| Senior Hardware Design Engineer Automating Engineering, Beer, and Gaming. |
qtpierce@gmail.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/quentin-t-pierce Resume: http://www.smegabyte.dyndns.org/resume/ |
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I am a senior electrical engineer known for solving interesting problems that cross both HW and SW domains. I have eight years of experience designing circuits for consumer products and another eight years of experience writing software CAD tools that support RTL design. My HW experience includes designing digital interface boards and I/O interface boards. My SW experience includes API programming and static-code-checking (linting) of RTL. My static-code-checking experience includes enabling junior engineers to code with a skill set beyond their own limited experiences. I will be furthering my career in electrical engineering, specifically device design. I have work experience with two great companies whom are the leaders in their industries. I have designed oscilloscope subsystems and I have written software CAD tools that support RTL design. I have built IoT devices that automate many of my hobbies. I am currently pursuing jobs concerning device design; particularly devices that automate tasks. |
My Generic Resume: ./Quentin Pierce Resume.pdf I want to demonstrate I know how to automate tasks. So I wrote the scripts for automatically converting my resume from *.doc into PDF format. Every hour, a script compares timestamps and conditionally converts my resume into a PDF and moves it into the correct directories on the server. My Generic Cover Letter: ./Quentin Pierce Cover Letter.pdf The SOAR Stories I use to demonstrate my skillset: ./Quentin Pierce SOAR Stories.pdf SOAR stories are the examples of when and how I've used a skill. They should demonstrate that I can design circuits and write software. |
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| Instructables. I want to demonstrate that I can create IoT devices. To do this, I created the devices and then wrote Instructables. Intel Edison pushing bluetooth audio I wanted to automate my car stereo: automatic starting and stopping, automatic software updates, and automatic music downloading. Here is the Instructable for it. This project expanded my knowledge of Linux, Bluetooth, and Arduino shield design. Intel Edison Weather Advisory Sketch I participated in an outreach event in which we wanted to teach high school students to program. And we wanted to showcase Edison capabilities that Raspberry Pi and Arduino lacked at the time. This project was my entry: it queries local weather stations and displays the weather results on an LCD display. |
The Beer Machine. I automated my home brewing hobby by building a machine that makes beer for me. It was a fun project that reinforced my HW and SW skills. My Simple IoT Device was built to help me teach coworkers how to build their own IoT devices. It has shiny, blinking lights. The Video Gaming Experience. I use video gaming as a reason to learn programming. |