Dawood A.

Associate Technical Director-Level, offering both ASIC and Communication-systems design experience, Able to contribute at multiple levels of a product design-phase and furthermore, bridge the gap between these specialized areas. Relevant qualifications include bachelors in Electronic Engineering, Ph.D. in VLSI design and multi-dimensional Digital Signal Processing (DSP) with 25+ years’ experience in a breadth of areas. These include: RTL design, debug; optical/wireless communication system design; video signal-processing; analog and digital component-level design. Responsible for timely completion, validation and delivery of numerous semiconductor products for audio, video, optical and automotive markets. Able to transition to develop products outside these areas, such as medical devices, robotics and general systems employing DSP.HIGHLIGHTS• C/C++/, Matlab, Simulink, bit-exact fixed-point communication and control systems. QA training “Advanced C programming”. • Verilog RTL developer, 15+ years’ experience. Custom ASIC and FPGA. Doulos certified training, “RTL Verilog for ASIC Design”.• Communication and video system algorithm development for physical layer (PHY). • Synopsys Design-compiler synthesis, Lint, Static Timing Analysis (STA) and formal tools.• OFDM DVB-T end-to-end receiver design. • End-to-end top-level chip simulations.• Wireless digital modem design. • Multiple chip tape-outs, post silicon validation.• Audio/Video processing. • STMicroelectronics ARM Cortex familiarity.• DSP design 5/7nm, 100G sampling, 5M+ cells.• SERDES host interface block implementation.