ARTHUR A. MOREL
111 Granlee Road  San Rafael , CA 94903
805-708-6247  art@rain.org
SUMMARY
A versatile, full spectrum software engineer with over 18 years experience in a variety of
technology companies. A creative, detail-orientated professional who designs innovative
solutions to technical problems.
Technical Skills
Languages:
Operating Systems:
Applications:
Java, C++, C, LabWindows CVI, MIPS Assembly, 68000 Assembly, UML,
VHDL, Perl, TclTk, Html, Visual Basic, Fortran, Pascal
Windows, UNIX, VXWorks, VMS
GCC, MS Visual C++, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio, Clear Case
CAREER EXPERIENCE
Raytheon, Santa Barbara Remote Sensing
Santa Barbara, CA
2002-2006
S ENIOR S OFTWARE E NGINEER 1
Hardware Test and Simulation Software Engineer for NPOES Visible Infrared Imager / Radiometer
Suite (VIIRS) satellite sensor.
Space Flight Card Test Equipment SW
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Digital Preprocessor – Designed and developed validation test software for Engineering and Flight
cards. SW functionality included: DIO functions interfacing to test fixture memory space, Test
fixture DIO stimulus, Automated test framework with scripting capability, RICE compression
algorithms, Data Processing emulation engine, Automated Data Processing Validation, User
Interface card control, debug and data display tools.
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Servo Control - Wrote C language based switching database and control functions for signal
routing between test equipment and UUT. This API provided needed abstraction between low level
signal routing and actual source and destination signals switching for the Application programmer.
Developed data graphics display components.
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Analog Back Plane – Designed and Developed Backplane Validation SW using NI Hardware and
LabWindows CVI.
Sensor Simulator SW
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Developed Use case model for simulator.
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Provided Sensors mission data.
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Sensor Telemetry import translator routines for simulator database.
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Developed Simulation Scenario Dispatcher. Allowing user scenarios to begin at specified space
craft times.
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Implemented backdoor Server and Client APIs between Simulator and System test equipment.
Lab Equipment
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National Instruments : LabWindows CVI, NI-653X , NI-4060, NI-5411, SCXI-1129, SCXI-1160,
NI-6702 ,PXI
cPCI : Catalyst TA700 cPCI analyzer, API programming with COM interface and scripting (TCL)
tool control language.
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Ericsson, Data Backbone and Optical Networks
Santa Barbara, CA
1999-2002
S OFTWARE E NGINEER
Embedded SW developer for company's flagship ISP carrier class router platform.
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Team Member with Build, release, design and maintenance of large scale HW diagnostic SW
suite targeted for MIPS and Motorola-based CPU networking interface cards.
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Streamlined delivery and centralized management of department SW code releases by designing
a Web SW release Data Base system. This saved considerable engineering time and allowed
users to find and comprehend the various release development paths.
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Coordinated with HW engineers to build special SW tests for validating and debugging new HW
and for troubleshooting manufacturing and design flaws of existing product line.
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Captured department knowledge by designing Web based FAQ system. Information could now
be quickly recorded and searched thereby retaining important knowledge proficiency and
increasing overall department productivity.
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Wrote DMA engine test and validation SW increasing throughput necessary for VOIP
application for use in strategic platform enhancement. High density modem card FPGA and SW
enhancements allowed a one pass transfer of data between multiple high density modem cards
and a controlling routing card critical for VOIP success.
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Designed and built graphical SW build life cycle manager. Unified 20 plus separate RCS code
bases simplifying the code hierarchy, revision extraction, revision comparisons, various RCS
control functions and building code with diverse GNU compilers.
Creative Visual Effects
Los Angeles, CA
1998-99
P ROGRAMMER / S YSTEM A DMINISTRATOR
Support programmer for feature film animation studio.
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Wrote image processing functions using C++, GL graphics library and Tcl/Tk scripting language
creating special effects for feature films. Project movies include A Dog of Flanders, Baby
Geniuses and Noah's Ark.
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Maintained a networked digital video disk recorder-player program, creating an interface so
artists could send their work to a central real time reviewing station.
Visual Technologies
Santa Barbara, CA
1993–98
Consulting company
F OUNDER
Developed a computer graphics animator utility set for SGI Computers. This software product simplified
the work process for digital animators. VisTools1.0 consisted of a sequential file renamer, process
manager, text editor, image retrieval and image analysis program. The SW was implemented with the GL
graphics library, C language, and user interface with Tcl/Tk. Contract projects include a spline-based
color correction program for film output recorders, tape archival control program and a film recording file
queue program. Previous animation work includes, Mighty Morphing Power Rangers movie, Particle
system effects for the Stargate movie and the Batman movie Mask of the Phantasm.
Alias|WaveFront Technologies, Santa Barbara, CA
P ROGRAMMER / S UPPORT E NGINEER
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Programmed software features for digital animation special effects package.
Taught UNIX scripting languages for advanced user classes.
1991-93
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Supported WaveFront customers with open software integration techniques such as adding
custom image file formats, custom illumination models, scientific data visualization file formats,
and new image compositing functions.
Supported customers on entire SW product line.
Provided customers with script programs as workarounds for specific problems.
Computer Systems Lab, UC Santa Barbara, CA
1990-90
R ESEARCH A SSISTANT
Team member of National Science Foundation Antarctic Research Expedition. Project goal was to study
ozone hole and its effects on photosynthesizing phytoplankton. Project responsibilities included the
design and implementation of a data transferal program in C between oceanographic instruments and
personal computers, a weather database entry program in DBASE 3+, and the modification of a data
reduction software written in FORTRAN.
Tecolote Research Inc.
Santa Barbara, CA
1988-89
P ROGRAMMER / A NALYST
Developed a Software Management Resource Estimator model for the Naval Undersea System Center,
Newport, RI. Simulation used for resource studies for Navy Mk14 torpedo maintenance program. SW
was implemented with FORTRAN and DBASE 3+. Member of development team for military cost
estimation program for DEC VAX systems. Designed and implemented an automated data base loading
program of monthly Government Contractor cost data.
EDUCATION/TRAINING
B.S. GeoPhysics  University of California, Santa Barbara
Received Lattice VHDL certification, through Ericsson
Completed additional courses in computer science and graduate courses in fluid mechanics, UCSB