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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Arlington, Va, Us

Advanced FPGA/ASIC Development

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Digital design and embedded firmware engineer of Xilinx FPGA-based test systems for Mars Sample Return (MSR) avionics.- Developed FPGA logic and prototyped driver SW for low-fidelity, PCIe-based, hardware-in-the-loop (HITL) testbed environments- Migrated heritage designs from Xilinx 6-series to 7-series, spearheaded improvement of configuration management practices and automation for regression testing- Conducted evaluations of alternative FPGA development platforms due to global supply chain shortages of electronic components

Andover, Ma, Us

Digital design engineer for Xilinx FPGA-based digital signal processing (DSP) systems.- Designed control and verification logic for startup, parsing, and encoding functions of serial communication interfaces with 3rd-party hardware- Expanded build automation framework to include subsystem-level regression simulations utilizing high-performance Linux-based load sharing facilities- Developed various memory-mapped intellectual property (IP) compliant to Mercury-proprietary direct memory access protocols for use by upstream systems

Pasadena, Ca, Us

Supported the development and test of the power subsystem electronics for NASA's Psyche and Europa Clipper missions. - Generated safe-to-mate, functional, and regression test procedures for various pedigrees of flight hardware (prototype, engineering model, and flight model)- Developed presentation packages for key stakeholders and managed tracking of open action items for major hardware lifecycle reviews such as CDR, C2F, TRR- Performed verification & validation (V&V) of power subsystems across design, systems, and test engineering teams to project and institutional requirements

Northridge, Ca, Us

Assisted student understanding of fundamentals in various topics within electrical engineering and computer science on an academic workshop and walk-in basis.Course subject matter included:- Circuit Analysis- Analog/Digital Electronics- Digital Systems- Linear Systems- Digital Design- Microprocessor Systems