FPGA Design Engineer
Resume:
JUSTIN BENNETT
Plano, TX *****
Cell: 469-***-****
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OBJECTIVE
FPGA Digital Electrical Engineer in search for a new design, implementation, and verification career with a strong company in Plano or Richardson, TX that will utilize my 13 years of extensive digital FPGA and 1 year of FAE experience. I want to work for a company that matches my values and has opportunity for advancement.
EDUCATION
San Jose State University, Bachelor of Science August 1992 – May 1996
Electrical Engineering, San Jose, CA
Focused on digital design for CMOS semiconductors, senior project was a DSP project using TI DSP processor using data acquisition components (ADC and DACs) on an interface card (wire wrapped thru hole PCB board) for a virtual reality lab demo
EXPERIENCE
Field Applications Engineer June 2010 – September 2011
Nu Horizons Electronics, Plano, Texas - A wholly-owned subsidiary of Arrow Electronics, Inc., is a leading global distributor of advanced technology semiconductor, display, illumination, power, system and telecommunication solutions to a wide variety of commercial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and electronic manufacturing services providers (EMS). The company grew to a $500 million dollar company whereby it was acquired by Arrow and became the sole distributor for Lattice Semiconductors under my tenure.
• Digital logic design and verification for implementation in FPGAs and CPLDs
• Design in support (VHDL/Verilog) for customers, example, and reference designs.
• Sold Lattice Semiconductor Programmable Logic devices including FPGA, CPLD, Power Manager, Programmable Clock devices
• VHDL/Verilog design in Lattice Diamond and testbench verification with the Aldec simulation tool
• Kept detailed spreadsheets of accounts. Always received the maximum bonus
• Called on customers in the tristate area but mainly focusing on Dallas, Austin in addition to Denver and Salt Lake City
• Delivered technical sales presentations and interfaced with engineers up to CEO level executives
Component Applications Engineer,
Member of Technical Staff January 2003 – June 2010
Altera Corporation, Richardson, Texas - The leader in innovative custom logic solutions, and has been ever since inventing the world’s first reprogrammable logic device in 1984. Altera is headquartered in San Jose, CA offering FPGA CPLD and ASIC solutions that shorten time to market, improve performance and productivity, and reduce system costs compared to traditional DSP and ASSP devices. The company has grown to a billion dollar corporation during my tenure.
• Worked for 7 years in the Addison/Richardson Altera FAE/Sales office
• Digital logic design and verification for implementation in FPGAs or CPLDs; Design in support (VHDL/Verilog) for customers, example, and reference designs. Working knowledge of schematic entry and layout tools
• Use SOPC Builder (Featuring Qsys in v10.1) used to quickly design systems within a chip.
• Expert in configuring FPGA devices, and designing with high speed transceivers, and external memory interfaces. Simulation verification using Quartus II and Modelsim
• Customer and Design win support for Field Applications Engineers
• Support of high level critical issues involving customers designing with VME interfaces
• Handle Critical Issue Resolution for key customers
• Constructed Hardware Lab for Configuration testing in the Dallas Sales office
• Generate/Deliver product technical presentations to the field/customers
Altera Corporation, Richardson, Texas - The leader in innovative custom logic solutions, and has been ever since inventing the world’s first reprogrammable logic device in 1984. Altera is headquartered in San Jose, CA offering FPGA CPLD and ASIC solutions that shorten time to market, improve performance and productivity, and reduce system costs compared to traditional DSP and ASSP devices. The company has grown to a billion dollar corporation during my tenure.
