Expert Details
Front End ASIC/FPGA Digital Design and Verification, Embedded Systems Design
ID: 729045
United Kingdom
• Hardware Architectures: IEEE 802.3 - Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, IEEE 802.11, Intel 8051 and its derivatives, Texas Instruments TMS320CXX, Intel’s 8085/86, PCI-2.2, I2C, ATMEL-AVR, Atmel-Atmega128L, Microchip-PIC, LEON2, Xilinx FPGAs, Crypto and Hash accelerators, MACSeC, IPSec, Hardware Accelerated Packet Engines, Xilinx-Microblaze based embedded systems
• Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN): TinyOS, nesC, TOSSIM, AVRORA, Mica2 mote, Tyndall mote
• Programming Languages: e (HVL), C, C++ (Advanced Beginner Level), SystemC (Advanced Beginner Level), SystemVerilog-OVM, XML
• Scripting Languages Known: Perl, Python, Shell Scripting
• Verification Suite Tools: Specman Elite from Cadence
• EDA Tools: ModelSim, QuestaSim, Leonardo Spectrum, Verilog-XL, NCVerilog, Xilinx ISE, Xilinx-EDK, Xilinx-Chipscope, Synopsys DesignCompiler, Synopsys PrimePower, Synopsys VCS, LEDA-linting tool, cmView-Code coverage tool
• ASIC Libraries: TSMC 0.13, TSMC 0.18, TSMC 0.25, UMC 0.18, UMC 0.13
• Other Software Tools: PIC-MPLAB, AVR-Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio, Gcc, LEON2/SPARC-V8 gcc tools, PIC-C-Cross Compiler, AVR-C-Cross Compiler, AVR-GCC, WinAVR, 8051 Assembler, Protel, Circuit Maker, SNORT-IDS/IPS, Peta-Linux(uLinux), Klockworks, nVidia-CUDA (Advanced Beginner Level)
• Version Control System: Win-CVS, Tortoise SVN, MKS, Telelogic – CMSynergy
• Bug Tracking System: GNATS, Bugzilla
• Documentations Packages: Microsoft Word, Power-Point, Excel, Latex
• Operating Systems: Windows, DOS, Unix/Solaris/Linux
Product Design Engineer (Consulting), BDI TELECOM Ltd, Ireland:
Designed and developed a product prototype of a pole mounted stand alone battery powered bus time-table information display system. Major goal of the project was to come up with a low power embedded system architecture using commercial off-the-shelf components. Implemented embedded firmware for the chosen microcontroller.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year: 2007 | Degree: MSc by Research | Subject: Computer Science, Wireless Sensor Networks | Institution: University College Dublin, Ireland |
| Year: 2000 | Degree: B.Eng. | Subject: Power Electronics | Institution: L.E.College, Morbi, Gujarat, India |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 2009 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Resarch Fellow | Department: School of Systems Engineering |
Responsibilities:Design and development of embedded systems for EU research projects. |
|||
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2007 to 2009 | Employer: SafeNet B.V. | Title: I.C. Design Engineer | Department: Research & Development |
Responsibilities:Design and development of IP modules and ASICs for cryptographic applications |
|||
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2005 to 2007 | Employer: Neosera Systems Ltd | Title: Senior Research Engineer | Department: Research & Development |
Responsibilities:Verification of APPLES |
|||
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2003 | Employer: eInfochiops Ltd | Title: Hardware Engineer | Department: Research & Development |
Responsibilities:ASIC design and verification |
|||
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| English | Fluently |