Graeme S. Usman

Playtester at NDA - Confidential

Participated in multiple playtests for an upcoming game from an industry-leading game studio. Selected to take part in a study evaluating long-term progression systems on a proprietary build, provided feedback based on the experience, and submitted bug reports to the development team.

Self-study - Game Development at Self-Study

Unreal Engine 5 Development: Utilizing online resources for independent game development and navigating Epic Games’s Unreal Engine 5. Explored the two main development approaches of Blueprints and C++, as well as how to incorporate both into a development pipeline.

Applications Software Engineer at Hamamatsu Corp

Technical Product Support: Provide customers with technical explanations, troubleshooting assistance, and product selection support for the wide variety of photonic equipment offered by Hamamatsu. Demonstrated the ability to give concise and effective technical communication in a timely manner to customers. Key Achievement: Created a scientific camera frame rate calculator tool to better illustrate camera capabilities and performance. Repurposed the current image sensor frame rate calculator to accommodate for scientific camera specifications via JavaScript and HTML.

Technical Operations Co-Op at Johnson & Johnson

Technical Software Support: Assist in the implementation of the Continuous Process Validation Automation Analytics tool via testing, troubleshooting, and enhancement of existing code base. Key Achievement: Identified, debugged, and implemented modifications to user database, successfully eliminating future retrieval issues. Utilized Java, OracleDB, SQL Developer, angularJS, nodeJS, Springboot Framework, Hibernate. Collaborated and contributed as team member in an international project team.

Senior Design Project - ECE Embedded Systems at Purdue University - ECE Embedded Systems

Contributed to system design of a microcontroller-based system that synchronizes LED fixtures to detect real-time audio rhythm. Responsible for integrating both hardware and software components and assuring proper functionality in a Systems Engineer role. Verified functionality and integrity of hardware circuitry using lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and programmable DC power supply.

Unreal Engine 5 Development: Independent study focusing on Unreal Engine 5, exploring Blueprints and C++ integration and how to combine both into a development pipeline.

Applications Software Engineer at Hamamatsu Corp

Technical Product Support: Provide customers with technical explanations, troubleshooting assistance, and product selection support for the wide variety of photonic equipment offered by Hamamatsu. Created a scientific camera frame rate calculator tool to illustrate camera capabilities and performance using JavaScript and HTML.

Technical Operations Co-Op at Johnson & Johnson

Technical Software Support: Assist in the implementation of the Continuous Process Validation Automation Analytics tool via testing, troubleshooting, and enhancement of existing code base. Key Achievement: Identified, debugged, and implemented modifications to user database, eliminating future retrieval issues. Technologies utilized included Java, OracleDB, SQL Developer, AngularJS, NodeJS, Spring Boot Framework, Hibernate.

Senior Design Project - ECE Embedded Systems at Purdue University

Contributed to system design of a microcontroller-based system that synchronizes LED fixtures to detect real-time audio rhythm. Integrated hardware and software components and verified functionality using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, DMM, programmable power supply).

Playtester at NDA - Confidential

Participated in multiple playtests for an upcoming game; selected to take part in a study evaluating long-term progression systems on a proprietary build, provided feedback and submitted bug reports to the development team.

Applications Software Engineer at Hamamatsu Corp

Technical Product Support: Provide customers with technical explanations, troubleshooting assistance, and product selection support for photonic equipment. Created a scientific camera frame rate calculator tool using JavaScript and HTML.

Technical Operations Co-Op at Johnson & Johnson

Technical Software Support: Assisted in the implementation of the Continuous Process Validation Automation Analytics tool; debugging and enhancement of existing code base. Key achievements include modifying the user database to prevent future retrieval issues. Technologies used: Java, OracleDB, SQL Developer, AngularJS, NodeJS, Spring Boot, Hibernate.