Engineer Design

William R. Price

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Objective:

Design Verification Engineer

Experience:

Amzel Electronics LLC Groveland, MA

President Aug. 7, 2012 – present

Design, build and test analog audio circuits for guitar effects. Secure related patent.

Produce guitar effects for sale. Hand-build the units. Develop advertising materials. Create and maintain online store and web presence. Attend trade shows and canvass retail stores.

Mobile Hyperbaric Centers LLC Cleveland, OH

IT Director May 8, 2006 – Aug. 3, 2012

Institute and maintain IT department for medical treatment provider across multiple locations.

Musician Groveland, MA

Self Employed Sept. 2001 – Sept. 2005

Enterasys Networks, Inc. Andover, MA/ Nashua, NH

Design Verification Engineer Sept. 1998 – Sept. 2001

Perform design verification of a complex packet-switching ASIC. Plan, design and implement the test bench, including functional modeling of the interfaces (using Verilog and VHDL). Plan and implement the scripted regression suite (using Perl and Unix Shell). Accomplish exhaustive verification of the design at RTL up to final tapeout.

Perform general ASIC test bench maintenance and debug. Isolate causes of failure and provide verification fixes in VHDL and Verilog.

Perform functional debug of a VLAN router in the lab.

Lucent Technologies, Inc. North Andover, MA

Design Verification Engineer April 1998 – Aug. 1998

Perform functional verification of ASIC for a large-scale SONET based switch using Verilog.

Bay Networks Inc. Billerica, MA

Design Verification Engineer May 1997 – April 1998

Design and code a Verilog test suite to verify microprocessor-based controllers for routers.

Assist in the development and test of a reuseable transactor-based verification environment.

Datacube, Inc. Danvers, MA

Diagnostic Engineer/ Design Verification Engineer March 1993 – May 1997

Perform design verification of a video-switching ASIC. Plan and implement the test suite (in VHDL) and scripted regression suite (in Perl/Unix Shell). Deliver Verilog-compatible final test vectors for pre-fab tapeout of the netlist (approx. 1.5 years).

Produce numerous diagnostics for imaging hardware in C (approx. 2.5 years).

Create plan for production test of a mixed-signal analog video acquisition device. Write diagnostics in assembly language.

Aritech Corp. Natick, MA

Quality and Reliability Technician July 1985 – March 1990

Implement comprehensive Quality and Reliability test programs for validation of home security sensors, control panels and communication devices. Includes: perform tests; characterize failure modes; fully document the validation process.

William R. Price

42 Uptack Road Groveland, MA 01834

978-***-**** ******@******.***

Copley Controls Corp Newton, MA

Electronic Technician April 1985 – May 1985

PMC/Beta LP Natick, MA

Electronic Technician October 1981 – August 1983

Provide technical support in the design, production and repair of industrial vibration analyzers and monitors. Includes: build and test electronic breadboards and prototypes; design and implement automated test equipment for production test; troubleshoot and repair vibration monitoring equipment.

Skills:

C, Verilog, VHDL, Perl, Matlab, oscilloscopes, test equipment

Education:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

Advanced Study Program Certificate Sept. 2005 – Dec. 2005

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA

BSEE with Computer Engineering Emphasis -with distinction -Phi Beta Kappa Jan. 1990 – May 1992

Berklee College of Music Boston, MA

Film Scoring Sept. 1983 – Dec. 1984

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