Steve Grant

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About Steve Grant

Very experienced software design engineer with a track record of creating and delivering new product designs on schedule to meet customers’ expectations. Software design work ranges from low-level device drivers up to application programming. Experienced in microcomputer digital hardware design. Accomplished in software/hardware integration and persistent in solving problems to meet deadlines. Technical Summary • Languages: C/C++(expert), Perl • OS: Windows 10/8/7, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Windows CE • Designing real-time embedded system firmware and hardware. • Designing C/C++ object-oriented (OOD) multithreaded software. • Implementing Bluetooth profiles including Hands-Free Profile (HFP) and Phonebook Access Profile (PBAP) • Implementing and debugging Bluetooth protocol stacks consisting of HCI, LMP, SDP, L2CAP, RFCOMM, A2DP, MAP, BNEP, and PAN layers. • Implementing USB client device driver for Bluetooth HCI interface. • Debugging Bluetooth using air sniffers from Frontline and Ellisys. • Training with Raspberry Pi 2 running a Win10 IoT image or Raspberry Debian Linux. • Training in Python. • Training in Wi-Fi protocols. • Integrating firmware using test equipment such as logic analyzers, data communication protocol analyzers, RF spectrum analyzers, and oscilloscopes. • Traveling to international sites to integrate and debug software/hardware systems. • Presenting technical lectures and training sessions to audiences with differing backgrounds. • Designed Biomedical instrumentation for medical researchers. • Designed Mil-std avionics for NASA shuttle program