Experience

University of Southern California

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Embedded System Architect/Research Program Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Present

  ● Responsible for embedded system definition, architecture, and design of new medical diagnostic devices. ● Lead firmware development efforts on FPGAs, GPUs, processors, and microcontrollers. ● Research and develop image processing and computer vision algorithms. ● Provide planning, processing, and implementation of software related efforts. ● Develop high level models; implement and optimize them for real-time performance. ● Responsible for low-level API design, implementation, validation, integration, and troubleshooting. ● Maintain and improve existing software applications. ● Perform version control and maintain compilation/build schedules. ● Build and execute unit and module level test protocols; support software QA on integration and system verification activities.



Teledyne DALSA

• Canada
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior FPGA Design Architect

  • Nov 1999 - Sep 2017

  ● Responsible for managing and supporting multiple projects and product-lines spanning over multiple years. ● Architected, developed, and integrated high-speed data acquisition boards for medical diagnostic systems, specifically in ophthalmology and fluoroscopy markets. ● Researched and developed state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms, including machine learning-based approaches, for real-time machine vision applications. ● Efficiently developed computer vision algorithms on FPGA-based processing cards with interfaces, such as PCIe, DDR2/3, RLDRAM2/3, SerDes, LVDS, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART etc. ● Oversaw hardware/firmware architectures of machine vision products. ● Closely worked with clients to assemble requirements and created Statement of Work (SOW) for custom product development involving high speed image acquisition and real-time image processing. ● Evaluated and conducted feasibility studies on new project proposals. ● Implemented and enhanced the complete Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) reconstruction pipeline including complex-FFT, background subtraction, normalization, dispersion correction, and logarithmic scaling on multiple FPGAs. ● Successfully developed and integrated an efficient FPGA architecture for real-time retinal tracking with robust interfaces to high speed galvanometers, memory, host PC, and data acquisition cards. ● Documented test protocols, developed automated testing environments, and generated validation reports. ● Led and provided technical direction to a multi-disciplinary engineering team in design and validation. ● Clarified and succinctly summarized complex issues to internal and external stakeholders. ● Worked closely with sales, engineering, production departments, and external suppliers. ● Regularly assisted clients with system integration and carried out after-sale supports. ● Developed demo applications, created application notes and detailed documentation. ● Mentored junior engineers.



Cybernet Inc

• Montreal, Canada Area

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 1999 - Nov 1999

  ● Designed new electronic circuits for humidity, temperature, and level control products. ● Worked closely with clients to identify new product requirements. ● Maintained and supported legacy products. ● Analyzed, diagnosed, and resolved product issues in the field. ● Designed new electronic circuits for humidity, temperature, and level control products. ● Worked closely with clients to identify new product requirements. ● Maintained and supported legacy products. ● Analyzed, diagnosed, and resolved product issues in the field.