Steven Christmas

Software Developer at Pariveda Solutions

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

I am a technology generalist with five years experience writing enterprise software as a consultant across an array of industries and technology stacks. I enjoy entering unfamiliar environments and rapidly learning and adapting myself so I can deliver value quickly.

Experience

  • Senior Software Engineer at System1
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • Senior Software Developer at Pariveda Solutions
    Apr 2017 - Oct 2022 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Research Assistant / Project Lead at Oregon State University
    Jan 2016 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • Developing an “Internet of Things” retrofit for electric water heaters, which promises to improve power grid stability and allow for increased integration of renewable energy sources. • Responsible for all aspects of design and test, including: circuit design and simulation, power electronics and thermal design, mechanical design, component selection, PCB layout, prototype assembly, and FPGA design. • Presently writing firmware and electrical testing. • Patent pending.

  • R&D Electrical Engineer Intern at Hewlett Packard
    Jun 2016 - Sep 2016 · 4 mos

    • Integrated a large FPGA project into a new proprietary build system, resulting in simplified HDL code maintenance and reuse. • Debugged Python source code. • Defined simulation and documentation build targets via Python scripts.

  • Electrical Intern at Central Lincoln PUD
    Jun 2015 - Sep 2015 · 4 mos

    • Designed the upgrade of a power substation control building, including a complete replacement of all monitoring, control, and communications devices, resulting in improvements to remote monitoring and control capabilities and to overall system reliability. • Created new electrical drawings and updated existing drawings. • Designed a preliminary one-line diagram for a substation that will interface with the first grid-connected ocean wave power plant to be built in North America.