Experience

Stealth Mode Startup

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Technical Staff

  • May 2022 - Present



Perceptive

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Digital Architect

  • May 2019 - May 2022



Google

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Hardware Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  Architecture and design of Google’s custom built machine learning accelerator ASICs for Google’s data centers and Google Cloud platform. Worked on next generation TPUs for acceleration of machine learning training and inference.

• Senior Hardware Engineer

  • May 2016 - Sep 2017

  Lead FPGA design effort for free space optical communications (FSOC). Implemented and verified high speed SerDes interfaces, error detection and correction algorithms, data retransmission, and frame synchronization. Architected real-time beacon tracking and image processing for FSOC using high-level synthesis. Embedded software for communications and camera processing systems.

• Digital Design Engineer

  • May 2014 - Apr 2016

  Develop custom hardware and software for Google [x]'s Project Loon communications systems. Hardware/software co-design for FPGA-based custom communications modem. Cross-platform library of Verilog modules. High frame-rate camera interface and image processing RTL.



Equinox Corporation

• Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Digital Systems Engineer

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2014

  Designed and implemented real-time sensor and video fusion systems for defense and medical applications. Focused on low-power high-throughput algorithms for FPGA and embedded processors. Delivered three generations of augmented-reality soldier vision systems. Implemented sensor fusion algorithm for ultra-low-power and low-drift 9-axis inertial motion unit combining gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer sensors. Performed architecture and specification of image processing and data acquisition FPGA for high-speed medical research camera. Specified architecture and protocol for wireless video sub-system. Implemented custom memory controller optimized for low power and high throughput. Developed Python tools for FPGA interconnect generation, top-level RTL integration, and sensor calibration. Wrote linux PCI driver for data acquisition board.



Zoran

• Semiconductors
• 100 - 200 Employee

• VLSI Design Engineer

  • Oct 2007 - Jun 2010

  Designed, implemented, and verified video processing algorithms in hardware. Responsible for major part of IP in three successfully taped-out SoCs. Extensive use of both VHDL and Verilog. Worked with a variety of scripting and programming languages in Linux environment. Performed complete architecture of an SD to HD temporal video up-scaler. Interacted with algorithm team to optimize design for area. Specified top-level and micro architecture. Analyzed throughput and bandwidth requirements. Conducted detailed area estimations. Presented design and worked closely with implementation team in California branch. IP integrated into digital TV SoC, successfully taped-out early 2011. Architecture, implementation, and verification of various hardware modules making up a significant portion of three HDTV frame rate conversion SoCs. Developed testbenches, wrote bit-true C reference software, developed scripts for simulation and regression testing.



Lutron Electronics

• United States
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Project Electrical Engineer

  • Jun 2005 - Sep 2006

  Developed embedded software for high-end residential lighting control systems. Worked as part of a team to develop new intelligent RF window shades. Wrote embedded C and C++ code for central and remote processors and expanded existing RF communication protocol. Enhanced and debugged existing embedded software for central control of home lighting system, performed board level debugging using oscilloscope. Taught technical customer training seminars in various US locations. Developed embedded software for high-end residential lighting control systems. Worked as part of a team to develop new intelligent RF window shades. Wrote embedded C and C++ code for central and remote processors and expanded existing RF communication protocol. Enhanced and debugged existing embedded software for central control of home lighting system, performed board level debugging using oscilloscope. Taught technical customer training seminars in various US locations.



LSI, an Avago Technologies Company

• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Designed and implemented web-based software applications to support product range, including communications and storage IC's. Gained experience in HTML, SQL, Coldfusion, and JSP. Designed and implemented web-based software applications to support product range, including communications and storage IC's. Gained experience in HTML, SQL, Coldfusion, and JSP.