ESTHER WEI

ESTHER WEI
16 GOSHAWK CT, VOORHEES, NJ 08043 | (734) 730-2533 | WENLAY.ESTHER.WEI@GMAIL.COM

P R O F E S SI O N A L E X P E RI E N C E
UTC AEROSPACE SYSTEMS
SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER | PRINCETON, NJ | AUGUST 2015 – FEBRUARY 2016
• Designed and developed real-time embedded systems software for short wave infrared (SWIR) cameras in C/C++.
• Modified existing software to correct errors and improve performance.
• Streamlined software testing process by developing automated software regression test suite in Python.
• Explored, evaluated and established hardware-independent software development environment for embedded
microcontroller.
• Implemented real-time embedded system software emulation on PC. Emulation utilized multiple serial ports and
virtual COM ports.

LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
MEMBER ENGINEERING STAFF | MOORESTOWN, NJ | JUNE 2010 – AUGUST 2015
• Performed firmware/embedded software design and integration on FPGA-based embedded systems. Firmware
design was primarily implemented in VHDL while embedded software was coded in C/C++.
• Designed, developed, implemented and verified back-end digital processor firmware including 10-Gbps Ethernet
interface, data processing and integration of SerDes, MDIO and TCP/IP stack firmware.
• Developed, configured, integrated and tested (simulation and hardware) major interfaces on the radar antennas on-
array digital signal processors.
• Experience with interfaces including high-speed serial transceivers, 10-Gbps Ethernet, QDRII+ SRAM, MDIO, I2C
controller, SPI, PCI Express, temperature sensor and flash memory. Developed software to configure interfaces and
performed hardware testing, integration and verification of these interfaces.
• Expanded existing embedded processor system to a dual processor system with additional interfaces including high-
speed serial transceivers, control links/interface and 10-Gbps Ethernet interface.
• Developed software test code in C/C++, Python, Tcl script and MATLAB to verify interfaces and algorithms on a
digital module.
• Worked on prototype antenna shelter integration and test effort. Collaborated with a team of approximately thirty
engineers. Rapidly absorbed the breadth and complexity of the systems.
• Supported schematic design effort through FPGA and CPLD pin assignment and verification.
• Designed and developed built-in test capabilities for data interfaces of a FPGA-based system. Designed and
implemented algorithm for bit-error rate computation on a FPGA. Integrated pseudorandom number generator
algorithm that was implemented using LFSR.
• Conducted performance analysis and optimization of FPGA design. Performed FPGA power estimation, integrated
temperature sensor firmware and compiled and analyzed FPGA utilization reports.
• Streamlined I&T effort by integrating CPLD host logic to enable in-system FPGA programming.
• Benchmarked GPU waveform generation on FPGA. Worked on porting and optimizing waveform generation
algorithm in C++ and OpenCL using GPU and FPGA.

T E C H N I C A L I N T E R N | M O O R E S T O W N , NJ | M A Y – A U G U S T 2 0 0 8 & M A Y – A U G U S T 2 0 0 9
• Developed and modified VHDL code for FPGAs and CPLDs and performed hardware simulation and debug.
• Advanced and implemented testing procedures for digital modules.
• Participated in development of parts list, design review packages and schematics for digital module design.
• Organized trace routing of PCB.
EMERSON SCHOOL
COMPUTER OPERATOR | ANN ARBOR, MI | MAY – AUGUST 2007
• Designed, developed and implemented computerized database to store students’ information.
• Created remote installation image and performed remote operating system installations.

EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA
M.S . E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G | D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 3

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI
B.S . E. E L E C T R I C A L E N G I N E E R I N G | M A Y 2 0 1 0
Magna Cum Laude, Dean’s List

ACADEMIC PROJECTS
WIRELESS HOME AUTOMATION: TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND ANDROID APPLICATION
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | PHILADELPHIA, PA
CIS 542 Embedded Systems Programming Final Project | 2011 Summer Term
Developed system with embedded and mobile components where the Android application was able to get data from and
send control information to remote temperature sensor. Collaborated with two other students. Back-end and middleware
(server and socket programming) were done in C while Android application was done in Java.

A C C E L E R A T I O N O F C O N E – B E A M X- R A Y C O M P U T E D T O M O G R A P H I C I M A G E R E C O N S T R U C T I O N U S I N G
GP U
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI
Independent Study Project | 2010 Winter Term
C/C++/GPGPU design and implementation of parallelized Feldkemp cone-beam reconstruction algorithm with CUDA.
Optimized implementation of 3-dimensional image reconstruction by utilizing the GPU architecture. Final result was 8.5
fold reduction of processing speed for 256x248x240-voxel CT image.

IMAGE PROCESSING ROBOT
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN | ANN ARBOR, MI
Major Design Project | 2009 Winter Term
Developed line detection robot capable of maneuvering to predetermined destination while robot’s vision was captured
on wireless VGA. Collaborated with five other students. Interfaced main FPGA with microcontroller, CMOS camera,
motors and XBees transmitter module (to communicate with wireless VGA). Programmed in C and VHDL to implement
DSP and control algorithms and simulated these algorithms in MATLAB. Personally implemented path-finding algorithm
in C.

AWARDS AND HONORS
• Lockheed Martin SPOT Award, 2012
• University of Michigan Marian Sarah Parker Scholars Program, 2010
• University of Michigan University Honors, 2009 Winter Term and 2010 Winter Term