industries.
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