Andrew Taraschke

taraschk@comcast.net

1182 Darling Way

Folsom, CA 95630

916-852-7247

 

Objective:           Seeking a full-time position in digital ASIC design.

 

Experience:                            Intel Corporation                                                                                            Folsom, CA

                              Systems Validation Engineer Desktop Platforms Group               June 2000  -

                              Tested and debugged USB2.0 test card design.  Assisted in setup, debug, and execution of Carmel 840 chipset validation.  Redesigned the internal data generators and logic analyzer debug assist logic for our SVAHA AGP custom ASIC.  Designed the 3GIO transaction layer for our ARDEN custom ASIC.

 

                              Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Intern Project Engineering DBS                                                                                                                                                   May 1999 to August 1999

Greatly enhanced a low-level hardware debugger for multiple platforms running on a STi550x microprocessor.  Wrote service commands for a new flash. Troubleshot DBS4.5/GLA2 IRDs.  Wrote several technical document specifications.

 

                                                                                                                        Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Co-op U.S. Digital Television R&D                                                                                    August 1998 to December 1998

Developed a test rack to evaluate tuner Bit Error Rate performance.    Prepared DM1/DTC100 samples for engineering and contract support. Evaluated software performance.

 

                                                                                                                        Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Co-op U.S. Digital Television R&D                                                                                                                          January 1998 to May 1998

Implemented the server software for a free, advertisement-based email client for our various embedded platforms.   I also worked in a limited role in hardware troubleshooting support of DM1/DTC100.

 

                                                                                                                        Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Co-op Project Engineering DBS                                                                                                                                                May 1997 to August 1997

Improved FCC compliance of DBS3 and explored better data examination techniques.   Responsible for software testability checkout and created a factory IR remote to be used in the production process.

 

                                                                                                                        Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Co-op Project Engineering MMDS                                                                                     August 1996 to December 1996

Tested and tracked software releases.  Implemented web-based hardware tracking database through our intranet web page.

 

                                                                                                                        Thomson Consumer Electronics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Indianapolis, IN

                                                                                                                        Co-op Project Engineering MMDS                                                                                                                            January 1996 to May 1996

Provided troubleshooting and testing support for MMDS (Multi-Channel Multi-Point Distribution System).  In charge of ABG signal system and verifying code complied with factory build procedures.  Created and maintained the MMDS Home Page.

Computer

Experience:                            Solaris, HP-UX, BeOS, Linux, Microsoft Windows 9x/NT.  C/C++, Java, x86 16/32bit assembly, STM20 tools, Perl, Korn Shell, awk, make, javascript, and HTML. Mentor Graphics, LabWindows CVI, B^2 Logic, HomeSite, and Microsoft Office.  USB, PCI, AGP, x86 System Architecture.

 

Education:         Purdue University                                                                                   West Lafayette, IN

                              Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering                                            May 2000

GPA 3.50/4.0