Danny W. Long

1114 Monte Sano Blvd

Huntsville, Al 35801

Phone (256) 426-8480

Summary: Electrical Engineer experienced and competent in many areas of product development, including digital design, prototype/debug, firmware, simulators, FPGA and ASIC development, Windows and Unix operating systems, laboratory instruments and practices, script automation, C/C++/assembly, Verilog, VHDL and SystemC coding. A track record of design and development for a variety of products to include top level and core digital designs, communications, and software. Additionally, team contributions include integration, test, debug, redesign, software, rapid prototyping, simulation and synthesis for communications systems and core modules.

Competencies

VHDL/Verilog/System Verilog

JTAG

PCI express

Ethernet

SPI, I2C, UART

C/C++, VBA, Tcl

Debug, Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer

Vivado, Quartus

Chipscope, Signal Tap II

Unix, Windows

Avalon/AXI-4 bus architecture

Simulation/Verification

Embedded Programming

Relevant Experience:

11/12 to Present

Digital Design Independent Contractor

In house and remote design and consulting services for various clients. Clients include:

Ricardo

FPGA coding, simulation, implementation and debug
Design and implementation of automotive control systems
Altera Quartus, Prime Time and Modelsim
Used Verilog and Altera to design and implement switchmode power supplies, serial comm systems

Microprocessor interfaces, test transactors, A/D acquisition and logging memory systems.

Custom lab debugging interface

Medtronic

Embedded design Arm Cortex microcontroller systems

Design, verify, synthesize and deploy custom test trasactors
JTAG Direct Memory Access controller design and deployment
Design custom test event queues and test marker channels
Integrate and debug custom digital logic, firmware and test software
Rapid response to customer requirements and issues
Manage complex projects and releases of products
Lead development team during system debug
Embedded firmware code Arm Cortex

Fiber Span

FPGA design and implementation using Xilinx Zynq and Vivado
Embedded programming and test using the Eclipse integrated development environment

Static Control Components

ASIC verification using ModelSim
Creating testbenches for verification using Verilog and VPI
Validation using Xilinx FPGA Virtex 6
Embedded programming and firmware development

Lockheed Martin

Design and development of digital systems using Xilinx Zynq and Vivado IP Integrator
Conceived, coded, simulated synthesized and tested custom logic designs in System Verilog
Created and deployed custom systems based on PCIe architecture using Xilinx IP libraries
Created custom UARTs, system timers, signal processing and generation IP designs
Created custom LASER control and safety logical designs
Created IP to interface custom logic designs to AXI-4 interconnect
Wrote self-checking testbenches in System Verilog
Used Vivado, ISE, ISIM, NC-Verilog, Plan Ahead, SDK and Chip Scope in a lab environment
Aided new hire engineers to start their Vivado and IP Integrator projects
Created top level designs and pin definitions for two high pin count FPGAs
Wrote technical specifications. Wrote test and debug plans

7/10 to 11/12: AAR Precision Systems

Electrical Engineer (Huntsville, Alabama)

· Rapid system development and prototype utilizing FPGA and SOPC builder

· Developed Ethernet bridging solutions in Altera Arria FPGA

· Developed embedded software for FPGA SOC systems

· Designed custom modules for FPGA deployment; program memory controller, bus adapters

· Designed and deployment of multiple bus access interface modules using VHDL and Spartan3 FPGA

· Integrated Simulation and Verification environment development using SystemC and Verilog

1/01 to 7/09: Cisco Systems (formerly Scientific Atlanta)

ASIC Designer (Huntsville, Alabama)

· Designed custom ASIC diagnostic port based on JTAG

· Designed custom Test Mode Controller used in all ASICs

· Designed Input/Output pad logic used in all ASICs

· Designed Host Bus Interface implemented in Xilinx FPGA

· Developed microprocessor model in SystemC

Education: The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

University of Arizona, National Technological University, UAH

Graduate work and research in Electrical and Computer Engineering