Component Applications Engineer, Member of Technical Staff January 2003 – Present
• I’m well respected technically throughout Altera and specifically at the Richardson, TX office
• Expert in configuring FPGA devices, high speed transceivers, and external memory interfaces
• Experience with digital logic design and verification for implementation in FPGAs or CPLDs; Design in support (VHDL/Verilog) for customers, example, and reference designs
• Simulation verification using Quartus II and Modelsim
• Customer and Design win support for Field Applications Engineers
• Support of high level critical issues involving customers designing with VME interfaces
• Handle Critical Issue Resolution for key customers
• Technical documentation to communicate errata for devices
• CRC Expert for use in mitigating single event upsets due to radiation particle interference; traveled to Sweden to perform neutron beam testing on Altera FPGA devices with Cisco
• Created concept for device Handbooks (Stratix Handbook, Cyclone Handbook, Configuration Handbook)
• Project managed creation of internal website called Component Applications Portal (CAP) for Component Applications and a device Specifications Database (SpecBase)
• Maintain Solutions Database for Find Answers on www.altera.com
• Constructed Hardware Lab for Configuration testing in the Dallas Sales office
• Familiar with EMC/EMI, thermal stress, and other environmental impact on design methodology
• Working knowledge of schematic entry and layout tools
• Job experience and training on system architecture design
Applications Manager May 1998 – January 2003
Altera Corporation, San Jose, California
• Managed and groomed a team of 1 to 5 individuals over a 5 year time period
• Documented and maintained specifications for FPGA devices including data sheets, application notes and pin tables
• Responsible for organizing Applications testing of devices including breadboard/assemble, debug and conduct engineering tests to verify design performance
• Responsible for setting and tracking device specifications
• Transferred to Richardson, Texas Altera office
SKILLS
• Specifying Semiconductor Components
• Debugging Digital Design board hardware issues
• Technical Writing
• Hardware testing for configuration of FPGA devices
• FPGA Design with Verilog, VHDL, AHDL and schematic entry
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills
• Problem solving skills including critical issue resolution using 8D problem solving process similar to those used by NASA and FORD Motor company, used to report failures and resolution to customers
• Interdepartmental relationships for working on projects and resolving issues
• Project Management
Applications Engineer May 1996 – May 1998
Altera Corporation, San Jose, California
• Progressed from Applications Engineer to Advanced Applications Engineer to Senior Component Applications Engineer
ACTIVITIES & AWARDS
• Excel Management HOA board 2001 – 2003
• Employee recognition 2002
• Annual bonuses at Altera Corporation various years 1996-2003
• Community service projects for Cornerstone and The Heights Baptist Church 2009
Soccer
• Volunteer, Junior varsity head coach , 1992-1993
• Volunteer, coach for U6, U7, U8 boys soccer teams in Wylie, TX 2005 to 2008
• First team all League and MVP 1991
Skills:
Programming Languages: TCL, VHDL, Verilog, HTML, AHDL
High Speed transceivers and protocols: PCI-E, Gigabit Ethernet, XAUI, LVDS, LVPECL, PCML, SDH/SONET/Carrier Ethernet
Memory Interfaces: DDR3, DDR2, DDR SDRAM, RLDRAM, ALTMEMPHY Megafunction
Certifications:
High Speed Digital Board Design classes by Howard Johnson (2000) and Lee Ritchey High Speed PCB Class (October 2008)
Altera High Speed I/O Transceiver training
Altera External Memory Interfaces Training
Friends of Altera Software Trainings (TimeQuest, SOPC Builder, PowerPlay Power Analyzer, Incremental Compilation)
MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
FPGA Digital Design and Verification tools: Quartus II, Modelsim, Hyperlynx (IBIS Models), Synplicity , Synopsys Design Compiler, HSpice Modeling, Mentor Graphics EPD, worked with engineers knowledgeable with ADS and PDN design
Software tools: Visio and some working knowledge of ISE, Adobe Acrobat full version
Databases: Siebel, iTrack, SpecBase, Appsnet, Component Applications Portal (CAP), SPR
OS: Linux/UNIX, Windows Vista/XP
Test Equipment: Real time and Equivalent time Oscilloscopes, Function Generators, Pattern Generators, Bit Error Testers, Logic Analyzers, PC Tester
Business Certifications: Effective Presentation skills, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (May 2007), Super Reading, Time Management, Using Time Wisely, Business & Technical Writing Workshop
Personal:
U.S. Citizen. Able to obtain a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Security Clearance.
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