Contact

Name:Manfred Zinner
EMail:mail@mzinner.com
Address:Gritznerstr. 29a, 12163 Berlin, Germany
Phone:++49-30-258 12345
Fax:++49-30-258 12346
Cell:++49-174-1700 689


Objective

Senior software developer/architect position with scientific/technical background.
Skills and Qualifications

  • More than eighteen years of experience in software architecture, design and development (TelCo, SemiCon, Automation)
  • Extensive experience in C and C++ programming
  • Wide and in-depth knowledge of programming on Microsoft and Unix platforms (WinNT/W2K/XP, Solaris, Linux), including Win32 API, COM/DCOM, CORBA, ACE/TAO, ClearCase, XML, Perl, ATL, MFC
  • Object oriented analysis and design using UML
  • Team lead, coach and reference implementor
  • Quality-driven approach and excellent problem-solving capabilities
  • Fluent in English and German (native tounge), conversant in Italian
Education

M. Sc. in Physics (german equivalent: Dipl. Phys. Univ.) from the Technical University of Munich, February 1994
Specialized in computational physics and computer simulations in biophysics.
Experience

Free-lance software consultant:
(October 1996 - current)

Telecommunications: UMTS Equipment Management (August 2003 - December 2008)
Customer: Siemens AG / NokiaSiemensNetworks GmbH

Project: Equipment Management for UMTS NodeB radio network entities.

Responsibilities:
  • Head of development team.
  • Requirement analysis, feature specification and implementation of state management for radio network hardware units.
  • Optimization algorithms.
  • Design and implementation of hardware simulation environment.
  • Coordination with development teams in Poland, Italy and Japan.


Environment: Corba, XML, ClearCase, VC++, gc++, Win32, Solaris, Linux

Embedded video encoder/decoder chip (February 2003 - July 2003)
Customer: SciWorx GmbH

Project: Development of an JPEG/MPEG/AAC/MP3 co-processor for audio/video mobile phone applications.

Responsibilities:
  • Specification and implementation of the interface layer between chip and baseband processor.
  • Implementation of boot protocol, boot-time interface drivers, CMOS image sensor drivers and a CMOS image sensor simulator.


Environment: ASIC with ARM Core, ARMulator, CodeWarrior, LogicAnalyzer, VC++

Semiconductor metrology tool automation (April 2002 - October 2002)
Customer: Siemens Dematic AG

Project: Integration of a Genmark Automation 6-axes robot into a high-throughput Siemens 3D wafer inspection system, used in the semiconductor industry for inline process control.

Responsibilities:
  • Responsible for the complete robotics subproject, including interface design, software implementation, hardware setup and coordination with the robotics supplier.
  • Designed the process control subsystem including GUI.
  • Refactored other critical subsystems.


Environment: NT4.0 / Win2000; ATL, COM, Visual C++, GEM/SECS

Semiconductor metrology software platform (June 1999 - March 2002)
Customer: Philips Analytical GmbH

Project: Development of a SEMI-compatible software platform for metrology systems in the semiconductor industry, supporting a wide range of metrology hardware. The software encompassed all hardware and measurement control, data aquisition, storage and presentation, the local controlling GUI and interaction with a remote host computer.

Responsibilities:
  • Member of the architecture group; co-responsible for the overall design.
  • Responsible for large parts of the implementation on the first target hardware platform: hardware control, job control, data aquisition, numerical analysis, sample transport, pattern recognition, GUI elements as well as all hardware setup and alignment tools.
  • Implemented a realistic hardware simulator.
  • Interacted closely with application engineers / physicists for requirement analysis and hardware/software optimizations.
  • Third-level support for Philips service engineers.
  • Coordinated german and canadian development teams; coached canadian team during eight month's stay in canada.


Environment: NT4.0; ATL, DCOM, Visual C++, MFC, XML, GEM/SECS

previous projects...


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Senior software developer, Cornelsen Software GmbH, Berlin
(October 1994 - September 1996)
Design and implementation of educational software for Win32 platforms.

Software developer, Rele Lernsysteme GmbH, Munich
(February 1987 - September 1994)
Design and implementation of software for elementary and special schools.

Dissertation, Technical University of Munich:
(May 1993 - February 1994)
Computer simulations for NMR-relaxation of lipid molecules in model membrans.
References

References are available upon request.