512-484-6703
zach@sadecki.net
Zachary D Sadecki 7828 Portland Trail
Austin, TX 78729
Objective: To obtain a full-time position in computer hardware engineering with a company that can utilize my current skills to their fullest potential and provide me with opportunities to learn and advance in my career.
Education: University Of Missouri - Rolla
B.S. Electrical Engineering, May 2000
B.S. Computer Engineering, May 2000
Minors: Math, Computer Science
Major GPA: 3.50/4.0 - Cumulative GPA: 3.20/4.0
Experience: RipCode Mar 07 - Present
Austin, Texas
Hardware Engineer
  • Responsible for all hardware architecture, design, protoyping, test, certification, procurement, and manufacturing activities as part of a two person comprehensive hardware team which included only myself and the Director of Hardware Engineering in Dallas.
  • Directed hardware design and layout activities performed by contractors in India and the US.
  • Performed hardware and firmware bringup of new system boards and had significant involvement in initial Linux OS bringup activities.
  • Customized firmware and software that included work on U-Boot, Linux drivers, and board support packages.
  • Managed lab layout, procedures, procurement, network configuration, and Linux server setup, administration, and maintenence.
  • Collaborated with customers to facilitate custom installations, demonstrate systems, and debug problems.
Newisys Feb 03 - Jul 03, Apr 04 - Mar 07
Austin, Texas
Hardware Engineer
  • Designed circuit boards including making system design decisions, schematic capture, interfacing with board layout personnel, and coordinating with manufacturing and procurement.
  • Performed initial bringup, debug, and testing of multiple products.
  • Coordinated design and test activities with teams in Taiwan and India including schematic and layout reviews, test planning, and prototype manufacturing and debugging.
  • Participated in cost reduction efforts for multiple projects. This includes part cost evaluation, subsystem redesign, and feature modifications and reduction.
  • Executed tests, resolved problems, and recommended and implemented design changes and improvements to our multi-processor AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon based servers.
  • Analyzed, debugged, and tested various interfaces including PCI, PCI-X, PCIe, SATA, SCSI, I²C, JTAG, USB, IDE, DDR, HyperTransport, and Gigabit Ethernet.
  • Supported FCC, CISPR, and VCCI compliance testing and resolved EMC/EMI problems.
  • Provided hardware support and assistance in debugging of BIOS and other firmware issues.
  • Wrote and executed test plans and procedures for multiple products.
  • Collaborated with manufacturing to determine and resolve manufacturing issues.
Dell Oct 03 - Apr 04
Austin, Texas
Product Test Engineer
  • Wrote test plans for Dell server products.
  • Supervised execution of test plans.
  • Developed test cases for new technologies and applications.
Motorola Jun 00 - Mar 02
Austin, Texas
System Test Engineer - Multimedia Systems Division
  • Developed and executed tests on PowerPC based consumer set-top box.
  • Planned, designed, and performed full audio test suite for the product, including analog and digital input and output performance, and Dolby Digital compliance.
  • Designed environmental test suite, including thermal stress, power line EMI tolerance, DC power tolerance, UL conformance.
  • Worked closely with design engineering to develop defect resolutions and correct EMC design issues.
  • Participated in testing and redesign of analog audio and video (NTSC/PAL) subsystems.
  • Performed MPEG standards compliance and device compatibility testing.
  • Wrote test automation scripts using a variety of software packages including LabView and Visual Basic.
  • Performed Ethernet, ATM, ADSL, and VDSL network testing.