wayne thorsted

currently looking for a new opportunity in the storage industry

About

Solutions-oriented and analytical information technology professional with history of success contributing to reliable, best-in-class firmware design. Adept at readily gathering and translating complex requirements into viable solutions. Strong production background and proficiency with test and measurement tools. Cost-conscious, implementing timesaving measures to optimize production. Excel at collaborating across departments, coordinating with staff and managers to complete projects on time and within budget. Ensure timely and bug-free product launch. Technical expertise includes… Interfaces: PCIE, SPI, Serial Flash, SD, MMC, eMMC, USB, UART, SATA, PATA, SCSI, SAS

Country

united states

City

longmont

Industry

writing and editing

Skill

firmware, debugging, scsi, asic, embedded systems, soc, sata, processors, verilog, arm, embedded software, storage, ssd, fpga, semiconductors, device drivers, hardware architecture, ic, testing, system architecture, perl, rtos, hardware, hard drives, c, arm assembly, spi, uart, nand flash, lauterbach, debuggers, boot rom, microprocessors, system on a chip, serial ata

Experience

currently looking for a new opportunity in the storage industry

2017-10 - Present · 8 yrs 11 mos

I would be interested in the right firmware engineer position.

senior principal firmware engineer

stmicroelectronics

1999-1 - 2008-6 · 9 yrs 6 mos

senior firmware engineer

hewlett-packard

1981-10 - 1993-1 · 11 yrs 4 mos

Held progressively responsible positions as Programmer/Analyst and Software Engineer.

principal firmware engineer

adaptec

1993-1 - 1999-1 · 6 yrs 1 mo

* Core Technologies: Pine DSP, C, Assembler, Servo, UART * Developed firmware for 1.8” PCMCIA drive using Adaptec’s chip at customer site, and established test firmware for new servo controller chip. * Selected Contributions: * Worked directly with multiple customers developing their custom firmware using Adaptec controllers. * Created firmware for industry’s first headerless drive.

contractor - senior firmware engineer

encore semi

2016-4 - 2017-9 · 1 yr 6 mos

Design and write firmware in the Storage industry.

senior principal engineer

western digital

2008-6 - 2015-12 · 7 yrs 7 mos

* Core Technologies: DDR initialization, Serial Flash, Serial I/O, PLLs, clocks, SOC Silicon, FPGAs, C, Assembly, Boot Process, Security, Palladium * Ensure product quality and reduce time to market by using Palladium and FPGA platforms for pre-silicon validation and writing/testing code for new SOCs in development. Support Boot ROM for each new SOC and implemented changes and requests. * Selected Contributions: * Designed/implemented Boot ROM method to check security signature needed to verify validity of flash image and integrity of drive code. * Reduced costs and reduced time to market by managing SOC Subsystem validation. * Ensured timely launch by writing Debugger scripts and streamlining coding processes. * Increased efficiency and productivity by creating initial code for bringing up and testing. * Led all aspects of bring-up and used validation board to ensure readiness for next phase of product development.