Albert Tang
Electrical Engineering Graduate
P ermanent Address Contact Info
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Thornhill, Ontario *************@*******.***
L3T 7K6 905-***-**** (H)
Canada 416-***-**** (M)
SKILLS SUMMARY
• Strong knowledge of fundamental engineering concepts and principles
• Able to grasp onto concepts quickly through reading and/or following instructions and procedures given
• Excellent team member with the willingness to initiate participation and commit to personal time for the
team
• Effective thinker and also extremely practical from multiple large group projects
• Competent programmer in Java, VBA, VHDL, Verilog, MATLAB, Maple, Perl, Python, C# and C++
• Experience working with electrical laboratory equipment through exposure to usage in related courses
• Knowledgeable with functions of Wireshark, Multisim, Eclipse, AutoCAD, Aldec Active-HDL, and
Microsoft Office Suite programs as well as Sharepoint
WORK EXPERIENCE
Engineering Student, Aastra Telecom Inc., Concord, ON, September/12 – December/12
• Perform industry standards test plan on desktop IP telephone and video conferencing systems for
functional verification
• Used WireShark extensively for checking SIP signalling as well as providing traces for root cause
analysis
• Further develop test plan to increase verification coverage and update documentation accordingly
• Contributed to testing and verification of multiple products simultaneously
Software Diagnostics Validation, AMD, Thornhill, ON, September/11 – December/11
• Maintained software diagnostics tools for compatibility with current generation of graphical processing
units
• Produced and maintained Perl scripts used in generation of required files for verification or external
usage
• Completed verification procedure in post-silicon stage using updated diagnostics software
• Participated in multiple projects in the verification process simultaneously
ASIC Design/Verification Engineering, ST Microelectronics, Thornhill, ON, January/11 – April/11
• Wrote, simulated and debugged Verilog code used in design of video processing subsystem for ASIC
• Developed verification code using the high-level verification language SystemC as well as C/C++ for
hardware modeling
• Verified video processing subsystems by performing functional and behavioural simulations
• Created verification models using transaction level modeling, a new verification technique being
incorporated by the company
FPGA Testbench Developer, MassTech Group Inc., Richmond Hill, ON, June/10 - August/10
• Developed testbench for company FPGA design using Verilog-HDL to be used for video ingest and
video processing
• Provided document describing testbench design and simulation instructions for other members of the
hardware team
• Researched and developed understanding of FPGA design, Verilog-HDL, broadcasting standards and
testbench coverage
• Co-ordinated with other members of the FPGA design team to ensure testbench provides enough
configuration coverage
Service Delivery Administrator, Ericsson Canada Inc., Mississauga, ON, September/09 - December/09
• Developed knowledge of network architecture for wireless and telecommunication, ways of working as
customer support and functioning seamlessly within a large, multinational organization
• Gave presentations on subjects of interest to the customer support department detailing technical and
marketing aspects
• Developed relationship with internal and customer teams to enable support for clients to be delivered
effectively and efficiently
• Created reports that are used by customer support department and Ericsson's customers regarding
performance of physical nodes
EDUCATION
• Degree of Bachelor of Applied Science, Honours Electrical Engineering, Co-op Program, University of
Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, September 2008 – August 2013
• Strike Metering System, Fourth Year Design Project:
• Instrumented mixed martial arts sparring glove surface with sensors to enable
measurement and recording of impact forces
• Analyzed multiple sensor options to determine most suitable method to be used in
prototype
• Produced and presented documents and presentations detailing complete design process
and future enhancements that can be made
• Ontario Secondary School Diploma, Thornlea Secondary School, Thornhill, ON, June 2008
• Relevant Assignment(s):
• Basic Calculator Project, Engineering Class, Sept/2005 - Feb/2006
• Created an addition and subtraction calculator using chips, resistors and other materials
that accompanied the course
• Documented and represented calculator as a schematic diagram
• Virtual School Project, Programming Class, Sept/2006 - Feb/2007
• Contributed Java code for a large computer program that allowed the user to take a
virtual tour of Thornlea Secondary School and compete against other users in games
• Enabled the multiplayer option by helping to configure and set up a network amongst
other computers