Design Engineer Electrical
Resume:
ABHISHEK SHETTAR MAHENDRAKUMAR
***** **** ****** #**, *******, California, 94536
Phone 720-***-****
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EDUCATION:
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Graduation – May 2011
University of Colorado at Boulder
GPA: 3.7
Related Coursework
Embedded Systems, Hybrid Embedded Systems, Realtime Embedded Systems, Advanced Computer Architecture, Logic Synthesis of VLSI Systems, High Speed Digital Design.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Graduation – June 2009
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India
Related Coursework
Electronic Circuits, Logic Design, 8085, 8086, 8051, VLSI, Solid State Devices and Technology, VHDL, C, Computer Communication Network, DSP, DSP Processor Architecture.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Programming Languages C, C++, Assembly language
Hardware Description Languages VHDL, Verilog
CAD/Design Tools Cadence Orcad, Altium, Quartus, Eagle
Simulating Tools Model Sim, LT Spice
Operating System Windows, VxWorks
Application Software Eclipse, MATLAB, LabVIEW
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE:
Design Engineer at Esencia Technologies October 2011 – Present
• Involved in the verification of a I2C serial interface chip
• Verification of 32/16-bit DMA controller.
• Built test bench for verification.
• Hardware Description Language: Verilog.
Electrical Design Engineer at Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology June 2010 – September 2011
• Designed a miniaturized computer using a Colibri module to control and acquire data from a radiometer.
• Computer was built on a Marvell ARM 5 processor, which runs Windows CE.
• Involved in testing of the hardware for the requirements and documentation of the implementation.
• Also involved in complete design of software architecture of the system.
• Tools used: Eagle
• Programming Language: C.
Electronics Lead at Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics January 2010 – August 2011
• Designed and built of 3U cubesat and the payload REPTile (Relativistic Electron Proton Telescope) and it is ready to launch in August 2012.
• Worked with multiple disciplinary engineers as the Electronics Lead for the project and also as an Electrical Design Engineer for the payload of the satellite.
• As an Electrical Design Engineer was responsible for the design of circuit for the payload. This included instrument software, digital circuit design along with a complicated low noise analog circuit design.
• Involved in the design of software architecture for the instrument using MSP430 microcontroller.
• Tools used: Altium Designer, Quartus, LT Spice, Model Sim.
• Hardware Description Language: Verilog.
• Programming Language: C.
Electrical Designing Intern at Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) May 2008 – June 2009
• Designed and tested to completion of two distinct very High Speed Digital circuits for transmitter and receiver to establish high-speed digital data transfer between two satellites using Laser.
• Performed signal integrity tests for data speed of 2.44Gbps with the design.
• Also developed a protocol and coded for reading data from computer and write data to computer at 2.44Gbps.
• Tools used: Orcad PCB design.
• Programming Language: C.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS:
Design, Optimization and Verification of SPI module Spring 2010
• Designed and implemented an 8-bit Master SPI module on a FPGA with selective phase and speed of operation.
• Design was optimized and verified using Quartus software. Also worked on power optimization.
• Tools used: Quartus software.
• Hardware Description Language: Verilog.
Design of Fingerprint Security System Spring 2010
• Designed a Fingerprint Security system using a FPGA DE2 board.
• Worked on Parallel and SPI interface to interface a touch screen LCD and fingerprint scanner.
• Applied filters on the image to get the data of the each fingerprint and match it with database.
• Tools used: Quartus software, Altium.
• Hardware used: Altera DE2 board.
• Programming Language: C.
• Hardware Description Language: Verilog.
Electronic Gyroscope Fall 2010
• Devised a complex single axis gyroscope system, which can balance on 2 wheels. This project was completed a week ahead of schedule.
• Design approach was to have simple hardware and closed loop software control system.
• VxWorks was used as Realtime Operating System to operate the system.
• Developed I2C protocol drivers to talk to accelerometer and motor driver along with the controlling algorithm.
• Programming Language: C.
Digital Photo Frame Fall 2009
• Designed a digital photo frame (supporting BMP images).
• Developed I2C, SPI and SD protocol drivers for various peripherals like micro SD card, color LCD.
• Hardware used: Atmel 89C51.
• Programming Language: C.
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS:
1. Successfully completed Professional Certificate in Embedded Systems Design from University of Colorado, Boulder in 2010-11.
2. Presented a technical paper on “REPTile: A Miniaturized Detector for a CubeSat Mission to Measure Relativistic Particles in Near-Earth Space” at Small Satellite Conference, Utah State University. Was awarded third prize in 2010-11.
3. Presented a technical paper on “High Speed Data Transfer” at IEEE People’s Education Society College of Engineering, Mandya. Was awarded second prize in 2008-09.
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