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PROFESSIONAL SKILLSET
Technical Skills: Developing/Debugging/Scripting on Linux Platform,
Middleware/Application in Embedded Systems, Object-Oriented Design, etc.
Development Languages: C/C++, Linux/Bash, MATLAB, etc.
Personal Profile: Strong abilities of learning quickly, problem-solving, playing
the leader/team member’s roles; Outstanding verbal and written communication
skills and adaptive to dynamic environments.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Embedded Software Engineer & Project Coordinator Apr. 2011-present
ViXS Systems, Inc. Toronto, ON
Evaluating requirements specification and composing team’s proposals/documents;
Providing to c lients concept creation, efficiency optimization and technical support
of product’s functionalities;
Designing embedded middleware/application (i.e. multimedia-streaming app,
TCP/IP stack programming (HAL driver), CPU-loading deduction and memory-
leakage troubleshoot, etc.) for clients’ Set-top Box;
Developing functional modules (i.e. tuner/RF support of DVB-S/S2 and LNB
switching, DisEqC satellite-dish control codes, DLNA/DTCP-IP libraries for RDK-
platform integration, HDMI chip config and EDID parsing etc.) of ViXS XCode
series, in C/C++ under Linux;
Taking duty in unit test, integration test and system test, and providing continuous
technical support;
Maintaining releases with TortoiseSVN and presenting quick info to teams.
Research Assistant Sept. 2008-Oct. 2010
Photonic CAD Lab, McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Created and simulated new-generation fiber-optic transmission models for
research software with MATLAB, which proves systematic improvement by 10%
in accuracy and cost;
Assisted group members to deduce theoretical formula, and wrote academic
theses and internal documents for group’s reference.
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Teaching Assistant Sept. 2008-Jul. 2010
McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Tutored students in Calculus II and Circuit Design laboratory.
Sensors’ Researcher & Tester, Internship Jan. 2008-Jul. 2008
Hefei Optics, Inc. Hefei, China
Designed software model of fiber sensors using entrepreneur ’s SDK;
Operated independently experiments on samples with standard laboratory code,
and showed presentation of scientific results to management;
The valuable results were published on one of top professional journals as patent.
EDUCATION
Master of Applied Science, Electrical & Computer Engineering Oct. 2010
McMaster University Hamilton, ON
Full Scholarships from 2008 to 2010.
Bachelor of Science, Electronic Engineering and Information Science J ul. 2008
University of Science and Technology of China Hefei, China
Graduated with honors.
PUBLICATION
“Study on Spectral Characteristics of Bend Fiber Bragg Grating”, Chinese J. Lasers,
2008, Vol. 35(s2), pp. 220~223.
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