Zeiter S. Farah
4009 Harriet Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55416
Phone: (612) 986-5324
Email: Zeiter.Farah@gmail.com
OVERVIEW
Engineering leader with deep technical understanding of system architecture development, embedded software, user
interface design, and electromechanical complex subsystems.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Evolve Additive Solutions – Minnetonka, MN July 2017- present
Director of Platform Engineering April 2022- present
- Own the development and continuous improvement of Evolve’s industrial additive manufacturing systems and software products.
- Lead engineering team in collaboration with product management and systems engineering to define requirements and specifications for products and subsystems.
- Manage engineering teams of various disciplines (software, mechanical, electrical) to develop new product introductions utilizing engineering standards and best practices, tools and infrastructure.
Software and Systems Engineering Manager April 2021-March 2022
- Led team of software and systems engineering to develop requirements and architecture design.
- Established guidelines for the software release cycle.
Software Engineering Manager April 2020-March 2021
- Managed long-term technology roadmap of software solutions.
- Recruited, managed and mentored a team of software engineering professionals in development and verification efforts to support STEP 3D printing system.
Systems Engineer June 2018-March 2020
- Facilitate cross functional decision making on technical decisions with ultimate ownership within the team.
- Translate the business strategy into projects, initiatives, and technical plans.
- Lead integration of product technologies with respect to mechanical, electrical, firmware and software for the STEP technology
Senior Software Engineer July 2017- June 2018
- Supported all software development in new start up environment to support early proof of concepts.
Stratasys – Eden Prairie, MN June 2008- June 2017
Various Software Engineering roles
- Developed controller code to upgrade the motion chips and add 8 new serial ports to the controller board.
- Represented software in material development projects estimating work effort and implementing necessary changes to help in the development and tuning of new materials.
- Released new software upgrades to the field, including web updates, CDs and USBs.
- Developed controller code for a 3D prototyping machine. Worked on patented Algorithm, added functionality, debugged field issues and worked on improving the user interface.
- Developed C code on a Cypress chip (Psoc) for the wave wash product.
EDUCATION
Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN May 2008
BS, Electrical/Computer Engineering
COMPUTER SKILLS
Engineering Software: Altium, SolidWorks, Win-SPICE, Multisim, IspLever, AutoCAD, Linux
Tools: MSOffice, MATLAB, MP-LAB, VScode, Git, Bitbucket, JIRA, Scrum
Languages: C++, C, C#, Python, VHDL, Assembly, Java, JavaScript, HTML, XML