Summary
Richard Porter is an experienced FPGA engineer with 8+ years focused on avionics and safety-critical designs, proficient in Xilinx, Microsemi, and Intel/Altera toolchains (Vivado, Libero) and well-versed in end-to-end DO-254 certification processes. He has designed board-level analog/digital systems and implemented complex Zynq Ultrascale solutions for video-over-IP, 10G Ethernet, DDR4 and embedded software on MicroBlaze/ARM, as well as FPGA-based SDRs for space applications. His background spans commercial aviation, military, medical and space markets, blending hands-on VHDL/RTL development, verification testbench creation, and applications engineering. Based in Auburn, WA, he combines technical sales and customer-facing FAE experience with a goal of moving into applications engineering or an equity role, and his GitHub mission—helping people live more secure, private lives—signals a strong interest in security-minded system design.
8 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Michigan-Dearborn