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From College to Career: Digital Design Hardware Engineer Journey

Follow Mary Holleboom's path from college graduation to landing a job as a digital design hardware engineer. Learn about her background, personal experience, faith's influence on her engineering work, valuable advice for students, and the importance of gaining experience and continuous learning. This outline covers her academic achievements, internships, projects, tools used, and the projects she worked on as a digital design engineer. Discover the role faith and engineering play in her life and the valuable advice she offers to aspiring engineers.

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From College to Career: Digital Design Hardware Engineer Journey

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  1. FROM COLLEGE TO CAREERMary HolleboomDigital Design Hardware Engineer Nov. 6, 2002

  2. OUTLINE • Background • Personal Experience • Faith & Engineering • Advice • Conclusion • Questions FILE NAME

  3. Graduated May, 2002 Electrical concentration Spanish minor President of IEEE (2001-2002) Student Liaison of IEEE (2000-2001) 2 internships Delphi Automotive - Flint East Cruise Control Assembly Delphi Automotive - Flint West Generator Plant Engineering Dept. Office Student Assistant Smiths Aerospace BACKGROUND FILE NAME

  4. MY EXPERIENCE • Smiths Aerospace • Accepted February, 2002 • Started June, 2002 • Digital Design • FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) • UNIX - EMACS, ModelSim • PC - Visio • Used text books as resources (Don’t Get Rid of Them!) • Mix of self-teaching and formal/informal training FILE NAME

  5. TOOLS - ModelSim FILE NAME

  6. PROJECTS • CRC Generator/Checker • Cyclic Redundancy Code • Error detection & correction • Generic module for reuse w/in company • Training • Orlando, FL • 1 week • VHDL programming • VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuit) Hardware Description Language FILE NAME

  7. PROJECTS • JSF (Joint Strike Fighter) • F-35 A,B,&C (variants) • US Navy • US Air Force • US Marine Corps • UK Royal Navy & Royal Air Force • Features • CTOL(Conventional Takeoff & Landing) • STOVL(Short Takeoff & Vertical Landing) • CV(Carrier Variant) • Commonality • Fuselage and Internal Weapons Bay • Common structural geometries • Same core engine w/ modifications (Pratt & Whitney F119) • FRIU (Fuselage Remote Interface Unit) • 2 FPGAs / 1 Circuit Card • BUS interface • I/O Discretes • Work under technical lead: Sam Lassini www.jast.mil/IEFrames.htm FILE NAME

  8. JSF OVERVIEW FILE NAME

  9. FAITH & ENGINEERING • Foundation at Calvin • Figure out what you believe and why • Real world • Personal actions • Attitude towards work • How your job affects others / society FILE NAME

  10. ADVICE • Use resources available / seize opportunities • Seminars • Professors • Reading & Reference Room • Job Fairs • Career Resource Center • Use college as time to explore • Take part in different internships • Become involved in IEEE • Industry contacts • Looks good on resume • Resources • Computer Science • More programming • Unix FILE NAME

  11. ADVICE • Senior Design • How to work with others • What to undertake and what to designate • Trust your teammates • Work hard 1st semester and INTERIM • Communication • Plan ahead - make a SCHEDULE and stick to it • FE Exam • Spring • Electrical test • Start studying EARLY • Take time off between graduation and work/Grad school • You’re not expected to know how to do your job before you start - use college to learn how to learn FILE NAME

  12. CONCLUSION - Get experience - - It’s never too early to start looking for a job / internship - - Keep learning - HAVE FUN! FILE NAME

  13. QUESTIONS ? FILE NAME

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