Hussein Kaheel - QA and Test Automation Engineer

Q: Where is Hussein based?

Hussein is based in Munich, Germany .

Q: What languages does Hussein speak?

Hussein speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced) .

Q: How many years of experience does Hussein have?

Hussein has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Hussein has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 4 different companies . The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months . Note that Hussein may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Q: What is Hussein's latest experience?

Hussein's most recent position is QA and Test Automation Engineer at Intel .

Q: What companies has Hussein worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Hussein has worked for Intel , Qualcomm , American University of Beirut , and ARECS .

Q: Which industries is Hussein most experienced in?

Hussein is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing , Telecommunication , and Automotive . Hussein also has some experience in Education and Healthcare .

Q: Which business areas is Hussein most experienced in?

Hussein is most experienced in business areas like Product Development , Quality Assurance , and Information Technology . Hussein also has some experience in Research and Development .

Q: Which industries has Hussein worked in recently?

Hussein has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing , Telecommunication , and Automotive .

Q: Which business areas has Hussein worked in recently?

Hussein has recently worked in business areas like Product Development , Quality Assurance , and Information Technology .

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Munich, Germany

Experience

Jan 2022 - Present

4 years 3 months

Munich, Germany

QA and Test Automation Engineer

Intel

Verified internal and external semiconductor technologies to support the release of design packages.
Developed automated testing environments using Bash and Python to streamline verification workflows.
Created and maintained TCL scripts to configure ivars and automate testbench execution.
Performed comprehensive validation of technology libraries and Verilog files.
Utilized a range of industry-standard EDA tools including Fusion Compiler, Innovus, ICV, Calibre (Mentor Graphics), Seascape (Ansys).
Conducted root cause analysis to debug and resolve issues across various tool flows.
Defined and tracked QoR (Quality of Results) metrics to provide a macro-level view of design package health.
Optimized test runtime and resource usage to improve efficiency and turnaround time.

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

1 year

Munich, Germany

FPGA Development Engineer

Qualcomm

Implementation of a graphical user interface using C# to generate the bitstream of the project in batch mode, program the FPGA and flash the memory with a remote access feature instead of hardware managing platform.

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021

2 years

Beirut, Lebanon

Graduate Research Assistant

American University of Beirut

Improving and building a new AI design for early COVID-19 detection based on chest computed tomography image analysis.
Surveying state-of-the-art methods to detect COVID-19 through image processing.
Collecting data for the training and testing sets.
Augmenting the data to enrich the input of the proposed architecture.
Implementing the algorithm using Python.
Publishing a journal paper in Frontiers community: AI-Based Image Processing for COVID-19 Detection in Chest CT Scan Images.
In this article, we propose a platform that covers several levels of analysis and classification of normal and abnormal aspects of COVID-19 by examining CT chest scan images. The obtained results show that the accuracy of the proposed architecture is 95%.

Jan 2017 - Dec 2021

5 years

Puchheim, Germany

FPGA Development Engineer

ARECS

Implementation of LIN Core Master/Slave on FPGA using VHDL as a part of Controller Area Network (CAN) router. AXI bus was used as host interconnect (Project delivered to Volkswagen).
Hardware design of a controller for interferometer and implementation on FPGA using VHDL. Avalon bus was used as host interconnect (Project delivered to ZEISS).
Hardware and software designs of the physical and MAC layers of wireless modem based on a customized protocol implemented on Red Pitaya board. The physical layer was implemented on the FPGA using VHDL, and the MAC layer on ARM processor using C code. AXI bus was used as host interconnect.
Simulation of the whole architecture using MATLAB to achieve a benchmark.
Simulation, self and automated testing over the whole project.
Documentation of the projects and testing (register mapping, constraints, overview).

Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

2 years

Puchheim, Germany

Remote

Working Student

ARECS

Implementation of a transmitter from A to Z using VHDL and simulation using MATLAB (Remote Working Student).

Jan 2015 - Dec 2016

2 years

Beirut, Lebanon

Undergraduate Research Assistant

American University of Beirut

Survey on Cross-Polarization Interference Cancellation (XPIC) creating a MATLAB simulator.
Surveying different methods proposed to solve the interference.
Implementing a MATLAB simulator to accommodate the methods.
Validating the results of papers and concluding the best one to use depending on the application.

Industry Experience

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Experienced in Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Automotive, Education, and Healthcare.

Manufacturing

Telecommunication

Automotive

Education

Healthcare

Business Area Experience

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Experienced in Product Development, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Research and Development.

Product Development

Quality Assurance

Information Technology

Research and Development

Summary

Industrial Experience in Quality Assurance, Automated Testing and Infrastructure Verification, VHDL Implementation on FPGA, Root Cause Analysis, Signal Processing Implementation, Register Level Transfer Design, Static Time Analysis, Clock Domain Crossing, Embedded Systems, Proof of Concept Simulators.

Research Experience in Communication Systems and Signal Processing, Machine Learning and Deep Networks.

Skills

Programming

Vhdl
Matlab
C
C++
C#
Python
Tcl
Bash
Systemverilog
Makefiles
Mplab
Pic Assembly
Hspice
Proteus

Development Tools

Vivado
Altera
Modelsim
Synopsys
Eclipse
Visual Studio
Git
Jira

Editors

Emacs
Vim

Operating Systems

Linux

Languages

German

Advanced

English

Advanced

Education

Oct 2018 - Jun 2021

American University of Beirut

Master of Engineering · Communications and Hardware Engineering · Beirut, Lebanon · 1.0

Oct 2013 - Jun 2017

American University of Beirut

Bachelor of Engineering · Computer and Communications Engineering · Beirut, Lebanon · 1.17

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 6

Experience in Manufacturing 9 y

Avg length 2 y 8 m

Longest experience 4 y 11 m

Global Experience

Countries worked in 2 (Germany, Lebanon)

Primary country Germany

Expertise

Recent roles QA and Test Automation Engineer, FPGA Development Engineer, Graduate Research Assistant

Main industries Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Automotive

Main business areas Product Development, Quality Assurance, Information Technology

Qualifications

Highest degree Master

Profile

Created

October 2025

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Where is Hussein based?

Hussein is based in Munich, Germany.

What languages does Hussein speak?

Hussein speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).

How many years of experience does Hussein have?

Hussein has at least 11 years of experience. During this time, Hussein has worked in at least 5 different roles and for 4 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 2 years and 10 months. Note that Hussein may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

What roles would Hussein be best suited for?

Based on recent experience, Hussein would be well-suited for roles such as: QA and Test Automation Engineer, FPGA Development Engineer, Graduate Research Assistant.

What is Hussein's latest experience?

Hussein's most recent position is QA and Test Automation Engineer at Intel.

What companies has Hussein worked for in recent years?

In recent years, Hussein has worked for Intel, Qualcomm, American University of Beirut, and ARECS.

Which industries is Hussein most experienced in?

Hussein is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Telecommunication, and Automotive. Hussein also has some experience in Education and Healthcare.

Which business areas is Hussein most experienced in?

Hussein is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology. Hussein also has some experience in Research and Development.

Which industries has Hussein worked in recently?

Hussein has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Telecommunication, and Automotive.

Which business areas has Hussein worked in recently?

Hussein has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology.

What is Hussein's education?

Hussein holds a Master in Communications and Hardware Engineering from American University of Beirut and a Bachelor in Computer and Communications Engineering from American University of Beirut.

What is the availability of Hussein?

Hussein is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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