Proactively seek guidance and mentoring to ensure a comprehensive understanding of what a hands-on approach to executing Embedded Systems projects with a focus on comprehensive requirements analysis, definition of the appropriate technical approach and solution, project planning and management, and risk assessment and mitigation, means and how it is implemented. Understanding of the principles of digital systems that include ADC's, DAC's, UART's, RS-485, RS-232, embedded Ethernet, USB, microcontrollers, DSP's, RAM, SRAM, EEPROM, switching low-voltage power supplies, pulse-width modulation devices, discrete logic, and FPGA's.