Engineer Manager

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PHONE 202-***-**** • E MAIL ********@*******.***

L. Joe Dennis

Objective

An engineering position that will allow me to aid in the implementation,

test and integration of hardware / software systems. This position should

also allow for growth and the opportunity to lead and manage technical

teams.

Education

Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

Bachelors of Science – May 1996

Major : Electrical Engineering

Some course work toward masters in Electrical Engineering

Skills

8051 Processor

8051 Assembly Language

Atmega 328

Pic Controllers

I2C Communications

MATLAB

SQL databases

C

C++

C#

Visual Basic

Microsoft Visual Studio

.NET 3.5 / 4.0

UNIX

Real Time Operating Systems

ABEL (Advance Boolean Expression

Language)

CANBUS

J1939 Bus Protocols

Professional experience

ITT Technical Institute Huntsville, AL

Adjunct Instructor – July 11, 2011 – present

Presently teaching the senior level final class, Capstone: This class

is a fundamental review of all previous course work; the students are

responsible for an electronic design project which includes project

management, technical writing skills and a final project presentation.

Requires expert knowledge to write software to interface with the

following: sensors, controllers, cameras, motors and other subsystems.

Involves serial and wireless protocols and requires strong hardware

and software integration experience to complete projects.

Platforms used (Arduino protocol language - hardware descriptive

language that resembles C, C++, 8051 Assembly language, ABEL –

Advanced Boolean Expression Language, ABEL is based on Boolean

Algebra for digital logic design)

CDI Electronics, INC Huntsville, AL

Software Engineering Program Manager July 2011 – July 2013

Created software solutions using object oriented design methods-

Platforms used: Microsoft Studio, Visual Basic, C#, C++, Ansi C,

J1939 communication bus protocols, using CMMI development

processes.

Developed software using SQL databases to drive and select engine

data for packages selected by consumers.

Accountable for architecture, design and development for the

graphical user interface for MEDS software project using sound software

design methods: Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Cable design also a major part of the M.E.D.S. software package:

All cable designs were custom designed with PIC-24s and full use of

the PIC’s CANBUS, I2C, and UART modules.

Developed entire testing procedure for both software and hardware

deliveries. This included: written test processes for manufacturing and

also hardware design of engineering test equipment. The test stations

(engineering equipment) designed were mainly for manufacturing floor

personnel to test cable functionality for production cables.

Other responsibilities included all upgrade and quality assurance on

software and hardware deliverables. Planned and directed all activity

surrounding cable harness reliability, quality standards, and customer

concerns.

Chair, School of Electronics Technology 2010 – July 11, 2011

Manages programs and instructional staff within my school of study.

Ensures proper instruction and delivery of curricula. – Must have strong

organizational skills and ability to analyze documents.

Communicates performance expectations to instructional staff,

monitors performance, analyzes key performance indicators, evaluates

performance and recommends corrective actions. Facilitates faculty

concerns and resolutions.

Makes recommendations to the Dean regarding the selection,

retention, and scheduling of faculty.

Serve as curriculum resource for students and faculty. Conducts

regular curriculum meetings to inform faculty about new and revised

coursework and teaching materials.

Instructor - 2009-2010

• Taught material from an approved curriculum and developed daily /

weekly lesson plans with instructional aids. Excellent people skills

and public speaking was a must for the position.

• A high level of written and oral communication skills and the ability

to clearly express ideas / concepts were a repeated skill with faculty

and with students.

• Accountable for lab function, equipment and simulated environments

(UNIX, DOS, ABEL (Advanced Boolean Expression Language),

8051 ASSEMBLEY programming and Windows) for class

assignments and experiments.

KBR Government Contractor Tikrit, Iraq

Computer / Communications Engineer Feb 2005- March 2008

• Primary responsibility was to augment and ensure

communication infra-structure throughout US military and US

shared military installations within the Iraqi theater; military

installations, Forward Operation Bases (FOB), included Bayji,

Kirkuk, Tikrit and other remote locations, while maintaining US

government equipment in an extremely hostile, 12hr, 7 day week

work cycle.

• Installed VSAT satellite communication capabilities to remote

sites; with 1.5meter to 15meter dish arrangements. Set up and

maintained VOIP installs, wrote and maintained radio plugs for

UHF/VHF HT1250 Motorola family radios.

• Arranged, installed and maintained 1400 Sysco wireless bridge

and Motorola Canopy radios. Performed all maintenance,

technical solutions, and point of contact for user support issues.

Coordinated installs with heavy equipment such as scissor lifts

and crane operators.

L3 Communications Tampa, FL

Manufacture Engineer III 2003-2004

• Primary function was to direct an upstart test engineering effort

for a newly acquired Automatic Identification System (AIS); the

radio’s purpose is a collision avoidance tool by transmitting

shipboard functions, position and course reports, throughout

voyage and harbor activities.

Arranged support of failed units, managed the production line and

procured the fault / failure test lab area. Co-authored documentation

associated with the final acceptance test of the radio and performed an

overall design check to ensure performance.

Raytheon Systems St. Petersburg, FL

Systems Engineer II – Cost Account Manager 2000-2003

• Primary function as Lead Hardware / Systems Engineer and

Cost Account Manager (CAM) for the Landing Platform Device

(LPD -17); is to oversee, design and install a secure

communications telephone system for the LPD fleet series for the

U.S. Navy. Other communications sights included The Pentagon,

Washington D.C., Camp Smith, Hawaii, and McDill AFB, Tampa

Florida.

• Supervised all hardware operations for assembly, directed all

aspects of service, information, and performed financial analysis,

with an aggressive budget and schedule. Maintained regular

meetings with upper management, reporting workflow, schedule

progress and critical task achievements.

• Accountable for test bench operation of prototype boards, within

a UNIX and VxWorks environment. Tested and integrated rack

equipment: Red / Black communications switches, ATM

switches, RF equipment, routers and other TCP/IP proprietary,

off-the-shelf, rack equipment. Maintained and wrote UNIX test

scripts and C program threads for extended acceptance tests.

Hardware / Integration Engineer

• Primary function was to manage the System Integrated

Laboratory (SIL) lab for the National Airborne Operation and

Control (NAOC). Responsibilities include customer interface,

architectural design and schematic release of all switch and

functional peripherals from the switch.

• Maintained a secret clearance while maintaining all ISO 9000

laboratory standards. Also participated in surveys for future

MILSTAR HEMP (High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse)

enclosures.

Honeywell, INC – Strategic Space Division Tampa, FL

Test Engineer I 1998-2000

• Performed subassembly and system testing for inertial

navigation units. Troubleshot and designed solutions preserving

integrity of flight units. Manipulated and prepared special tests

using BASIC programming language.

• Simulated circuit design boards for satellite systems. Utilized

test vectors using Boundary Scan Description Language (BSDL)

models determining manufacture errors in Application Specific

Integrated Circuit (ASIC) bondings. Procured FPGA / ASICs in

VHDL with ACTEL, XILINX, and ALTERA logic libraries.

Created test vectors in FORTRAN, assembler languages and

MATLAB.

Electronic Data Systems Detroit, MI

Systems Engineer I 1997-1998

Managed engineering applications on SGI, IBM and SUN

Workstations within the General Motors world headquarters.

Supported client-server network and users all within a UNIX

environment. Liaison between customer and system administrators

resolving network problems.

References

May be furnished upon request.

AWARDS

X –Factor Award (valuable contributions) April 2010

Instructor of the quarter

September 2010

Chair of the quarter December 2010

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