Design Engineer

Bin Liu

**** **** **** ****** • Oakland, CA *****

Phone: 510-***-**** • E-Mail: *********@*****.***

Summary

• 14+ years of experience in semiconductor industry with rich hands-on experience in

developing, designing, debugging, and troubleshooting digital/analog systems using

FPGAs, PLDs, SoCs, embedded microcontrollers, linear/SMPS regulators, sensors, and

memory devices with different sets of software and hardware tools

• 1 year of experience in I.T. support field with web design and SQL database experience, and with certification in Cisco CCNA, Microsoft MTA, and COMTIA A+

• Ability to lead complex board design projects from start to finish, including initiating and completing detailed design specification, implementation plan, test plan, project progress tracking reports, test reports, as well as involving in actual hardware, software, and firmware designs and documentations

• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and analytical skills, and the ability to systematically break down large complex problems into small parts and logically & methodically resolve the issues with the big picture in mind

• Excellent technical writing and presentation skills. Had written various Atmel product

datasheets, application notes, software and hardware user's guides, comprehensive test

reports, and presenting them to customers

Major Achievements

• Successfully completed AES/3DES USB boot loader AVR microcontroller firmware

reference design and delivered it to the customer with actual design demo on Atmel STK600

board

• Successfully helped an ASIC customer to finish their Gigabit Ethernet card ASIC design

emulation using Xilinx Virtex family FPGA with ChipScope Pro Logic Analyzer

• Successfully helped an ASIC customer completed their I/O expander ASIC design emulation

using Altera Cyclone-II family FPGA with SignalTap II Logic Analyzer

• Successfully designed, constructed, and tested Xilinx Virtex and Spartan families of the FPGA boards, Altera Stratix and Cyclone families of the FPGA boards, Atmel Zigbee Light link Remote Controller Board, XMEGA ADC (Explorer) board, MonaLisa Remote Qmatrix Touch Remote Controller board, sensor adapter boards, ATDH1150USB programming cable, Atmel

ATF15xxx CPLD development board, new version of the Atmel ATDH2200E programming

board, and adapter boards. Also designed the Getting Started Example codes for many of

these evaluation boards using with embedded C/C++, VHDL,and Verilog

• Worked intensely with Atmel FPGA configuration memory design team to design Atmel

AT18F(A) series FPGA configuration memories that can be used to configure many different

families of Xilinx and Altera FPGAs. This is a very successful product design that allows user to use Atmel FPGA configuration memories as low cost replacement solutions for many Xilinx and Altera FPGA configuration memories

• Awarded as an IPAD Winner in Wells-CTI's 2010 Design Idea Challenge Contest by submitting innovative socket design idea in using Atmel microcontroller

• Represented Atmel Corporation to be one of the judges for FPSLIC Design Contest Seminar in Shanghai, P.R.C. on May, 2005

• Represented Atmel Corporation to conduct FPSLIC (SOC) Seminars in Beijing and FuZhou

cities of P.R.C. on June, 2004. This event was published in Chinese SEMI.WORLD Magazine

on July 2004

Knowledge/Skills

• FPGA/PLD Implementation and Simulation Tool Skills:

Xilinx ISE Design Suite, Altera Quartus II, Atmel IDS, SystemDesigner, Wincupl, ProChip

Designer, Synopsys DCcompiler, and MentorGraphics' ModelSim

• Hardware Emulation Tool Skills::

Xilinx ChipScope Pro, Altera SignalTap II, Segger/IAR JLINK, Atmel SAMICE and AVR JTAG

ICE mkII

• MCU Firmware Design Tool Skills

IAR WorkBench, Atmel/AVR Studio, Atmel Samba, Rowley Crossworks, and Atmel Qtouch

Studio

• IC Programmer Skills:

Atmel ATDH200E and ATDH1150USB, Xilinx Multilink, Altera USB Blaster, BP Programmers,

Data I/O programmers, Hi-Lo programmers, and Needhams Programmers

• Electrical/RF/Network Tool Knowledge:

Multimeter, Power supply tester, Logic Analyzer/USBEE, Oscilloscope, RF Packet Sniffer,

Spectrum Analyzer, Cable Tester, Wire strippers, Crimper, Loopback plugs, and Network

