Katie Elliott is the Director of Firmware & Software Engineering / Director of Quality at Simplexity Product Development. She holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington and is a US patent holder with over 20 years of new product and embedded systems development experience. Her expertise includes embedded software, digital signal processing, real-time systems, wearable devices, and developing firmware for medical devices. She also helped lead our Quality team through ISO 13485 certification.
Expertise
- Developing embedded software in C/C++
- Developing embedded software for wearable devices
- Designing state machines for embedded systems
- Developing firmware for medical devices
- Digital signal processing
- Developing embedded firmware for wireless systems, including BLE, RFID, and GSM
Experience
- Spent over 15 years in embedded systems development
- Designed state-driven firmware using the Quantum Platform (QP) for various BLE-connected, wearable devices
- Designed and implemented sensor algorithms for wearable devices
- Developed firmware for ARM Cortex-M embedded platforms
- Created Python scripts and applications for engineering testing and debugging
- Wrote firmware and DSP code for RFID readers
- Developed signal processing code for the physical layer of a GSM pico-cell base station
- Wrote Matlab simulations and developed algorithms for embedded systems
Education
- BS in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
- MS in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington
Recognition
- 5 patents:
- Managing power consumption (8,014,832)
- Digital signal processor update of single channel strength signal (6,952,571)
- Maximum likelihood decoding for input streams containing known data (6,950,976)
- Reduced table size forward error correcting encoder (6,766,490)
- Method and system for automatic firmware updates in a portable handheld device (6,754,895)
Interests / Obsessions
- Alpine and backcountry skiing
- Biking
- Running
- Camping
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Society of Women Engineers
Favorite Quote
“Electricity is really just organized lightning.”
– George Carlin
Software: Design Complete
Hardware: Pre-production units for design verification
MFG. Readiness: CM schedule and budget, Unit build tracking