Rene A. DeBacker Jr.

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San Antonio, Texas 78255

Mobile:210-***-****

acqev6@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: A systems engineering or product development engineering position with a market-leading company that allows me to utilize my experience in system and hardware design developing exciting and innovative products in a team atmosphere.

Experience:

2012-Present Consultant - PEL Logic LLC, San Antonio, Texas

Key technical member of startup company retrofiting existing direct-to-fabric printers with Ricoh Gen 4L print head technology.

Responsible for design, development, and production of new electronics including schematic capture, board layout, procurement, testing, FPGA VHDL code, and firmware C code.

Develop C code for debug and test.

Generate printer production documentation including wiring diagrams and systems overview.

Build prototype boards and cables.

Coordinate production technicians.

Provide field support.

Design review and failure analysis of storm water abatement filter system.

Redesign of battery-powered controller to reduce power footprint, improve voltage transient immunity on valve interfaces, provide temperature-based solar panel charging, and provide intelligent solar panel over-voltage protection .

Manage new production buid and testing of redesigned controllers.

Develop C code for debug and test.

Coordinate field test and analysis of redesigned controller.

2010-2012 Project Engineer/Staff Hardware Engineer – InkJet Wide Format Printer R&D - Gandy Digital LLC, San Antonio, Texas

Development of custom COM-Express carrier card. Responsible for all aspects of the project – from concept to production including specification, design, schematic capture, board layout, procurement, production, testing, and field support.

Design and simulation of Xilinx Spartan 6LXT FPGA with PCIe endpoint.

Design and simulation of Lattice XP2 FPGA - SuperIO emulation with Quad UART and SPI on LPC bus.

OEM COM-Express compact format Atom-class computer .

Implement PCIe,GB Ethernet,USB,RS422,SPI,JTAG, and high-speeed serdes interfaces.

Development of UV LED ink curing electronics.

Design of control board with SiLabs 8051 microcontrollers and TI LED drivers.

Design UV LED arrays mounted on aluminum PCB.

Develop C code for debug and test.

2002-2010 Project Engineer/Staff Hardware Engineer – InkJet Wide Format Printer R&D - Gandinnovations LLC, San Antonio, Texas

Development of custom pixel processor module utilizing Freescale PowerQUICC II SOC. Responsible for aspects of the project.

Design and simulation of Xilinx Spartan 3E FPGA.

Implement GB Ethernet with Marvell phy, and DDR2 memory interface.

Development of multiple generations of custom multi-axis motion controllers.

Design and simulation of Xilinx CPLDs and FPGAs.

Infineon microcontrollers and Axis Communications SOCs.

Implement 100Mbit Ethernet interface.

Develop C code for degug and test.

Design production test sets.

Development of custom video frame capture module utilizing Xilinx FPGA, ZBT RAMS, and Analog Devices video decoder.

Development of white and RGB LED illumination systems for camera-based inspection and registration.

Coordination of work performed by out-sourced technical consultants and integration of designs into product line.

2001-2002 Consultant – Vivid Printer Innovations – San Antonio, Texas

Responsible for hardware specification, design, and development of electrical subsystems for custom inkjet printers. Developed interfaces for multiple XAAR printheads.

1999-2002 Manager/Project Engineer/Staff Hardware Engineer – InkJet Wide Format Printer R&D - Signtech LLC, San Antonio, Texas

Development of next generation printer electronics employing OEM Compact PCI backplane/enclosure, and Pentium-class and PowerPC processors.

Devlopment of PCI and PMC pixel processor modules utilizing Xilinx FPGA, ZBT RAMs, PLX Tech PCI target interface, and HotLink interface.

Development of motion controller utilizing TI DSP, Xilinx FPGA, and 1394 FireWire interface/repeater.

Project team lead on design analysis of current production printer to improve reliability and reduce costs.

1996-1998 Consultant

Design of low-cost H.320 Multipoint Control Unit for ISDN video teleconferencing.

Design of timer module for IEEE 802.11wireless LAN MAC controller chip codeveloped by Lucent Technologies.

1993 - 1999 Staff Engineer - Video Products Development - Datapoint Corporation, San Antonio, Texas

Development of high-capacity non-blocking modular switches for MINX Video Teleconferencing system.

Design of multiple generations of video conferencing workstations – ISA base and standalone, migration from analog audio/video to digital.

Design of custom picture-in-picture module.

Design of intelligent 10/100Mbit Ethernet-based RS-232 adapters based on 386/486-class controllers.

1986-1993 Senior Engineer – Network/Processor and Peripheral I/O Development - Datapoint Corporation

Development of x486 high-performance dual processor for multiprocessing system.

Development of x386/286-based ArcnetPlus/Arcnet LAN adapters, SCSI adapters, and 10Mbit Ethernet network adapters for multiprocessing systems.

Development and maintenance of test microcode/firmware for LAN/SCSI adapters.

Development of ISA-based ArcnetPlus/Arcnet LAN NICs and hubs.

Specification and design of ArcnetPlus Controller ASIC clock recovery circuit.

1981-1986 Associate Engineer/Engineer I - Peripheral I/O Development - Datapoint Corporation

Development and maintenance of SMD disk controller microcode.

Vendor selection and product integration of OEM disk/tape peripherals.

Skills: High-speed board-level architecture, specification, and design.

Extensive design experience with embedded microcontrollers/microprocessors, industry-standard buses/networks, and FPGAs/CPLDs.

Interface to various sensors including pressure transducers, capacitive level sensors, proximity sensors, limit switches, pumps, and valves.

Manage product migration from marketing through development to production release.

Strong written and verbal skills.

Coordination and management of development team members and consultants.

VHDL design and verification

Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs

Orcad Schematic Capture

PCAD PCB Board Layout

PCIe, PCI, PMC, Compact PCI, ISA, and PC104 buses.

Intel/AMD x86 Microprocessors

SiLabs and Atmel AVR Microcontrollers

1GBit/100MBit Ethernet and Arcnet LANs

Video Decoders/Encoders

Analog/Digital Audio and Video Interfaces

RS232/RS422/SPI/JTAG Interfaces

C programming language

Windows Office/Word/Excel/Visio

Education: 1978-1982 Trinity University

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science,

Concentration in Computer Science

GPA 3.45/4.0

1984-1988 University of Texas at San Antonio

Master Of Business Administration

GPA 3.94/4.0

Patents: Co inventor of US Patent No. 5,999,966 Control Network-Directed Video Conferencing Switching System and Method

Training: Motorola PowerPC MPC60x Training

Understanding ATM Course

NCR ASIC Design Course

High Performance Computer Architectures

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