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ROHAAN AHMED http://individual.utoronto.ca/rahmed [email protected] OBJECTIVE To add my knowledge, skills, vision and passion to a team of experienced and motivated engineers at a company dedicated to quality and excellence in the world of science and technology. EDUCATION TRAINING & AWARDS Bachelor of Applied Science and Engineering - University of Toronto Sep. 2006 - Present Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Class of 2010 o Courses Year III . ECE315 Switch-Mode Energy Conversion . ECE316 Communication Systems . ECE334 Digital Electronics . ECE335 Electronic Devices . ECE413 Energy Systems and Distributed Generation . ECE463 Electric Drives . ECE451 VLSI Systems and Design . ECE311 Dynamic Systems and Control . AST210 Astronomy and Cosmology . GGR124 Urbanization, Contemporary Cities and Urban Life Year I and II . APS105, ECE106, ECE299 Computer Programming, Algorithms and Software Engineering . CIV101, MIE100 Static and Dynamic Physics . APS111, APS112 Engineering Strategies & Practice . MAT196, MAT197, MAT291 Calculus . ECE190, MAT298 Discrete Mathematics, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations . ECE115, ECE221 Electricity & Magnetism and Electric & Magnetic Fields . ECE212, ECE231 Circuit Theory and Microelectronics . ECE241, ECE298 Digital Systems Engineering & Design . ECE298, ECE299 Electrical and Software Engineering Communication & Design . ECE216 Signals & Systems . ECE243 Computer Hardware Organization and Assembly Language. Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL) Courses May 2008 - Aug 2008 o CANDU Reactor & Process Control System Design Instrumentation & Control Dept. o Computers in CANDU Instrumentation & Control Dept. o Document Review & Comment Procedure Quality Assurance o Corporate Quality Awareness Quality Assurance o Human Factors & Security Quality Assurance o Radiation Protection Group 4 Radiation Protection o General & Safety Orientation (GSO) Occupational Health & Safety o Access Control & Emergency Preparedness Occupational Health & Safety o Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) Occupational Health & Safety o Young Worker Awareness Training (YWAT) Occupational Health & Safety o Oracle iTime Time Card Entry Technical Resources o TRAK Document Database Management / Administration Technical Resources o TRAK Action Tracking Database Management / Administration Technical Resources o ADAT and AECL FMS Database Management / Administration Technical Resources Awards and Distinctions Jan. 2006 - Present o TD Bank Higher Education Award recipient. o Ranked 82 percentile of over 6000 contestants worldwide, and First in school, in the Sir Isaac Newton Physics Contest run by the Department of Physics at the University of Waterloo. o Finished 2nd in the University of Toronto Engineering Competition - Engineering Communications. o Dr. Albert Rose Bursary Program recipient. o Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation award recipient. o Henry & Mary Nahrang Bursary Program award recipient. PERSONAL SKILLS Strong written and verbal communication skills. Extensive experience with computers and electronics handling and debugging. Well developed interpersonal and team skills. Solid understanding of management through continuous leadership responsibilities. Expert in object oriented programming. Excellent analytical and problem solving abilities. Fluent in written and spoken English, Urdu and Punjabi and familiar with French. Able to quickly and efficiently analyze and resolve engineering issues and scientific problems. TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PROFICIENCIES Operating Systems o Windows - 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP, Vista. o Linux - Ubuntu, Fedora Core. Languages o Programming - C++, C, C#. Some experience with Visual Basic for Applications, Java and Ruby. o Hardware Description Language - Verilog HDL. o Assembly Language - NIOS II Assembly (very similar to X86). o Scripting & Mark-up Languages - JavaScript, HTML. Network & Applications Programming Interface o TCP/IP and Socket Programming in Linux. o Familiar with the Windows (Win32) API. Design Software o Microsoft Visual Studio - Visual C++, Visual C#, Visual Basic and Visual Web Developer. o Altera Quartus II CAD - Digital Systems design, testing and simulation. o MATLAB - Finite Element Analysis for Electric & Magnetic Fields, matrix operations and other basic functions. o PSPICE - Simulation of Integrated Circuits and analysis of microelectronics component (MOSFETs, BJTs, Operational Amplifiers etc). o Google Sketchup - 3D Modelling software. o Micro Magic Inc. Sue and Max VLS Integrated Circuits‟ schematic and layout design tools. Applications o Microsoft Office, Access, Visio, FrontPage and Project Professional o Adobe Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Dreamweaver . Professional Accreditations o Atomic Radiation Worker / Nuclear Energy Worker. o Member of the Canadian Nuclear Society. Security Clearance o Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Reliability Status Security Clearance (equivalent to the Government of Canada Security Clearance). o Govt. of Canada Controlled Goods Program Clearance (through Aviya Technologies) ENGINEERING WORK EXPERIENCE Aerospace and Defence Engineering Specialist - Aviya Technologies May 2009 – Present o MX-15Di Airborne Multi-sensor Turret Laser Controller firmware and hardware development for L-3 Communications WESCAM Canada, as per the DO254 - Level B Standard . Development of a VHDL based Laser Control System for the MX-15Di Airborne Multi-Sensor Turret implemented on a Xilinx Virtex 4 FPGA (connected to a Xilinx prototyping board). The types of lasers to control include an Eye-safe Laser Rangefinder, Laser Illuminator, Laser Designator and Laser pointer, with an allowance for one additional laser of any type. All design, development and testing activities are conducted in accordance with the commercial aerospace standard DO254 - Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware, Level B (classified as Hazardous - Failure has a large negative impact on safety or performance, or reduces the ability of the crew to operate the aircraft due to physical distress or a higher workload, or causes serious or fatal injuries among the passengers). Design, development, simulation and verification of VHDL Firmware for several different areas of operation; including Power-up Built In Test (PBIT), EEPROM (M25PE40 Flash by STMicroelectronics) Read, Write & Interface, Block RAM Read, Write & Interface and other functional modules. Rapid prototyping of control system hardware and FPGA-EEPROM Interface circuitry. Hardware and firmware integration for the entire control system. Modular, integration and system-level hardware testing of the entire control system, utilizing logic- analyzers and oscilloscopes. Soldering and assembling of proto-boards and EEPROM, FPGA pin-mapping, Firmware I/O layout, FPGA-EEPROM interface-mapping and several other non-design activities to enable hardware prototyping, integration and testing. Development of Firmware Psuedo-code and design documentation. o Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fan Motor Control Software Unit Testing/Regression Testing as per DO178-B - Level B Standard for Hamilton Sundstrand USA. Conducting Unit Testing and Regression Testing on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft‟s Fan Motor Control System software (part of the Environment Control System). All testing activities are conducted in accordance with the commercial aerospace standard DO178B - Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, Level B (classified as Hazardous - Failure has a large negative impact on safety or performance, or reduces the ability of the crew to operate the aircraft due to physical distress or a higher workload, or causes serious or fatal injuries among the passengers). Source Code Review as per customer C Coding Standards. Development of unit test cases as per low level requirements specified in the Software Design Description (SDD). Debugging and executing unit test cases using IBM Rational Test RealTime Software. Updating unit test cases as per the peer review comments. Generating Problem Reports for the issues identified during unit testing. Review of Problem Reports Disposition from Customer. o Sukhoi SuperJet 100 Landing Gear & Steering Control Unit Software Integration Testing as per DO178-B - Level A Standard for Safran Electronics Canada. Conducting Software Integration Testing on Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft‟s Landing Gear & Steering Control Unit software. All testing activities are conducted in accordance with the commercial aerospace standard DO178B - Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification, Level A (classified as Catastrophic - Failure may cause a crash). Source Code Review as per customer C Coding Standards. Development of unit test cases as per low level requirements specified in the Software Design Description (SDD). Debugging and executing unit test cases using IBM Rational Test RealTime Software. Development of software integration test cases as per high level requirements specified in the Software Requirements Specification (SRS). Debugging and executing software integration test cases using IBM Rational Test RealTime Software. Updating the unit and software integration test cases as per the peer review comments. Generated Problem Reports for the issues identified during unit and software integration testing. Review of Problem Reports Disposition from Customer. Performed High Level and Low Level Requirements Traceability Review as per Customer Specified Standards. o All project activities are conducted