FPGA Engineer System Engineer Embedded Systems Engineer Electronic Engineer
Qualifications Profile
Highly motivated and goal-oriented professional, seeking an engaging position within the computer and electrical engineering fields to effectively utilize knowledge and skills in field-programmable gate array (FPGA), computer programming, and embedded system development; backed by technical competence in diverse industry-standard tools and software.
Competencies
Optical Fiber and Component Development
Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing
PCB Development
Laser Cutting Device Management
Digital and Layout Design
Digital System Design and Generation
Multimedia SIMD Processor Design
Computer Architecture
Powered Over Fiber (PoF) Sensors Design
Data, Structural, and Control Hazard Administration
Education
Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2019
State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, USA
Relevant Coursework: Advanced Digital System Design and Generation, Advanced VLSI Systems Design, VLSI Physical and Logic Design Automation, Advanced Design of Low Noise, Computer Architecture, Nanoscale Integrated Circuit Design, Computer Networks, Computational Models for Computer Engineering, and Integrated Electric Devices and Circuits, Nano Electronics, Reliability Theory
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Physics, 2016
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Work Experience
Innovative Power Products, Holbrook, NY
Solderer Assembler Jul 2020–Present
Took charge of soldering and assembling components on power electronic circuit boards in accordance with schematic instructions.
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Research Assistant, Sensor CAT Laboratory (Part-Time) Jun 2018–Present
Effectively handled a project focusing on power transmission over optical fiber techniques.
Demonstrated expertise in conducting extensive research and prototyping, including PCB development and soldering; optical component and optical fiber coupling component design and development; photovoltaic cells cutting, resizing, and application; as well as systems programming and application installation.
Teaching Assistant Sep 2017–Dec 2018
Assisted instructor in facilitating Advanced VLSI Systems Design graduate course which tackled VLSI circuit design techniques, CMOS circuit analysis, as well as the design and use of VLSI design tools
Educated students on basic electronics concepts and improved their practical skills in soldering and circuit design as part of the curriculum for the Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering
Makropoulos SA, Thessaloniki, Greece
IT Assistant Sep 2011–Aug 2012 Sep 2013–Aug 2014
Supported the oversight and maintenance of the company's computer network.
Technical Skills
Programming Languages
C/Embedded C C++ Java Python
Hardware Description Languages
VHDL Verilog/ System Verilog
Engineering Systems
Embedded Systems FPGAs Microcontrollers
CAD Tools
Cadence Spectre Virtuoso Layout Design Vivado ModelSim Autodesk Inventor PCB Eagle
Microsoft Applications
Word Excel PowerPoint
Operating Systems
Windows Linux
Academic Projects
Project Name: Meteorology and Air Quality Measurements by Unmanned Aerial Vehicle 2019–Present
Role: Computer Engineer
Software Used: Prototyping, Python, Embedded Systems, Eagle, Autodesk Inventor
Handle the design, configuration, testing, preparation, and operation of a heavy-payload octocopter drone during flight, which serves as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform, which is operated by a Raspberry PI and consists of a series of sensors for temperature, humidity, and pressure to identify atmospheric state and a set of sensors for atmospheric pollutant and particle measurement
Integrate a pipe and pump system in the payload regulated by the Raspberry PI to ensure appropriate air distribution to the sensors
Apply a pseudo ad-hoc network over WI-FI and streams data real-time to the designated ground station in prototyping the payload, thus enabling it to be controlled separately from the UAV through a computer remotely
Devise a custom-made circuits as well as acrylic or 3D printed UAV parts to improve the operation
Project Name: Powered Over Fiber (PoF) Sensors 2018–Present
Role: Computer Engineer
Software Used: Prototyping, 3D Printing, Eagle, Autodesk Inventor, C++
Prototype a power transmission over fiber to operate remote low-power sensors
Utilize wavelength division multiplexing for optimal signals as well as other techniques to improve the system
Develop and conduct test on the prototype device to demonstrate proof of concept
Project Name: Design of Pipeline ADC 2019
Software Used: Cadence Virtuoso
Made use of Cadence Virtuoso in designing and verifying a 16-bit pipeline ADC integrated circuit through switched capacitor amplifier
Project Name: Design of Multimedia SIMD Processor Design using Sony Cell Processor Architecture 2018
Software Used: System Verilog
Utilized the System Verilog in creating a model cell SPU processor along with a cell SPU instruction set
Created the SIMD processor design showing instruction-level parallelism, while managing data, structural, and control hazards
Project Name: Design of a Charge Amplifier and Shaper for Functional Low Noise Channel of Sensor Circuit 2018
Software Used: Cadence Virtuoso, MATLAB
Integrated a specific SNR in designing charge amplifier and shaper, which fulfilled all theoretical expectations
Developed an arrayed low noise PMOS transistor layout for the input transistor of the charge amplifier.
Project Name: 8-bit Optimized, Pipelined Carry Select Adder in 45nm Technology 2017
Software Used: Cadence Virtuoso, HSPICE
Created physical layout design and verified a synchronous pipelined 8-bit carry-select adder in Cadence Virtuoso,
Used HSPICE in validating the post layout extracted results while completing the operation at 4GHz frequency
Project Name: Hardware Generation for Matrix Vector Multiplier 2017
Software Used: SystemVerilog, C++
Designed a C++ based SystemVerilog generator with high level synthesis tool for variable layered artificial neural network, while parameterizing degree of parallelism and width of inputs and outputs
Project Name: Alternative Architectures for Sinusoidal Signal Generator (VHDL) 2016
Software Used: Xilinx Suite
Developed a digital circuit as replacement for oscillator component in a sinusoidal signal generator which validated using an FPGA
Generated supplementary components for functionality and verification purposes, including a DA converter, an amplifier, and a custom-made low pass filter in accordance with the design