Field Applications Engineer
Zycad Corporation — Austin, TX — 1985–1986
Responsibilities
- Provided pre‑ and post‑sales technical support for Logic and Fault Hardware Accelerators.
- Opened and managed the Austin, TX field office, ensuring zero‑downtime system support.
- Collaborated cross‑functionally with hardware designers, software engineers, and client CAD teams to optimize simulation performance.
Accomplishments
- Completed Zycad certification for Logic and Fault Accelerator systems.
- Solved zero‑delay race conditions in MC68000 simulations, improving simulation accuracy.
- Developed Fortran tools for translating Silos → Zilos netlists.
- Completed multi‑billion‑event simulation benchmarks for Hughes, and AMD.
- Co‑winner of Zycad’s internal circuit‑simulation performance contest.
Tool Set
Fortran, Zilos/Silos, VAX/EDT/Apollo, LE/FE accelerators