From: rkrouse@netcom.com (Robert K. Rouse)
Subject: Position wanted: SWE
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:50:37 GMT


ROBERT K. ROUSE, 479 Northlake Dr. #108, San Jose, CA 95117 

(408)984-0923  Internet: rkrouse@netcom.com


 SOFTWARE ENGINEER


OBJECTIVE:  A position developing/maintaining a software system.


EXPERIENCE


Consultant at Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, CA 8/90-11/92.
Created test procedures and command files to execute all
possible control flow paths (at least once) for the NSTAR
satellite attitude control laws. Additional test procedures were
written in Ada to analyze critical code sections.  Over 70 tests
were created which achieved 100% path coverage over 75 pages of
flow charts. (Ada, Real-time, 2167A, Wingz, Interleaf 5, SunOS,
AIX, RS/6000, 1750)



Coordinated design team efforts, implemented enhancements,
documented changes and wrote test procedures for the Superbird-1
satellite ground station software. Primarily responsible for
telemetry value extraction, limit-checking, displays and data
base.  Also, mission software specialist for Superbird-1
orbit-raising and initial on-orbit test. (Fortran, VAX/VMS,
real-time, training)



Consultant for Emerald Design Systems, Mountain View, CA
4/90-8/90.  Took over an incomplete, undocumented program for
plotting diagrams for an IC layout editor and debugged, enhanced
and ported the software. The enhancement involved creating an
image compression routine, (a 10 to 1 reduction), and device
drivers for thermal and electrostatic plotters. (C, Fortran,
SGI, Unix)



Contractor at IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA
12/89-3/90.  Developed user interface for a PS/2-to-mainframe
backup system which was ported to AIX, OS/2 and DOS. Implemented
routines and data structures to display and browse the directory
tree. (C, DOS, OS/2)



Consultant at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, CA
2/89-10/89.  Designed, implemented, field tested and documented
data acquisition software for surveying equipment for the
accelerator Alignment Group.  Also, integrated post processing
software for on site analysis.  (Fortran, DOS)



Sr. Software Eng. for Seltec Corp., Fremont, CA 4/88-2/89. 
Responsible for porting all software development tools to the a
PC.  Ported assembler and several utilities, redesigned user
interfaces, greatly improved performance, wrote an operating
handbook and technical ref. documentation.  Also, worked as an
maintenance programmer for process control software used for
concrete and asphalt plants. (Pascal, assembly, real-time)

 

Software Eng. for TAU Corp., Los Gatos, CA 4/86-11/87. 
Scientific programmer responsible for implementing algorithms
designs for testing Kalman filters used in avionics and
satellite navigation.  Also designed and implemented dual tape
drive utility for transferring and reformatting images between
disk and tape. (C, Fortran, Postscript, DOS, VAX/VMS)



Consultant at Lockheed, Sunnyvale, CA 11/85-2/86.  Lead
programmer for a group developing an Ada re-useable
software-parts library.  Developed overall design, defined
module interfaces and designed a generic relational data base.
(Ada,  VAX, Rational-1000, 2167A, training)Consultant at
Magnetic Peripherals Inc., Cupertino, CA 6/84-9/85.  Member of
diagnostic software group that was testing optical and high
speed magnetic drives, both under development.  Responsible for:
debugging team, data logging, error handling routines, and a
utility for scanning data log.  (C, PL/M, Unix, CP/M, firmware,
Z80, HP64000) 



Software Eng. for General Dynamics, San Diego, CA 3/82-6/84. 
Lead programmer for a launch procedures trainer software.
Responsible for memory management, inter-computer I/O, and lead
debugging team.  Wrote a small (2k of memory) debugger in
assembly language that made debugging possible. Designed and
implemented in Ada a simulator for a test vehicle fire control
station. (Ada, Fortran, DARTS, VAX, Rolm 1666, HP-1000, Unify,
microcode)

 

Software Eng. for Vitro Corp., Silver Spring, MD 2/79-2/82. 
System administrator/programmer for a group of sixty
programmers.   Interfaced with vendors, developed operating
procedures, taught command language classes, wrote utilities,
installed system software, and rewrote system software to be
"crash proof". (Fortran, Algol, assembly, JCL, RDOS, AOS, Rolm
1666, UYK19, IBM 3033, training)



Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA (1973-78). 
Student computer center consultant and physics tutor. (DEC-10,
PDP-11, IBM 370)



NASA Langley Research Center, Hamptom, VA (1973-75).  Electronic
technician.



Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, Baltimore, MD (1971-73).  Lead
computer operator. (Fortran, APL, assembly, IBM 1130)



EXPERTISE 

HARDWARE: IBM-PC, VAX, SGI, SUN

OPERATING SYSTEMS: DOS, VAX/VMS, SunOS 4.1.2, 386BSD, NetWare
3.11,

LANGUAGES: Ada, Basic, C, Fortran, Pascal, and several assembly
languages.

GRAPHICAL INTERFACES: Windows 3.1

GRAPHICS LIBRARIES: SGI Graphics Library

SPREADSHEETS: Lotus 1-2-3, Wingz

DOCUMENT PROCESSORS: Ami-Pro, MS-Word, Word Perfect, Frame Maker

DATA BASES: AceFile

STANDARDS: 2167A

MISC: Object-orientated programming, electronic schematics,
oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, EEPROM programmers.



EDUCATION



OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY, Norfolk, VA (1978): BS Computer
Science, minor studies in Physics, Electronics. 

TELESOFT, San Diego, CA (1984): Ada.

DE ANZA COLLEGE, Cupertino, CA (1987-90):  C++, Advanced C/Unix,
Computer Graphics, Teleprocessing, Local Area Networks,
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, UNIX Networking.

UNIV. OF CALIF. SANTA CRUZ EXTENSION, San Jose, CA (1990): 
Introduction to X-Windows.

FOOTHILL COLLEGE, Los Altos, CA (1989-92): Image Processing,
Introduction to IRIS workstation, Topics in Computer Graphics,
Alias, Unix Networking.

Novell NetWare School (9/92): CNE Quick Course.



United States citizen. References available upon request.






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