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Melinda Bradbury
Looking for fresh challenges and opportunities to develop in my career,
I have an ability to drive projects, reviews and designs
to completion. I am enthusiastic and want to do a great job for customers and
my company.
Honeywell is a large manufacturing
company operating in many industries. The HLS Burgess Hill site houses 60+
staff and
develops specific brands of fire detection systems. Such systems can contain
hundreds of panels networked and each panel is
in communication with thousands of sensors and output devices. I design and
develop these complex embedded systems to add
value for customers and meet industry safety standards.
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Responsible
for inter-processor communications management software and documentation.
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Integrated
power supply monitoring software and related user interface, utilising code
developed by other team members.
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Currently
developing software architecture and code for plug-in card that expands the
number of serial ports in the panel.
Technologies: C++; Object-oriented programming; MKS source control; V1/V2/V3 Coldfire; RTOS; CAN.
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Delivered
detailed PC-based mock-up of new UI navigation methods. Proposed and carried
out customer evaluations.
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Key team
player in overarching software architecture (team spread between Burgess Hill,
Leicester and India).
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Ensured UI
quality through usability studies, analysis of standards documents, documentation
and chairing reviews.
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Embraced
project technologies, tools and new document formats from CMMI level 3
processes.
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Enabled UI
code to be developed in UML by integrating a graphics library into Rhapsody.
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Awarded
for good performance when producing interim software for customer road-shows in
Europe.
Technologies: C#; MKS; PEG+ (graphics library); UML; Rhapsody code generation; V3 Coldfire; C++; RTOS.
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Facilitated
RTOS selection process and drove it to conclusion. Liaised with suppliers.
Organised training.
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Brought
together engineers and developed a distributable
software architecture. Documented and chaired reviews.
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Planned
test strategy and defined processes, handled marketing requirements and
interviewed contractors.
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Specified
a software component for implementation by team members in India.
Technologies: MISRA-C++; VBA; MKS Integrity (manipulating requirements), SCIOPTA RTOS.
TME is a relatively small business
unit (~300 staff) within a large French company operating in many industries.
TME
researches, develops and manufactures electronic components for missiles and
bombs, primarily for the MOD or its prime
contractors. Here my wide-ranging skill set and flexible attitude to job role
was essential.
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Core team
player for system design with full responsibility for FPGA/CPLD selection in
control logic for an
intermediate frequency circuit board.
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My
creative solution for synchronisation of units across the system was chosen,
and I was responsible for prototyping.
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Able to
delegate, I made use of an Army officer on placement to develop some of the
test harness for the prototypes.
Technologies: Artisan Studio;
UML; C; dsPIC; Actel; VHDL; PLLs.
· Responsible for two other engineers and £48,000 labour budget to deliver tested software.
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Co-ordinated
with other work packages, worked with an external contractor, and motivated my
team.
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Estimated,
planned and ensured processes were carried out. I negotiated an achievable
schedule and goals.
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Delivered
software to trial under tight timescales, overall on-time delivery of quality
software for a project where this was
highly important to customer relations.
· Designed overall structure of software and specified functions and test data that my team were able to deliver.
· Developed mathematical operations and algorithms that efficiently and effectively carried out power measurements.
Technologies: DOORS; Analog Devices Blackfin Dual Core; MISRA-C; Wi-Fi; Matlab; FFTs; Fractional Number Format; Visual Basic.
Brought about a change in
resourcing which enabled the team to meet its deadlines. Worked
closely with others in a time-
pressured situation. Technologies: PIC18; C; SD Cards; FAT16 file
system; C.
Evaluated embedded software
testing tools, planned tests based on requirements, designed production test
equipment, sourced
components and helped design circuitry. Technologies:
MISRA-C; TESSY; DOORS; PSPICE; Cadence.
Established trial procedures for utilising logging; organised post-trial log data recovery. Technologies: PIC16.
Rigorously tested complex graphical designs with simulation to assess compliance with customer requirements.
Employed statistics to analyse performance and devised an algorithm design changes to combat production variances.
Technologies: Altera; MATLAB.
Gathered requirements and implemented software to display 3D images flight paths. Technologies: Matlab GUIDE.
Integrated software on two PCs and two DSP PCI boards to show real-time operation, whilst meeting formal requirements.
Technologies: PC104; Analog Devices DSPs; Visual Studio; C; Matlab.
Brought help capability to PC
software. Detailed the circuit design and carried out software and document
updates. Post
production, I was responsible for all
testing. Technologies:
Cadence; Visual Basic; HTML Help; PIC16; Assembler.
Final year individual
project: Embedded PIC software and
electronics to control focus of a long-range camera lens. Major
group project (team leader): Remote
control of equipment over the internet. Key modules: C Programming, UML, Embedded
Software (PIC), Computer Networking, Human Centred Technology, Project Management.
Body Combat and Body Pump
Aerobics; recently Squash; Walking and Camping; Cooking; Member of the IET
(Institute of
Engineering and Technology – an
association for Electronics Engineers and related professions); Staff
representative in the
Joint Communications Body; Planned refurbishment of the staff canteen (Sept.
10).