Miguel Ruiz

Experience

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  Arecibo Observatory

  Jun 1999 - Aug 1999

  Electronic Technician

  Responsibilities as an Electronics Technician:• Checked and corrected a bug in the delay circuitry of the Lidar equipment.Accomplishments:• Implemented a redundancy delay circuit in case the first one failed.• Designed a test to measure how much certain window films attenuated electromagnetic waves. Because of this testing, the Observatory received window tints for all their windows free.

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  Hewlett-Packard

  Mar 2001 - Apr 2003

  Quality Engineer II

  Responsibilities as a QA Engineer II:• Software and Hardware Quality Control Engineer; in charge of lab inventory. • Customer Support and Technical Writer - Helped field technicians to solve problems at clients’ sites.• Project Manager Assistant - time mgmt., follow-ups, find/assign resources, etc.Accomplishments:• Promoted in less than a year.• Developed Korn Shell script (UNIX) that reduced testing time by 10%• Completed courses in AlphaServer Technology, Computer Repair, PCI, PCI-X, and AGP System Arch., Tru64 UNIX Adm., Open VMS Single Node & Cluster Mgmt. Show less

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  Abaco Mobile

  Mar 2004 - Apr 2009

  Software Engineer

  Responsibilities as a Software Engineer:• In charge of writing user documentation and technical documents for product component suite• Software Developer and QA Tester• Administrator of version control systemAccomplishments:• Developed and enhanced several Abaco components using C++ and Java• Developed a build system enhancement that reduced development time by 20%.• Provided a solution for several issues reported by customers.• Developed end-user documentation and training material for product component suite• Published several specification documents Show less

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  Truenorth Corporation

  Jun 2009 - Jun 2010

  Independent Contractor

  Responsibilities:• Develop algorithms for data mining and templates to produce human readable PDFs.Accomplishments:• Significantly reduced the time it took to produce and send documents that had a deadline imposed by the Government.

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  Softek, Inc.

  Jun 2010 - Mar 2015

  Team Leader

  Responsibilities as a Team Leader:• Develop and improve existing software; QA testing.• Specification document writing. • Supervise a team of developers.• Technical Knowledge on the Credit Card processing cycle.• Developer with the TxPort team• Team Leader for the Compliance Group• Give technical support to both technicians and clientsAccomplishments:• Helped with successful development and presentation of DEMOs to potential clients.• Added additional functionality to the SUT software within imposed deadline.• Reviewed and tested software from third parties.• Developed the communications algorithm for the TxPort for both, dialup and Ethernet.• Supervised the successful deployment of thousands of fiscal devices (TxPorts, SUTs, and TxServers). Show less

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  Honeywell Aerospace

  Mar 2015 - Jun 2019

  Engineer Sr. Software

  Responsibilities as a Senior Software Engineer:• Develop and improve testing software.• Technical Documents writing (Requirements, Design, etc.)• Mentor PeersAccomplishments:• Updated several legacy components to run on state-of-the-art systems.• Authored several requirements, design documents, and help files.• Automated several tests using TestStand, minimizing user interaction, thus saving time and money on testing.• Mentored several peers on development techniques, and technical document writing.• Lead several cost-saving group initiatives. Show less

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  Wovenware

  Jun 2019 - now

  Technical Manager