Field Applications Engineer

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

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