Peter Holzer

Senior Systems Engineer at General Atomics

San Diego Metropolitan Area

About

Principal Systems Engineer - technical lead, requirements analysis, solutions architecture, DSP firmware design, system integration, and field test of multi-mode airborne radars, SATCOM modems, high energy lasers, EW subsystems, network processors, and switch fabric ICs. Four (4) issued patents. Specialties: Systems Engineering, Project Engineering, Hardware Design, Software Design, Proposals, System Specs, Requirements Flowdown, Patent Applications

Experience

  • Senior Systems Engineer at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
    Feb 2008 - Present · 18 yrs 6 mos

    - Systems Engineer for several multi-mode airborne radar systems on RPA aircraft - Systems Engineer for several EW Pods and a Self-Protect Pod on RPA aircraft

  • MTS at L-3 Communications
    Oct 2005 - Feb 2008 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    - Specify SatCom modem requirements - Design DSP algorithms via MATLAB and C simulation - Implement DSP routines in FPGAs - Project Engineering on proposals and contracts - Requirements analysis using Rational Requisite Pro

  • Principal Applications Engineer at AMCC
    Oct 2000 - Oct 2005 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    - Factory Applications engineer for switch fabric and network processor devices - Help customers design AMCC devices into their boards and systems - Review customer schematics and device drivers - Assist in system bring-up at customer sites - Create Systems Architectures, Datasheets, Application Notes

  • DSP Software Engineer at Titan Corporation
    Dec 1996 - Oct 2000 · 3 yrs 11 mos

    DAMA Modem Module (DMM) - DSP Software Engineer. - Wrote & tested TMS320C50 software for UHF SatCom modem LST-5D Radio - DSP Software Engineer. - Fixed DSP software problems in 5K DAMA and 25K DAMA modes.

  • Senior Radar Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin
    Mar 1990 - Dec 1996 · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Low Cost VSAT Program - System Engineer. Designed Altera FPGA for vocoder interface, TDMA formatting, and I/Q modulator. Autonomous Precision Approach & Landing System (APALS) Program - Lead System Engineer for X-band radar and GPS-based landing system Low-Cost Anti-Armor Submunition (LOCAAS) Program - System Engineer for W-Band radar seeker, all subsystem interfaces, wrote system timing software on DSP32C.