Engineer Electrical

Jim Woodward

Spring, TX *****

****.********@*****.*** 832-***-****

www.linkedin.com/in/jimdwoodward

Innovative & Solutions Driven Firmware & Electronics Engineer

Leverage Hardware Background to Build Reliable Embedded Firmware

Accomplished Electronics Engineer with comprehensive experience across all

areas of embedded firmware development including low-level functions such

as interrupt handlers and hardware drivers. Hands-on experience designing

firmware and debugging code by using the IDE, emulators, oscilloscopes,

meters and other hardware test equipment.

Adept in applying strong hardware while using formal design methodologies

and tools in firmware design. Skilled at product life cycle management from

feasibility, definition, design, and prototyping to introduction and

sustaining. Partner well with multi-discipline and multi-national design

teams located around the globe. Capable of developing schedules and budgets

and supervising small design teams. Areas of expertise include:

C/C++ OOP/OOD and UML Assembly Language

RTOS Communication Protocols Version Control

HW & FW Debugging MISRA C Coding Standards Signal Processing

Technical Risk Assessment Failure Analysis Design Documentation

Professional Experience

Baker Hughes Inc., Houston, TX 2007 to 2015

Firmware Architect - RDD Engineer VI 2014 to 2015

Systems Engineering / Firmware Architect - RDD Eng. V 2012 to 2014

Electronics & Firmware Engineer - RDD Engineer V 2007 to 2012

Designed firmware and signal processing algorithms for use in Logging &

Measurement While Drilling (LWD & MWD) downhole tools. Defined system level

communication interfaces and data processing / flow. Contributed to

developing a new Embedded C Coding Standard largely based on MISRA. Skilled

at using and programming for I2C, SPI, RS232/RS485, CAN, McBSP, Ethernet

TCP/IP UDP, PWM, timers, watchdogs, real time clocks, and flash or eeprom

non-volatile memories.

. Acted as Firmware Architect and Lead on the Deep Transient EM (DTEM)

Resistivity tool working with three other firmware engineers and two VHDL

coders to develop the signal processing algorithms, data flow,

communication protocols, memory file system and real time telemetry

compression algorithm.

. Wrote the code for the DTEM's Memory and Control DSP using an RTOS to

control setting the pre-run setup parameters, communication with the tool-

string master, recording of commercial & research data down hole as well

as diagnostic data, data compression prior to sending real time telemetry

data to the tool string master for mud pulse telemetry up hole and

handled dumping the memory over an Ethernet link during the post-run.

. Completed the definition, design and development of firmware code for the

Monopole Acoustic tool's Memory, Acquisition and Control board to control

source firing, acquisition, flash memory storage and memory dump and tool

configuration at the surface.

. Worked on completion of the design for the DropShot Project - this tool

collected acoustic data downhole when the tool was dropped down the drill

pipe before pulling out of hole.

. Designed Directional Navigation and Pressure logging tools for Next

Generation project. Tasks included electronic circuit design input and

firmware design and development.

. Extensive use of TI Code Composer Studio IDE and TI's RTOS SysBIOS on

C2000 (specifically 2809, 2811 and 28335) DSPs. Design experience on

Microchip's dsPIC, Analog Devices SHARC DSP, Freescale / Motorola MCore

and HC12S, Intel 8051 core and Altera NIOS II softcore.

EIM Controls Inc., (acquired by Emerson) Missouri City, TX 2004 to 2007

Control Systems Engineer

Designed firmware for automated valve actuator controls for industrial

applications which responded to valve position commands via MODBUS,

Ethernet, or 4-20 mA signals. Used Microchip PIC16 & PIC18

microcontrollers.

. Updated and designed new code for the local and remote display modules of

the TEC2000 valve actuator.

. Worked on a new valve actuator control project for the ECP2000 as

contributor to the electronic design and in charge of the embedded

firmware design and coding for the Central Processor Module board.

. Designed and coded the Electronic Position Indicator (EPI) for the 320B

actuators.

. Completed the code on the Digital Futronic add-on card for the M2CP

actuators, which takes a 4-20 mA input signal to set the valve position

and uses a self-tuning PID algorithm to move the valve to the desired

position.

. Testing and design for EMC compatibility for purposes of passing

hazardous area approvals and UL/CE mark.

Moblize, Houston, TX 2003 to 2004

Senior Electrical Engineer, plus part time contract work from August 2004

to March 2005

Designed small RTU control unit to do monitoring and data acquisition to

provide remote well site data monitoring and relay the information

wirelessly or via satellite to a central control or monitoring station.

Additional Experience

Advantage R&D (acquired by Weatherford), Houston, TX

Senior Electrical Engineer

Designed drilling dynamics vibration measurement system & environmental

severity monitor.

Bently Nevada Corp. (acquired by GE), Houston, TX

Senior Engineer & Project Lead

Designed and lead projects for machinery health monitoring systems and

vibration transducers.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages C++, C, JAVA, Pascal, Fortran, Assembly, Basic, and some

Visual Basic .NET

Programming Skills Object Oriented Design / Programming (OOD/OOP), UML, Static &

Dynamic Testing, Version Control Software (TFS, SVN, Git,

Clearcase).

Embedded Firmware RTOS, SPI, I2C, CAN, USB, UART (RS-232/485), McBSP, Ethernet

TCP/IP UDP, DMA, Data Acquisition with A/D's, Signal

Processing and digital filters, JTAG Emulators and Debuggers

Software MATLAB, AutoCAD, Schematic Capture and SPICE simulation, Code

Editors & IDE's

Circuit Design Analog and digital circuits, passive and active filters,

4-20mA control loops, communication interfaces, charge amps,

instrumentation amps, tolerance analysis and worst case

design.

Test & Measurement Oscilloscopes, Logic Analyzers, Multi-meters, Signal

Generators, LCR meters, Lock-in Amplifiers, Data Acquisition

& Data Recorders, Protocol Analyzers, etc.

Education

Post Graduate Software Engineering Courses (work towards a Master's

degree),

University of Houston, Clear Lake, Houston, TX, GPA 3.83

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering,

University of Houston, University Park, Houston, TX

Associations

Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

Member, IEEE Computer Society

Volunteer, Jesse H. Jones Park's Homestead Village Woodshop Re-enactor &

Educator

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