STEPHEN HIRSCH

Moorpark, CA 93021 H: 805-531-5406 stephenhirsch57@gmail.com

www.linkedin.com/in/hirschstephen/
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Team oriented software engineer with a history of success developing real-time embedded software applications for
the Medical industry as well as R&D projects for the aerospace industry. Excellent skills in C/C++, C#, object
oriented design, problem solving, and debugging. Experienced in full software development cycle (design, review,
integration, test, deployment, and documentation).
SKILLS
C/C++ Debugging and Analysis
Embedded Systems Design Documentation
Object Oriented Design Commercial Development
Software Architectural Design Bash Scripting
Linux C#
WORK HISTORY
Principal Engineer, 06/2006 to Current
St. Jude Medical Sylmar, 91392, CA
l Architected and developed remote care monitoring instrument for implantable medical devices.
l Implemented functions which manage device interrogated data and transmission to external server via dial-up,
cell adapter, or Wi-Fi.
l Wrote maintainable and extensible code in a team environment for Executive subsystem in C++ with Eclipse
IDE for target with ARM processor.
l Implemented a multi-threaded, Linux application.
l Developed code using inter-process communication (IPC) over sockets with message queues.
l Modified existing Integration Test Tool in C# to correct errors, upgrade interfaces and improve performance.
l Expert in remote debugging over Ethernet with ddd/gdb.
l Experienced using Rational ClearCase for source code control and ClearQuest for defect tracking.
l Supported Remote Care Operations (RCO) performing field issue analysis and disposition.
Senior Software Engineer, 09/1997 to 06/2006
St. Jude Medical Sylmar, 91392, CA
l Developed medical device Programmer in C for implantable medical devices.
l Responsible for Programmer GUI development for the purpose of interrogating and programming medical
device parameters, and executing device tests.
l Implemented algorithms to delivery therapy to the heart.
l Utilized Sun/Solaris workstation Wind River, VxWorks for code and debug.
Senior Software Engineer, 09/1996 to 09/1997
Communications and Power Engineering Camarillo, 93010, CA
l Developed software in C for Multifunction Gateway (MFG) improvements.
l The MFG provides a method through which disparate communities can exchange electronic data using
messaging protocols such as X.400, and SMTP-MIME over RFC822 (internet).
l Developed X-Window Motif interface (using XDESIGNER) for MFG.



Senior Staff Engineer, 07/1989 to 09/1996
Hughes Commercial Systems, Transportation Products Tucson, AZ
l Algorithm design and Software development in C/C++ on PC and HP Workstations.
l Responsible for systems integration of License Plate Reader (LPR) and License Plate Matcher (LPM) products
into Video Image Processor (VIP) of the Canadian Hiway 407 Tollway Enforcement project .
l Designed and implemented VIP Network communications.
l Experienced in Customer interface and presentation.
Staff Engineer, 09/1983 to 07/1989
Hughes Aircraft Missile Systems Division Canoga Park, CA
l Designed image processing algorithms for missile image guidance.
l Strong math background used to develop software architectures for image analysis based on feature
discrimination using segmentation, region growth, and high level conceptualization.
l Created and developed missile tracking algorithms in C for Lightweight Endoatmospheric Projectile (LEAP)
program.
EDUCATION
Master of Science: Electrical Engineering, 1980
University of Illinois - Champaign, IL
l Emphasis in Signal Processing
Bachelor of Science: Electrical Engineering, 1977
Drexel University - Philadelphia, PA
l Emphasis in Signal Processing