MIKE WILLIAMS

913 Waterview Circle

Richardson, TX 75080
(972) 672-5104
mwb5b8d4@westpost.net
SUMMARY
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Over twenty years high-speed embedded design experience; mainly with
powerPC microcontrollers
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Designed boards with OC-12/OC-48, Ethernet, DS3, RS485, cPCI and
PCIe interfaces
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Designed Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs using VHDL, and Altera CPLDs using
Verilog
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
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Active secret security clearance
EDUCATION
_BSEE,_ Ohio State University, 1983
EXPERIENCE
2010 a" PRESENT ROCKWELL COLLINS, RICHARDSON, TX
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed a Spartan3 fpga based board used to configure RF module
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Modified existing VHDL code to add functionality for new RF module
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Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot
hardware in the lab
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Schematic capture using DxDesigner
2009 a" 2009 DRS, MELBOURNE, FL
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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 Designed a Virtex-5 fpga based board with 500MHz DDR2 SDRAMS
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Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot
hardware in the lab
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Schematic capture using Orcad
2008 a" 2009 RAYTHEON, TUCSON, AZ
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed an MPC8641D based board with 500MHz DDR2 SDRAMS
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Designed DC power circuits for board, using DC/DC converters, LDO
regulators, voltage monitor circuits, PCIe and Ethernet interfaces
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Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot
hardware in the lab
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
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Schematic capture using Mentors' Design Architect
2006 a" 2007 REDLAKE, TUCSON, AZ
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed boards used in high-speed night vision digital cameras
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Designed DC power circuits for boards, using DC/DC converters, LDO
regulators, voltage monitor circuits, and current monitor circuits
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Designed test fixtures for high-speed cameras
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Using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers bring-up and troubleshoot
hardware in the lab
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Designed Virtex2 and Spartan3E FPGAs, and XC95xxx CPLDs using VHDL
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Developed VHDL using ISE and synplify Pro
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Schematic capture using OrCAD
 2005 a" 2006 SENTITO NETWORKS, ROCKVILLE, MD
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed an MPC8560 based board with a DS3 interface to a VoIP
gateway product
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Board has 333MHz DDR memory, Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDSs, DS3 LIU and
framer
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Schematic capture using Cadence's Concept
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
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Using pin mux tool for general purpose I/O pin assignments for
MPC8560
2005 a" 2005 ROCKWELL COLLINS, CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed cPCI based boards for a military project
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
2003 a" 2005 NORTHROP GRUMMAN, BALTIMORE, MD
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed Xilinx Virtex2 FPGA based boards with LVDS and cPCI
interfaces for space-based applications
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Used oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for prototyping
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Schematic capture using Mentors' Design Architect
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
2002 a" 2003 VERILINK, MADISON, AL
_HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed embedded microcontroller boards for DDS networks
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Boards have FLASH, SDRAM, Ethernet ports, RS232 ports and Xilinx
FPGAs
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Used oscilloscopes and logic analyzers for prototyping
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Used OrCAD for schematic capture
2001 a" 2001 METERA, RICHARDSON, TX
_HARDWARE ENGINEER _
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Designed MPC850-based boards with FLASH, SDRAM, RS232 ports, SONET
ICs, network processor ICs and Xilinx FPGAs
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Used oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and in-circuit emulators for
prototyping
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Used Concept for schematic capture
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Used Hyperlynx to design and analyze Signal Integrity
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Designed Altera CPLDSs using Verilog
2000 a" 2001 METRO-OPTIX, ALLEN, TX
_ASIC DESIGN ENGINEER_
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Member of a team that designed, simulated and documented an ASIC
used in SONET communications
_SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER (1999-2000)_
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Designed Motorola MPC8260-based card with SDRAM module, 10/100
Ethernet and RS232 interfaces
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Used Mentors' Design Architect for schematic capture

1998 a" 1999 ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, RICHARDSON, TX

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Designed a DS3 CES card for interfacing DS3 lines to an ATM network
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Hardware based on MPC860 microcontroller, SDRAMs, AAL1 SARs and DS3
framers
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Used Concept for Schematic capture
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Programmed Xilinx XC95xxx CPLDs using VHDL
1993 a" 1998 HARRIS NETWORK SUPPORT SYSTEMS, RICHARDSON, TX
_SENIOR HARDWARE ENGINEER_
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Designed and developed hardware used in data communications systems
for the Telecom industry
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Hardware based on Motorola MC68360 and MC68302 microcontrollers
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Designed embedded microprocessors using DRAM Simms, PCMCIA, Flash,
SCSI-2 ports, RS232 ports, RS485 ports, Ethernet ports and CPLDs
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Used ORCAD for schematic capture
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Designed hardware to meet CE ITE Class A standards
1992 a" 1993 EMCOM CORPORATION, PLANO, TX
_HARDWARE DESIGN ENGINEER_
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Designed and developed Motorola MC68302-based and Zilog Z180-based
systems used for real-time monitoring of high-speed V.35 data
communications lines
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From specifications, designed embedded microprocessor-based circuit
boards with DMA subsystems, Flash, PSRAM and CAM memories, and glue
logic (PALs, FPGAs)
1988 a" 1991 ELECTROSPACE, CHRYSLER TECHNOLOGIES, RICHARDSON, TX
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Designed and developed Intel 80286-based hardware and software
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Designed and programmed an ISA circuit board used for interfacing
the PC to the MIL-STD-1553 bus
1987 a" 1988 FORNEY ENGINEERING, CARROLLTON, TX
_SYSTEM DESIGN ENGINEER_
1984 a" 1987 CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING, TYLER, TX
_MANUFACTURING ENGINEER_
_REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST_