Software analyst resume
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This document is a resume for Muhammad Umair Zafar summarizing his qualifications and experience. It outlines his educational background including a MASc from Ryerson University where he is studying measuring energy efficiency between FPGAs and processors. It also details his 1 year of work experience as a hardware design engineer developing boards for FPGAs and CPLDs and lists his relevant skills in software design, hardware design, and communication protocols. His projects include work with parallel computing, FPGA design, and image/audio compression.
Software analyst resume
- 1. MUHAMMAD UMAIR ZAFAR muhammadumair.zafar@ryerson.ca • muhammadumairzafar@gmail.com 48 Attwood Drive, Cambridge ON Canada • Cell Ph. 519-222-9720 • Home Ph. 519-623-8365 HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS AND SUMMARY OF SKILLS MASc. Electrical and Computer Engineering Student at Ryerson University, Toronto 1 year Industrial Experience as Hardware Design Engineer, designing hardware development and training boards for FPGAs and CPLDs at Electrical Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd Pakistan. SOFTWARE DESIGN SKILLS: C/C++ Programming Language, Shell Scripting in Linux, Object Oriented Design, Real Time Operating Systems RELATED TOOLS: GCC, GDB, Makefiles, Bash Shell Scripting, MS Visual Studio, Eclipse IDE HARDWARE DESIGN SKILLS: Computer Architecture, Digital Hardware Design at RTL level using both Verilog and VHDL to be implemented on FPGAs, CPLDs, SOCs or as an ASIC. Hardware modeling and simulation in SystemC and ANSI C. RELATED TOOLS: Xilinx Vivado/ISE, Altera Quartus, ModelSimSE, Aldec Active-HDL, OrCAD capture and Cadence Tool Chain (Schematic, Simulation and Layout) FAMILIAR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS: RS-232, PCI Express, USB, SPI, I2C, CAN, TCP/IP, SFTP, SSH RELAVENT EDUCATION MASc. Electrical and Computer Engineering September 2012 – to date Ryerson University Toronto, ON THESIS: Measuring Inherent Energy Efficiency for FPGAs over Sequential Processors using MCNC Benchmarks, also studying the effects of RTL conversion into compressed CPU instructions on Power. Apart from the theoretical work in the field, it is the first attempt to estimate power using practical MCNC circuits. RESEARCH PRODUCT: ANSI C programming language based simulator to estimate power consumed by FPGA and Processor for any circuit netlist described in blif format. It can become part of compiler tool chain to divide computation at compile time, between FPGAs and processors on SOCs, based on power consumption. SUPERVISOR: Associate Professor Dr. Andy G. Ye, Ryerson University (PhD. University of Toronto) COURSE LIST: Parallel Computing, Reconfigurable Computing, Architecture of FPGAs, Embedded Systems, Low Power Digital Integrated Circuit Design, VLSI Design Automation and CAD Tools. BASc. Electrical and Computer Engineering September 2005 – April 2010 Bahria University (Institute of Pakistan Navy) Islamabad, Pakistan MAJOR COURSES: VLSI Design, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Digital Signal Processing
- 2. RELAVENT EXPERIENCE Hardware Design Engineer April 2010 – April 2011 (1-year) Electrical Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd Lahore, Pakistan JOB DESCRIPTION: Designed FPGA (Xilinx Spartan Series) & CPLD (Altera Max Series) based low cost development and training boards featuring different communication protocols and peripheral devices on board. FPGA based board was completed on schedule within 8 months of the initial idea to finalized product. FEATURES ON BOARD: RS-232 serial communication, VGA controller, PS2 Keyboard, LCD and Stepper Motor. APPLICATION: Used in labs at various technical colleges and universities. SKILLS ACQUIRED: Board level hardware design, FPGA based design VHDL/Verilog, technical documentation. Design Engineer Internee (Co-op) May 2008 – Aug 2008 (3-months) National Engineering & Scientific Commission (NESCOM) Islamabad, Pakistan JOB DESCRIPTION: Designed a system to track human head motion based on Gyro Sensors installed in a helmet. This project was completed in 2 months by the team of 2 members, from concept to prototype. APPLICATION: Unmanned Armed Vehicle (UAV) operators and pilots can remotely control their guns and/or cameras within a safe area. SKILLS ACQUIRED: Microcontroller based hardware design and C Programming, teamwork, time management. PROJECTS Particle Swarm optimization on parallel computers using Message Passing Interface (MPI) on MS Windows using Visual C++. Schematic Design, Functional Simulation and Layout of 8-bit Ripple Carry Adder using Cadence Tool Chain for TSMC 150n Process. Huffman decoder block as a part of MP3 decoding process in ANSI C. JPEG Compression module in SystemC. Pacman Video Game in Visual C++ Programming Language. MICS. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Enhanced Language Training for Engineering Professionals August 2011 – December 2011 Conestoga College (Government Funded Program) Kitchener, ON Includes a course in Project Management along with hands-on training for MS Project Professional INTERESTS Playing Cricket, Badminton, Computer Games and reading technology Journals, Magazines and Blogs. REFERNCE DR. ANDY G. YE, Associate Prof, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University EMAIL: aye@ee.ryerson.ca WEBSITE: www.ee.ryerson.ca/people/Ye.html