Matthew Golab
E-Mail: mail@matthewgolab.co.uk
Date of Birth: August 1983
I am a Senior Software Engineer with over six years of experience within the Embedded Set Top Box Industry.
During this time I have developed my career and have not lost my appetite for the industry. I believe that
exceptional team work, communication and organisational skills, coupled with good design principles will allow
both myself and colleagues to deliver beyond company and end-users expectations. These are skills I hold in
high esteem.
Skills Summary
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Programming using the languages C and C++.
Working within an industrial setting in full software development life cycle and in Embedded systems.
Digital Television systems, specifically DVB, Nagra CAK, middleware technologies etc.
Experience of working in a team environment.
Working to specifications.
Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) experience: Flash memory, Front End, IR Interface.
Various use of formal design methods.
Software Configuration Management systems experience: Clearcase/Mantis, Bugzilla, Coverity and MS Visual
Sourcesafe.
Integrated Development Environments (IDE): Slickedit, Metrowerks CodeWarrior and MS Visual Studio 6 &
.Net 2003.
Use of the following debugging environments: DDD (using GDB), ST, ARM and Laughterbach.
Experience of developing under both Windows and Linux Operating System environments.
Software Application Knowledge: MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and various other software packages.
Excellent time management.
Excellent written and communication skills.
Career History
EchoStar Europe Ltd
Senior Software Engineer
Steeton, West Yorkshire, BD20 6QW
www.echostar-europe.com
05/09/2005 - Present
Developing embedded modularised software (in C) for the Digital Set Top Box market. Responsibilities include
drafting specifications, working to third-party specifications, development and testing of resulting software.
I have worked on numerous projects, contributing to team-meetings and communicating with members of the
team to ensure the success of each project. The following STB's have launched to market:
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TR40 (Low cost) and TR50 (HD - DVR). Both Terrestrial STB's based on an ST chipset, developed
specifically for the digital switch over in the USA. Experience was gained of using ST debuggers under both
windows and under Linux. I was involved with developing the GUI and OAD download strategies.
HDS-600 (South American market), Mid range Dual Tuner HD STB based on a Broadcom chipset, supporting
optional DVR upgrade via USB.
Experience was gained in the integration and testing of the Nagra CAK, this included using Nagra's Test
Suite and creating a test harness to develop and test “IRD command” parsers that were required to support
operator functionality such as remotely placing the STB into standby.
I also had exposure to Broadcom driver code, dealing with Broadcom NEXUS smartcard drivers.
Unity media – DVR STB for the German Cable market, whilst on this project I visited Nagra at their US
Atlanta CA Integrations Centre providing support to my colleagues in the UK. I gained knowledge and
insight on how they tested our products.
Other experience:
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All projects above (except the TR40) were source controlled using Clearcase. Consequently I am aware of
both the pitfalls and the powerful abilities of Clearcase.
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Experience of using bug tracking systems (such as Mantis and/or Bugzilla) to manage and document
concisely bugs that I have witnessed or which I am working to a resolution on. Such systems are very
effective at leaving a paper trail of problems that have arisen on a project.
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Code reviewing – I have demonstrated being critical of what code changes have an affect on other subsystems of code.
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Visual Studio C++ .Net - development and maintenance of an in-house application.
BTL Group Ltd
Shipley, West Yorkshire
18/07/2005 – 31/08/2005
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Technical Support
Providing technical support and assistance to users of BTL’s eLearning software.
Employment History Between 2002 – 2005:
Choices Rentals Ltd, Sales Assistant - part-time
Responsibilities included opening/closing, cashing up, being a key holder and dealing with customer’s
needs/complaints.
FGS Services Ltd, Computer Engineer - summer job
Worked as part of a team to install, troubleshoot and repair IT network infrastructure.
Other duties included PC maintenance, building/configuring computers and basic website development.
Argos Retail Group PLC, Sales Assistant - part-time temporary Christmas job
Responsibilities included serving customers and working as part of a team to ensure a high quality of service.
Maplin Electronics PLC - Sales Assistant - part-time
Responsibilities included serving components to customers and providing useful advice and information.
Consequently we helped develop the Maplins brand and reputation for the better. Thus helping to increase sales
and customer satisfaction.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications Achieved
2005
2001
2001
1999
BSc (Hons) Computing, 2:2 Classification.
A - Levels: Art & Design D, Design Technology D.
AS Level: Computing D.
7 GCSE’s at C and above, including Maths, English and Science.
Education
Date
09/2001
09/2000
09/1999
09/1996
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07/2005
06/2001
06/2001
09/2000
Establishment
Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park Campus, Headingley
Bradford College
Beckfoot School
St. Bede’s Grammar School
Final Year Module Titles
Individual Project – Telescope Controller
User Interface Design
Computer Aided Software Engineering
Management of Corporate Networks
Data & Network Security
Cyberspace & Society
Second Year Module Titles
Software Design
Object Oriented Software
Applications Programming Interface
Computer Communications
System Specification
Networks & Open Systems
The Group Project
Additional Information
 Full UK, clean driving license.
 References available on request.
Interests
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I like to keep abreast of the latest software technologies such as Android and Java.
Organising walks and camping trips with friends.
Doing DIY on my car.
Computer maintenance, repairing/troubleshooting and assembly.
8th November 2011
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