Work History Part 1: Harris RF Communications

Employer: Harris RF Communications

Location: Rochester, NY

Position: Software / Firmware Engineer

Period: May 2005 - November 2005

Harris specializes in developing communications equipment for the DOD, including RF communications, SATCOM, and GPS networks.

I worked on maintaining and developing the FALCON II RF-5800H-MP HF/VHF manpack (MP) radio. Nowadays Harris is focusing on the development of the FALCON III series. The newest member is the FALCON III RF-7800M-MP multiband manpack radio.

Responsibilities and accomplishments:

• Analyzed and implemented solutions for problems regarding the FALCON II manpack radio state machine, radio programming interface, and front panel display.
• Wrote Visual Basic scripts to test radio to phone communication, UDP transmissions, and GPS synchronization.
• Analyzed and tested C++ code to remove memory leaks.