Software Design Engineer

Merson Joseph King

Cell: +** (0-415******

Email: ***********@*****.***

**/**, ***** ******, ********, WA.

Professional Summary

Detail-oriented, highly motivated Design Engineer with more than 6 years of successful experience in designing, developing, and implementing software and hardware solutions to support strategic business objectives. Complex product and industry knowledge, insight, creativity and experience relied upon when creating innovative designs and solutions. Well organised and reliable with ability to demonstrate effective problem solving, multi-tasking and communication skills. Good work ethics and ability to work in a team with diverse range of people, along with handling multiple responsibilities independently. Professionally trained in Agile Software Development.

Worked as a Software Developer intern with Australian SoftNet Services Pty Ltd, Sydney and did projects on responsive website design in VB.net. My professional experience comprises working as a Design and Test Engineer in U.K, Embedded System Design Engineer and Software Developer in India. I did Masters Degree in Embedded Systems from University of Greenwich, London and Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communications Engineering. Completed a programme in Work Place Communication for Professionals with Navitas, Sydney. In pursuit of refreshing and expanding my programming skills, I completed Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) courses in ASP and C# with .Net framework, and PHP.

Key Skills

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows 98/2000/XP/7/8.

Programming Languages

VHDL, C, C++, Embedded C, C#.

Technologies

ASP.Net, Win Forms, HTML, JavaScript, JQuery, CSS, XML, AJAX, WCF, Visual Studio, VHDL, CAD, Microcontroller Programming.

Databases

SQL SERVER, My SQL.

Utilities/Tools

Xilinx ISE, MPLAB IDE, Proteus ISIS & ARES, Altium, Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008, Dreamweaver 8.

Communication Interfaces

I2C, SPI, RS232, USB, CAN.

Ability to pick up new technologies and programming languages rapidly.

Excellent communication skills, in a fluent and courteous manner; both verbal and written.

Have strong work ethics and ability to work in a team with diverse range of people.

Self-starter and ability to work quickly and efficiently with minimal guidance in a team environment.

Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; dynamic, results oriented trouble shooter.

Experienced in developing embedded software application using C or C++ language.

Design and implementation of firmware written in C, in accordance with product/design specifications

Hands on experience in developing windows and web applications by using C#.net, Vb.net and ASP.net.

Familiarity with the development of systems using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology and experience of using VHDL in Xilinx.

Good knowledge of microprocessors, digital, analog and power electronics and real-time systems.

Got trained in V Model development of design and prototype creation, which could help to save the time and cost compared to the traditional water flow model of development.

Excellent in Professional report making and have brilliant Presentation skills.

A professional Chess player, an amatuer Badminton player and Cricket captain.

Summary of Work Experience

Sales Representative (casual), Powerforce, Blue Print, Perth Dec 2014 – Till date

Responsibilities

To plan, grow territory within independent and grocery channel.

Develop and maintain relationships with existing accounts.

Executing brand promotions and priorities around key activities during the year.

Promoting new exciting product launches.

Growing the business within key accounts by playing a crucial part in the execution of sales and marketing strategies.

Building and maintaining best practice displays in store.

Brand Ambassador (casual), Blue Print, Perth Sep 2014 – Till date

Responsibilities

Brand promotion of various company products ranging from Electronics/Electrical appliances to FMCG products.

Promoted the German Brand Miele for 5 continuous months in 2014-15 at Good Guys; presently doing the Miele 2015 campaign.

Explain the product details and benefits face to face to the customers and make the sale.

Generated excellent sales during Miele campaign and increased the store sales by 70%.

Electronics Engineer, SBE, Ashford, UK Jun 2011 – Sep 2012

Responsibilities

Participated in designing, coding, testing and deployment of the systems developed.

Involved in advanced software testing and debugging using COM Port and UART procedure. RF testing and fault analysis of different networks from GSM to UMTS.

Debugging of electronic circuits, schematic design analysis and analysis of faults, solutions and implementation of solutions.

Wrote protocols, qualification documents, test plans and test reports for quality assurance purposes.

Continually improved methods and procedures for processes, measurement, documenting and work flow techniques.

Contributed to design and problem solving discussions.

Achievements:

Was part of special team of 10 members for inspection from RIM, Germany.

Consistently met deadlines and requirements for all work orders.

Design Engineer, Focuz Technology, Cochin Mar 2007 – Dec 2009 Company was involved in developing embedded system based product and services, primarily custom based devices used in relation with vehicle tracking purposes.

Responsibilities

Involved in analysis, designing and development and testing of embedded software.

Developed and maintained embedded application and system modules for real-time operating systems.

Developed and tested applications that control data acquisition systems.

Offered help to other developers, performed peer reviews and delivered feedbacks for improvements.

Submitted technical proposals.

Solved any technical issues of customers which had been escalated by service team.

The new vehicle tracking device, helped the company sales to grow by 40%.

Liaised with customers and corporate partners.

Software Engineer, DLG Software, Cochin Sep 2005 – Feb 2007

An “ERP Management System” was developed for Imperial Engineering, Imperial Engineering was a Company that makes Electrical items for their Clients as per the client request. The solution encompassed of functional areas like Store, Production, Purchase, Sales and Finance.

Design and development of the system.

Coding and deployment of new modules.

Software support for post product release, debugging and feature enhancements.

Participated in code reviews with peers.

Formed and Maintained documentation adhering to technical standards.

Interacted with customers and implemented their feedbacks.

By redesigning the ERP system, increased the productivity by 30%.

Summary of Project Experience

Responsive Website Design using VB.net in Visual Studio 2010.

Design and Implementation of I2C/SPI Analyser. Designed logic analyser to monitor the serial buses. The data and clock speed was monitored and displayed using a GUI. The GUI was designed using Visual Basic 10.0. The system was designed and developed using Proteus ISIS and ARES. The coding and testing of the algorithm was done using MPLAB IDE.

Vehicle tracking devices using GSM and GPS modules. Developed the devices by integrating GPS and GSM modules, with the help of microcontrollers. The coding language used was embedded C and the data retrieved in NMEA format (GPRMC data) using UART interface was send to a server with the help of the GSM module.

ERP Management System using C#.net, ASP.net and Sqlserver-2005.

Sequence Detector and Synchronous Serial Adder using VHDL. It was carried out on a Xilinx CPLD and implemented using VHDL for which the sequence was generated with the help of a PIC.

Automation of LIDAR using Microcontroller Programming in Embedded C for Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum, India.

Classroom Management and Monitoring software using C# in Visual Studio 2010.

Online Ticket Reservation website using asp.Net and SQL server 2008.

Education Summary

Work Place Communication for Professionals Apr 2014 - Jun 2014

Navitas Sydney City

MCTS Software Engineering Course (Refresher) Sep 2013 - Feb 2014

India Options Software Pvt Ltd, Cochin

Masters Degree in Embedded Systems Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

University Of Greenwich, London

University Subject Topper.

Other Information

Permanent Resident

Representative chess player in national competitions; representative tennis player at college; cricket captain.

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