Jeff Furman
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
(408) 480-7927 / jfurman@ieee.org

Product Development Software Engineer 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience designing and implementing real time embedded software applications and software/hardware systems for communications and instrumentation. Drove product life-cycle initiatives through architectural design, implementation, and product release, identifying and resolving product issues .   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CREDENCE SYSTEMS CORPORATION Milpitas, CA 				2007-2008
Staff System Performance Engineer
•	Analyzed program, discovering errors and correcting timing calibration algorithm.
•	Designed, coded, and integrated C/C++ language test programs for digital IC test hardware ensuring product reliability 
•	Implemented tests from FPGA hardware descriptions improving design verification and moving product to market  
•	Provided software testing and analysis for hardware integration for cooperative FPGA debugging with hardware design team members.

ST. JUDE MEDICAL INC. Sunnyvale, CA 						2005-2006
Sr. Test Development Engineer
•	Introduced automated test generation utility software reducing errors and delays.
•	Designed, coded, and integrated assembly language test programs for implantable defibrillators using breadboard environment with ICE. 
•	Coached team members that improved speed and size of test code. 
•	Designed tests from proprietary ASIC hardware descriptions. 

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. San Jose, CA 						1998-2005
Software Engineer
•	Developed TCAM diagnostic responding to emergency hardware failure creating unique test codes and developing new programming to resolve performance issues
•	Designed, coded, and implemented diagnostic test software for card bring-up, design verification test, and manufacturing test. 
•	Tested and configured complex ASICS from data sheets diagnosing hardware faults by planning test sequences.
•	Discovered and corrected subtle software bugs and coordinated hardware enhancements and new diagnostic tests. 

TV INTERACTIVE CORP. San Jose, CA 						1997-1998
Senior Hardware Engineer
•	Designed, coded, and implemented real time embedded control and signal processing software for infrared keyboards and remote controls. 
•	Designed, implemented, and debugged microcontroller, smart card, I2C, and IRLED driver circuitry.

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CISCO/STRATACOM San Jose, CA 						1995-1997
Senior Member of the Technical Staff
•	Designed, coded, and implemented real time embedded administrative control software for a multi T1 frame relay interface card in a WAN switch. 

THERMO SEPARATION PRODUCTS San Jose, CA				1990-1995
Senior Software Engineer
•	Designed and implemented router software for proprietary instrument controller. 
•	 Designed interrupt vector hardware and software to replace missing functions on alternate I/O chips.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
Senior Research Scientist, Dalmo Victor Co. Belmont, CA
Engineer, Hewlett-Packard Co. San Diego, CA
Engineer, Burr-Brown Research Tucson, AZ

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
•	Interpretation of analog /digital hardware designs for software integration
•	Languages: C, assembly language used on COP-8 series, 680xx series, TMS340 series, 80x86 series, and network processors.
•	Development environments: UNIX, Windows.
•	Operating Systems: PSOS+, Multitask!, and proprietary.
•	Tools: ICE, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, multimeters, oscillators, signal generators, soldering irons, electronics hand tools, lathe, mill.
•	Protocols developed for physical, data link, and network layers.
•	Application and configuration of PSOS+, a real time operating system, and its associated resident debugger. Sun UNIX workstations and PC's were used for development and debug.
•	Low level I/O, ISRs for serial I/O through UARTs, autonomous time critical control and communications modules, and router functions. 
•	Designed modifications to transciever RF and audio analog circuits for receive  incremental tuning and sidetone.
•	EDN open circuit analog design contest multiple prize winner.
•	Developed program for symbolic network analysis: http://www.employees.org/~jfurman/publicdistr/tree/latest/

EDUCATION:
MSCS, University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara
BSEE, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Circuits and Systems Society,
ACM SIGPLAN, SIGART, SIGARCH, SIGSAM, SIGSOFT

U.S. PATENT:
Amplifier circuit: 3,875,523.