INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE You’ve defined your landscape and destination. Your map has been drawn. You have embarked on your journey and you think that you are at your destination, but how do you know when you’ve arrived with a fully functional product? It’s important to conduct testability analysis early in the product life to avoid arriving at your …
President’s Corner: Episode 3 Confidentiality
Here’s our 2nd edition of the President’s Corner in VIDEO format. In this episode, I discuss our planning process, look back at 2021 to review the strategic initiatives we’ve accomplished, and dive into our new strategic initiatives we’ve laid out for 2022.
Employee Spotlight – Yehudit Dagan
“One thing that became clear to me over the years working in, and visiting a lot of different organizations is how important company culture is to me. During the interview process at SIGMADESIGN, I understood that the culture was going to be a good fit…” With BA in Physics and a Master’s Degree in Thermal Engineering, I enjoy any opportunity …
BEST PRACTICES —> Part 3: Software Code Reviews
INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE CODE REVIEWS Code reviews are the way to get to efficient development of firmware and software. If you find yourself in the typical scenario below, you might enjoy reading more about the benefits of code reviews: You have gone past your deadlines and you have gone over your budget. The code base is large, disorganized, and unreadable. …
Employee Spotlight – Will Pickering
“The amount of variety in projects and disciplines that I touch is amazing. It keeps things interesting all the time. It’s also a major plus to work with such good people. Even when the work is hard, I still want to come to work because I enjoy my coworkers.” As an Electrical Engineer with a minor in Computer Science, I …
President’s Corner: Episode 2 Video
Here’s our 2nd edition of the President’s Corner in VIDEO format. In this episode, I discuss our planning process, look back at 2021 to review the strategic initiatives we’ve accomplished, and dive into our new strategic initiatives we’ve laid out for 2022.
President’s Corner: Episode 1
We sit down with Bill Huseby, President & CEO of SIGMADESIGN to hear a little about his background, the history of SIGMADESIGN, and what has led to the success of the company. TRANSCRIPT: So I was born and grew up in Brazil: I lived in São Paulo, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, that’s where I learned to sail. I also played …
FIRMWARE & SOFTWARE PROCESSES & BEST PRACTICES —> Part 2: Software Architecture | Creating the Map
Introduction to Software Architecture After you’ve described the landscape and destination, you can draw the map (aka software architecture). How do the features of the landscape fit together? Do they influence each other? How do you get from one location to another? Ideally, we reveal these answers in the software architecture. Some developers think that it is cost-effective to skip …
Employee Spotlight – Anthony Gittins
“The sheer breadth of things that I have been able to work on is incredible. …I am excited about the diversity of innovative project that continue to walk through the door.” As an Electro-Mechanical Engineer, my experience bridges the entire range of product development including machine design, production tooling, system automation, and software development. I enjoy helping our clients refine their …
FIRMWARE & SOFTWARE PROCESSES & BEST PRACTICES —> Part 1: Requirements
Requirements are like roads on a map. Requirements are what defines the landscape, the starting point, and the destination. Without a good map, you won’t know whether you should follow the river or go through the mountain pass – and where are you going anyway? How do you know when you’ve finished your journey or if you arrived at the …