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\centerline{\headlinefont Kurt R. Snieckus}
\centerline{\it 1620 S. Michigan Ave. Apt 820, Chicago, Ill. 60616}
\centerline{{\tel(609) 647-2175}\enskip \enskip {\tt ksnieck@alum.wpi.edu}}
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B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering -- May 2012\hfil\break
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA

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{\bf Knowles Corporation,} Hardware Test Engineer, {\it Dec. 2015--Present}
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Responsible for the hardware of systems used to characterize and test
hearing health microphone and receiver products in R\&D and production
environments. Includes writing requirements from customer specifications,
designing robust and modular hardware systems to support hundreds of products,
ensuring the accuracy and precision of the measurements through design, verification
and qualification, and troubleshooting
issues with test systems in use. The systems use National Instruments
PXI, C-Series, and USB I/O, with custom fixture interface PCBs I am responsible
for designing. I write
LabVIEW code to interface with the measurement hardware and controllers and then
work closely with software engineers to integrate it into the test executive.
I also assist with R\&D projects and developed a real-time customer demo system
around a CompactRIO with real-time signal processing in LabVIEW FPGA.

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{\bf Eventide Inc.,} Hardware Engineer, Audio Division, {\it Sept. 2012--Oct. 2015}
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Lead engineer on a new mixed-signal professional audio effect product,
Eventide DDL\raise.05em\hbox{$\cdot$}500. Responsible for the project
from concept through customer ship, including product management,
component sourcing, mechanical design, electrical
schematics design, PCB layout, software development, and production test.
The design includes several analog
audio processing circuits, high-performance audio converters, and in
Verilog on the FPGA; digital signal processing modules, an external
SDRAM interface and an MSP430-based soft microcontroller running
embedded C. I also assisted other projects in similar areas, including
front-panel mechanical design, schematic design, PCB layout, FPGA
designs for multi-channel digital audio communications protocols, embedded software
for Bluetooth interfaces and was responsible for the audio product
production test systems.

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{\bf Analog Devices Inc.,} IC Design Engineer Intern, {\it Summer 2011}
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Developed a LabVIEW application to test and diagnose failures in the
analog and digital portions of a MEMS accelerometer designed for
vehicle safety systems.

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{\bf Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.,} Research Assistant, {\it
2007--2010}
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Completed a summer internship project to characterize infrared cameras
used on the National Spherical Torus Experiment and subsequently
assisted the staff at the Lithium Tokamak Experiment with vacuum
vessel assembly, experiment preparation, and diagnostic development.

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{\bf Personal Projects}
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I use Linux in desktop, server and embedded environments extensively.
In a community mesh network project I led, I helped design the
network topology and contributed low-level driver code to open-source
projects. I also enjoy learning about math and physics in the hope that
I can gain a better understand of how engineering fits into the world. 

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{\subsecfnt Computing:} C/C++, Python, LabVIEW (RT/FPGA), TestStand, Linux, Git, Perforce, Altium Designer, SolidWorks, \TeX, Emacs
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{\subsecfnt Protocols:} Ethernet, 802.11, TCP/UDP/IP, Bluetooth, USB, SPI, I2C, PCM/I2S, UART, JTAG
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{\subsecfnt Digital:} Verilog, VHDL, Xilinx \& Altera FPGA, ARM, Atmel SAM \& AVR, TI MSP430 and C6000
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{\subsecfnt Analog:} Audio circuit design, layout, and performance verification.
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{\subsecfnt PCB:} SMT layout, fabrication and rework.
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