Jeff King

Current

• Senior Design Engineer / CTO at Aero Data

Past

• Senior Electrical Engineer at Radio Systems Corp
• Senior Systems Architect at Gyricon
• Senior Product Engineer at Quantum Sky

• Senior Product Engineer at Ford Motor Company
• Research and Development Engineer at Allied Film and Video

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Education

• Lawrence Technological University
• FCC First Class commerical license
• RETS

• Grosse Ile High School

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Industry

Consumer Electronics

Websites

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Jeff King’s Summary

Experienced electronic product designer in all aspects from conception to production. I can take your idea, and make it a reality. Or, help you test and debug an existing product.

Extensive experience in all aspects of the process, including product concept, technical & competitive analysis, electronic and firmware design,component selection, design for manufacturability, RF certification and cost reduction.

Jeff King’s Specialties:

* New Product development
* Electronic Design - Analog and digital
* RF engineer, FCC licensed
* PCB design - EMC specialist
* Embedded systems firmware development, 'C' and assembly
* MicroChip PIC16 /PIC18 /PIC24 specialist. Masters level.
* Embedded Linux, quick turn your product idea
* Project Management, if I can't do it, I know who can
* New Technology Innovation based on my 15+ years in the industry.

Jeff King’s Experience

• Senior Design Engineer / CTO

  Aero Data

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  January 1997 — Present (11 years 9 months)

  * Provide engineering design and embedded real-time product engineering. Use ICE's, compilers, scopes, logic analyzers, development tools, schematic entry tools, PCB design tools and more to develop new products and diagnose existing products for customers. Run day to day operations, set budgets and select vendors. Write project and SBIR proposals.
  
  * GPS Telematics wireless development (Linux, WinCE, Embedded, product based and consulting) Verification testing on GM OnStar. Design, spec and implement embedded FLASH based automotive LINUX computer used for vehicle transportation data collection using OBD2. Developed robotic navigation system incorporating odometry, GPS, ultrasonic sonar and ring gyro, under DARPA Tactical Mobile Robots (TMR) Program.
  
  * Remote Keyless Entry (RF-RKE) and RF modem development. Worked with test lab to achieve FCC part 15 certification
  
  * Design and set up mesh WiFi network in small city

• Senior Electrical Engineer

  Radio Systems Corp

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

  May 2006 — January 2007 (9 months)

  Develop, design and implement all aspects of next generation wireless dog containment product, using frequency agile ELF superhet receiver, controlled by MicroChip PIC processor, using Eagle Cad tools. Develop and implement Class D ELF transmitter (6-10khz), using Orcad and CCS PIC ‘C’ compiler. Research wireless animal containment system using 2.4ghz Chipcon/TI CC2431 Zigbee location engine and develop initial prototype.

• Senior Systems Architect

  Gyricon

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

  May 2002 — January 2006 (3 years 9 months)

  Took concept of unique patented “Smart Paper” electronic sign from inception to a completed product. Provide all aspects of engineering, cradle to grave, for this startup company.
  
  Design Microchip PIC18F series controller boards, incorporating analog and digital design. Design and code in 'C' 900 MHz FSK short range radio system. Work with test lab to achieve successful FCC certification.
  
  Design next generation product based on 802.11b radio stack and TCP/IP protocol, both hardware and software design. Boot loader design.
  
  Work with customers in conjunction with product marketing, to learn their requirements and deliver a product meeting such requirements.
  
  Implement ARM9/Linux based implementation of multimedia sign controller. Named in patent applications pending for various proprietary technologies developed. Use GNU C, CCS, C-18, PCAD and Protel.