Analyzer

• Hardware Design Language and Tool Skills:

Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, SystemC, Orcad, Altiumn Protel, ViewLogic

• Software Design and Scripting Language Skills:

Java, Javascript, Visual C++, C#, Python, Perl, Shell Script, and AppleScript

• Firmware Design Language Skills:

Embedded C/C++ and assembly language

• Operating System Skills:

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, Solaris, Redhat and Ubuntu Linux

• MS Office Suite Knowledge:

Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Exchange

• Design and Support tracking system skills:

Subversion, eJournal, MS Access, Bugzilla, Sharepoint, and Jira system

• Web Design Language and tool skills:

Dreamwaver, Adobe Photoshop Element, HTML/HTM5, CSS/CSS5, jQuery, and Javascript

• I.T./Network Knowledge:

TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, 802.11a/b/g/n, LAN, WLAN, WAN, SSH, FTP, VLAN, SVN, VPN,

PC/Laptop Repair/Assemble, Data Backup/Restore, System Recovery, User Account

Administration, Remote Desktop Connection, Windows Remote Assistance, Cisco Switches

and Routers, PBX/IP-PBX, Active Directory, Windows Server, Symantec Ghost, Windows XP

Mode, Saas, and Structured Troubleshooting

Professional Experience

Technician Intern 2/2013 – 2//2014

Printer Plus, San Leandro, CA

• Provided maintenance & repair services for many printers/faxes/scanners/copiers/computers

• Researched and recommended many software and hardware changes for improvement

• Upgraded and re-installed many different operating systems on laptops/desktop computers

• Performed data backup and restoration on many computers

• Developed and hosted a new bullet proof web site for Printer Plus

• Designed and Implemented an Inventory tracking database using Mysql and PHP

• Resolved many printers, copiers, faxes, scanners, and computers related issues efficiently

• Performed data backup and restoration for many computers

Senior Applications Engineer (Microcontroller Business Unit 11/2010 – 1/2013

Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA

• Provided HW & SW applications supports & design services to many key customers & FAEs

• Designed and constructed many development boards such as the low noise ADC boards

ZigBee Light Link Evaluation Kit boards, Qtouch Remote Controller boards, senor boards...etc

• Developed and tested many firmware reference design projects

• Resolved many production related failure analysis issues and documented them with reports

• Developed GUI file conversion software using Visual C++ for firmware design

• Created many product training presentation slides using Microsoft PowerPoint

• Delivered many Technical Product Training and Demos to many customers and FAEs

Applications Engineer 1 (ASIC Design Business Unit) 8/2009 – 11/2010

Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA

• Helped many customers successfully finished their ASIC emulation designs using

Xilinx/Altera FPGAs

• Assisted many customers successfully built their FPGA boards for ASIC design emulation

• Developed several emulation reference designs and evaluation kits with user guides

Application Engineer (Programmable SOC Business Unit) 7/1999 – 8/2009

Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA

• Developed many reference designs and documented with application notes

• Created and published many product datasheets and user guides for development kits

• Designed programming and development boards and adapters using Orcad

• Resolved many marginal design failure issues for Atmel customers

• Created and published several SPLD/CPLD/FPGA/FPSLIC/Configurator training tutorials.

• Provided product training for field application engineers and key customers

• Developed Microsoft help files for CPS GUI software

• Created & translated many PLDs/FPGAs/FPSLICs training tutorials in Chinese

• Helped many customers converted their Xilinx/Altera FPGA designs and memory solutions to

Atmel FPGA and Configurator solutions

• Assisted many customers to successfully finish functional & post-layout simulation, and

co-verification of their designs

FPGA Applications Intern 1/1999 – 7/1999

Manpower - Atmel Corporation, San Jose, CA

• Provided product hotline support services to many customers/Field Applications Engineers

• Revised many applications notes and datasheets for Atmel FPGAs

• Helped many customers resolved FPGA design and software related issues

Education

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, San Jose State University, 12/1998

• Microsoft Certified Professional/Microsoft Certified Technology Associate (MTA), 2013 - 2016

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA - Routing & Switching), 2000 - 2003, 2013 - 2016

• CompTIA A+ Certified ce, 2013 - 2016

Reference

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