Patrick B. Cicero

Cedar Rapids Iowa

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System / Software Engineer

Expertise in telecommunications, systems, embedded software programming and hardware interfaces. Have debugged numerous system levels both with cross-functional teams and at customer locations.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages:

6809 and Z80 Assembly Language, Java, C, C++, Excel Visual Basic, Python, NI TestStand

Operating Systems:

Lynx Works - RTOS, Linux

Version Control Applications:

Clearcase, TortoiseSVN, GIT

Requirements Applications:

DOORS

Defect Tracking Applications:

JIRA defect tracking, IBM Rational Clearquest (DDTS / CQCM)

Test Equipment Experience:

Multi-channel-Oscilloscope,

Serial-Data-Analyzer,

Wireshark Ethernet capture

Lauterbach trace 32 debugger

Analog Devices SDK

Software / Hardware interfacing

6821 PIA

RS-232 ACIA

HC11 micro-controllers

Certifications

CompTIA Network+ Certified

PMI Agile Certified Practitioner – expired 2020

Security Clearance

Secret Clearance expires in 2027

National Instruments

TestStand and LabVIEW coding/building

Professional Experience

Honeywell Deer Valley AZ July 2022 – Nov 2023

Contract Employee

Work on moving factory validation test bench for Mission Display Processor for T-45 aircraft from Windows 7 to Windows 10. The testing is done using National Instruments (NI) TestStand and LabVIEW software. The NI software interfaced with test equipment using.

SCIPI commands or specific device drivers.

Was assigned to the start of a project to update older test system VME eXtensions for instrumentation (VXI) to using PCI eXtensions for instrumentation buss (PXIe).

Belcan Corp Cedar Rapids IA March 2022 – July 2022

Work on Contract for Massive Data Capability to be added to Airbus program to easy cockpit workload by displaying obstacles on runway and taxiways from on board IR and standard camera.

Python application running in a Linux Docker container.

L3-Harris Fort Wayne IN Nov 2021 – March 2022

Contract Employee

Updating Windows application in C++ to replace MilStd1553 communications with UDP Ethernet communication with Older (Ada) testing application.

Participate in code reviews for Linux C++ application.

Collins Aerospace Cedar Rapids IA Mar 2018 – Oct 2021

Senior Software Engineer

Worked on software defect repair in C and C++.

Participated in code reviews and system level reviews.

Responsible for system test and release of software used for precision approach landing system.

Rockwell Collins Cedar Rapids IA Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

Contract Employee

Worked on software defect repair in C and C++

Participated in code reviews and system level reviews.

MOTOROLA INC., Schaumburg, IL Feb 2007 – Jan 2018

Lead Software Engineer

Subject Matter Expert on Motorola APCO-16 Trunked Controller.

Identify root cause and make software changes needed to correct software and system defects in a real time embedded application.

Travel to customer sites to collect data as part of doing root cause analysis on system level issue.

Design and developed Java application to convert S-record format data into a binary image. This allowed existing data to be translated into a format to extract customer specific data.

Worked on software team responsible to move existing 6809 assembly language to run in a 6809-emulator written in C language. The emulator was running under Lynx Works RTOS. Moving under 6809 into an emulator relieved many hardware end of life issues.

Wrote Excel program using Visual Basic that collected over 400 interrelated fields allowing the factory to program an application with customer specific data.

Implement output of assembly language build into firmware.

Education

Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science, North Central College, Naperville, IL

Associate of Applied Science (AAS), Microprocessor and Digital Technology,

Harper College, Palatine, IL

Aviation Electronics Technician (AT) A School, Coast Guard Training Center, Elizabeth City, NC

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