• Senior Product Engineer

  Quantum Sky

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

  January 1996 — July 1997 (1 year 7 months)

  Provided all aspects of design and support for an in-vehicle telematics GPS based multi-media system. Support $330,000 initial contract. This was a PC/104 based embedded windows computer that was used in transit buses to log vehicle data, control multi-media passenger signage, control audio announcements and other vehicle functions. Operation was keyed off of GPS and situational data. Designed 2.5 GHz Alfred slot antenna. Interfaced J1708 to vehicle data computer. Designed ruggedized vehicle power supply/audio amplifier using buck regulators and PIC16C621 microprocessor with J1708 interface. Wrote serial drivers to decode Trimble GPS TSIP protocol and derive PVT from coordinate based XYZ positions. Wrote passenger sign interface for VULTON 'DigiDot' transit sign using IBM assembly and Borland Delphi. Wrote video interface using Microsoft Video for Windows. Wrote program for use with fluxgate compass to determine vehicle heading.

• Senior Product Engineer

  Ford Motor Company

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; F; Automotive industry)

  January 1993 — January 1996 (3 years 1 month)

  Develop and design automotive climate control systems, both hardware and software on 68HC11, 16C54 and TMS370 platforms. Code control applications in Borland C 3.1. Develop EATC climate control systems including PWM motor control, PWM water valves, display control, servo and actuator motion and diagnostics using Archimedes C compiler for 68HC11. Design original hardware and software for low cost EATC system using MicroChip 16C54 'PIC' controller. Develop and diagnose applications using Ford SCP (J1850). Used ORCAD PCB layout.

• Research and Development Engineer

  Allied Film and Video

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Media Production industry)

  January 1989 — January 1993 (4 years 1 month)

  Provide corporate wide engineering support at national video duplicator. Design circuits and PCB's using ORCAD. Implemented computer based plant floor monitoring and data acquisition systems, both hardware and software using Microsoft Professional Basic 7.1. This system saved over $400,000 per year off of operating costs. Document and preparation of training material, both written and video, as well as equipment manuals. Repair video circuits to the component level. Improved Rank-Cintel film transfer system. Assisted in setup preventative maintenance program for all video tape equipment. Designed, developed and implemented videocassette identification system (video fingerprint). Designed, developed, programmed and implemented corporate-wide computer based video automation system using mouse-based controls. Assisted in Sony Sprinter improvements including development of endless loop retrofit for Sony HSP-5000. Negotiate pricing with vendors.

Jeff King’s Education

• Lawrence Technological University

  1985 — 1989

• FCC First Class commerical license

  License, FCC First class commerical with Radar endorsement, 1981 — 1981

  Part 15 certification. EMC, transmitter and Radar endorsements

• RETS

  ASET, Electronic Techology, 1978 — 1979

  Top in class

• Grosse Ile High School

  certificate, College prep, 1977 — 1979

  Activities and Societies:

  Science, chess and electronics club.

Additional Information

Jeff King’s Websites:

• Jeff on FaceBook

Jeff King’s Interests:

Low cost manufacturing, new technology, GPS, telematics, aviation, Consumer electronics, Wireless technologies, Technology business development

Jeff King’s Groups:

ARRL, EAA, AOPA, IEEE, RNC, USB.org, Zigbee Alliance, Holland Young Professionals, Product Development and Management Association, GR Entrepreneurs, CES, Lakeshore Advantage, Lawrence Technical University

•    Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA)
•    Holland Young Professionals
•    Wearable Technologies
•    Microchip Technology Inc. MASTERs Conference
•    Aviation IT
•    Embedded Linux
•    GRLUG - Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
•    Real-Time Embedded Engineering
•    Zigbee Mesh Networking
•    Avionics Design Group

Jeff King’s Honors:

* Nominated and attended MicroChip Masters conference in Phoenix AZ, 2003
* Committee member + Published QST, ARRL High Speed Multimedia (HSMM) group 2004
* Speaker "A Linux based embedded GPS data logger", 2001 ARRL Digital Communications Conference
* Published fall 1994 TAPR Packet status register 'An asymmetrical packet radio data system.
* Published Fall 1991 ARRL QEX "A 9600 BPS audio based RF modem"
* Speaker/paper "A through the mic 9600 bps modem for amateur radio", Dayton Hamvention 1991
* Speaker, "Wireless networking" 1991 ARRL National convention

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