Robert Swan

rbtswan@yahoo.com

840 Apple Valley Drive

San Jose, CA 95125

(408) 265-1036 (H)

(408) 653-6183 (W)

 

 

Objective

To obtain a full-time position in Manhattan in electrical/computer engineering with emphasis in design automation and/or digital circuit design.

 

Education

Syracuse University: graduation December 2000

·         Computer Engineering Major

·         Electrical Engineering Minor

 

Skills

System Administration Architectures

System Administration Skills

Hardware Architectures (Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Software Installation/Configuration)

Software Development

 

Employment  

Intel Corporation,  January 2001 – present: Component Design Engineer

    Responsible for the design and development of layout and schematic electronic components in pre/post silicon for the Enterprise Platform Group, Intel Communications Group, and Mobil Processors Group.  Member of design teams for multiple processors including Merced (Itanium), McKinley (Itanium2), Montecito, Madison, Castine, and Yonah.

·         Software Design and Coding

Programmer with the Global Design Automation team responsible for the process of automating chip design from development stage through post silicon product qualification.  Coded Perl and shell scripts to support engineers across multiple fields of design, in addition to owning tool and environment support for team of more than 600 engineers.

·         Design and Database Management

Implemented and maintained relational database of unit/fubs and standard cell libraries, using Intel developed database design.    Independently developed and implanted library release process and scripts for seamless integration during  major milestones.  This process included the verification of cell integrity by creating a central cell checking environment; implementing DRC, place-and-route, and characterization/collateral file data consistency checks.

·         Infrastructure & Support

Developed, implemented and maintained Athena Unified Environment and entire supporting tool set for multiple teams (300+ designers) across the division.   Responsible for management of computing resources, tool development, and design support.  Major vendors include Synopsys, Cadence, and Synchronicity.

 

Harris Corporation, May 2000-August 2000: Electrical Engineer Co-op

    Programmer on the Joint Tactical Radio System team within the RF Communications Division which is responsible for the development of the RF-117F and RF-5800M/U series advanced tactical radio systems.  Responsibilities included:

·         Software Design and Coding

Independently designed, coded, and developed the situational awareness feature for the systems.

·         System Boot Time Analysis

Designed and implemented a method for evaluating system boot-up time and using the results to improve system performance.

 

United Health Care, May 1997-February 1999: Software Engineer

    Software specialist with the project team responsible for the development of ACIS (Automated Case Implementation System), a Windows-based application which creates and maintains client account records.  Responsibilities included:

·         Infrastructure & Design

Member of the Infrastructure Team responsible for establishing an efficient PC-based networked system, with the design criteria of strong technical support and easy rollout of new products.

·         Network Administration

Assigned and administered group and user rights, created users and login scripts, installed operating systems and software, and set up print servers for Windows NT.

·         Database Reporting

Member of the database administrator access group responsible for creating and maintaining reports written in C, of cases built with ACIS and managed on a DB2 database.