Participated in full core debug, identifying, reporting, and documenting bugs in various parts of single and multi-core ARM CPU designsAssisted front-end RTL designer by fixing bugs in CPU retirement unit and exception logicCompleted other tasks involving scripting or adapting existing assembly tests for new microarchitecture

Developed, conducted, and analyzed data from a radiation experiment on the Xilinx Zynq at Los Alamos National LaboratoryConducted research on FPGA-based processor benchmark performance using 4 different soft-core processors (the MicroBlaze, LEON3, Cortex-M0 DesignStart, and OpenRISC)Mentored an undergraduate student as he assisted with benchmark performance researchPrepared hardware SoC designs for the four processor architectures for fault injection experiments

Created an automated software suite for testing a proprietary FlexRIO product featureDesigned and conducted experiments on feature performance and reported results to product team

Updated existing TMR (triple modular redundancy) tool for compatibility with Vivado Design SuiteAdded additional device support and simplified installation for half latch detection tool

Created FPGA prototypes of a new ASIC design for feature testingDeveloped software for testing two product features and carried out the tests