Engineer Years Experience

Ben Shoham

* ******** ***., *****-********, Israel. Zip code: 47411.

Mobile: +972-**-******* • Email: ***.********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Find a challenging ASIC/VLSI/FPGA engineering position, possibly in a project/team leading capacity

HIGHLIGHTS

• Six years experience in the field of ASIC/FPGA digital design

• Self learner; Excellent comprehension abilities

• Good management skills

• Able to perform well under pressure and handle multiple tasks simultaneously

• Good team player; cooperative and Reliable

• Excellent interpersonal relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PrimeSense, Israel 2008-Present

PrimeSense is a semiconductor company which develops three-dimensional cameras including, amongst others, Microsoft’s Kinect camera. PrimeSense’s revolutionary technology makes it a leading provider of three-dimensional machine vision for the consumer market.

ASIC/VLSI Engineer

• Lead the ASIC prototyping operations.

• Responsible for the FPGA-based ASIC prototyping activities.

• Plan and implement digital blocks responsible for the chip’s algorithmic functionality.

• Prepare and plan micro/architecture specifications and documentation.

• Handle IP integration with third-party products.

• Define block verification coverage and accompany the verifier during the verification process; perform independent verification tests.

• Work closely with the system and software development teams to develop and integrate the ASIC prototypes on the FPGA using Altera tools and FPGAs.

• Provided on-site support to the chip manufacturing operations in China.

SCD, Israel 2007

SCD is a pioneer in the field of Infra Red detector development.

Electronics Engineer

• Developed digital blocks in the Electronics department.

• Designed, implemented and tested digital blocks.

• Worked with FPGA from Xilinx.

Private Tutor and Trainer 2003-2006

• Tutored high-school students in Mathematics and Physics.

• Conducted combat-fitness physical training courses for youngsters as preparation for their military service.

EDUCATION

• BSc Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel (2008)

• Included in the Dean’s List

• Recipient of the IMPACT scholarship – a higher education scholarship granted to veteran combat soldiers of the IDF

ADDITIONAL COURSES

• VHDL certification course at Logtel – Computer Communication (2008)

VOLUNTARY WORK

• Trainer in combat-fitness physical training courses

• Volunteer at the Israel Cancer Association

MILITARY SERVICE

• Served as a combat soldier at the Paratroopers Commando Unit of the IDF (1999-2002)

• Rank at release – first sergeant

• Recipient of the Brigade Commander’s Excellence Certificate

LANGUAGES

Hebrew – native; English – fluent

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTS

ASIC: VCS, DVE, Formality, LEDA.

FPGA: Quartus, Synplify, Modelsim.

Software languages: C, C++, C#, Assembler

Hardware: VHDL, Verilog.

Scripts: Perl

Modeling: Matlab

References to be supplied upon request.

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