Thomas Tran Email & Phone Number

Result-oriented hardware design engineer with more than 6 years of experience in various aspects of product development including system architecture, resource allocation, entire hardware development cycle (PCB & FPGA), production test and factory/field support especially for SMPTE-based video and audio transport systems. Excellent communication skills, solid individual contributor, excellent team player, hardworking, and highly motivated.• Great exposure and knowledge in development of high speed digital signal processing especially in SMPTE based Audio/Video designs for video contribution networks.• Experienced in designing complex high speed communication systems using FPGAs and embedded processors. (Altera and Xilinx).• Proficient in VHDL/Verilog based RTL designs and associated software development. • Knowledgeable in FPGA timing analysis, Place & Route, floor planning, test bench simulation, high-speed PCB design, PCB layout, design verification testing in video, IP and communication industries. • Exposed to SONET/SDH especially OC-3 and OC-12 networks.• Experienced with various networking equipment: Smartbits, Juniper switches, Simena Network Emulation, Wireshark, OmniBER SONET analyzers, temperature chamber.• Experienced with various video equipment: Tektronix WFM, TG2000, TG700, Doremi DVG, Doremi Server, Phabrix, Video Clarity for PSNR and JND, Omnitek LabView for Video Relative Delay and A/V Delay, optical attenuators, optical power meters, distribution amplifiers.• Documentation of test procedures, DVT guidelines, production checklists and debugging process for internal reference and Agile PLM releases.• Testing and debugging of hardware and software problems using various lab equipment suchas software and hardware logic analyzers, waveform analyzers, oscilloscopes, video signal analyzers.

Listed skills include Fpga, Digital Signal Processing, Hd Video, Schematic Capture, and 8 others.

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  Hardware Design Engineer

  Nevion Europe

  Jan 2008 - Present

  • FPGA based development of digital signal processing designs as per SMPTE specifications.• Design and implementation of Verilog based Audio and Video processing modules for datatransportation over Coaxial, Fiber Optics and IP networks.• C and Assembly based embedded programming for interfacing and configuring various DSP’s using Altera and Xilinx FPGA.• Schematic design and capture for high speed A/V signal processing hardware.• Implementation of status,alarm and configuration options through network managementsystem using I2C bus for real time updates about the compression platform.• Testing and debugging of hardware and software problems using various lab equipment suchas waveform analyzers, oscilloscopes, video signal analyzers, frequency meter etc.• Documentation of test procedures, DVT guidelines, production checklists and debuggingprocess for internal reference and agile releases.• Interacting with customers as well as vendors for quick resolution of development issues.• Working on all levels of product development from design to production.

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  Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

  Electrical And Electronics Engineering