Summary
Erin Sullivan is a Senior Software Engineer in Portland, Oregon with a decade of experience specializing in system simulation, virtual platforms, and computer architecture. At Intel she has led modeling of power management IPs on the Simics virtual platform and accelerated firmware and software development by integrating fast bringup SoC simulators for major product lines. Her background spans firmware, diagnostics, and lab validation work, giving her a rare blend of hardware-aware software expertise. Erin mentors teammates and drives knowledge sharing, helping scale institutional expertise across simulation and platform teams. With both BS and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Oregon State University and hands-on experience designing test hardware and automation, she routinely connects low-level hardware concerns to practical software workflows. Notably, her career shows a consistent focus on shrinking time-to-first-run for firmware via high-fidelity virtual platforms rather than purely feature development.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.53 GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.53 GPA at Oregon State University
English, Japanese