Hussein K.-QA and Test Automation Engineer
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Experience
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.
- Used a range of industry-standard EDA tools, including Fusion Compiler, Innovus, ICV, Calibre (Mentor Graphics), and 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 high-level view of design package health.
- Optimized test runtime and resource usage to improve efficiency and turnaround time.
FPGA Development Engineer
Qualcomm
- Implemented a graphical user interface using C# to generate the project bitstream in batch mode, program the FPGA, and flash the memory with remote access, replacing the hardware management platform.
Graduate Research Assistant
American University of Beirut
Improved and developed a new AI design for early COVID-19 detection based on chest computed tomography image analysis.
Reviewed state-of-the-art methods for detecting COVID-19 through image processing.
Collected data for the training and testing sets.
Augmented the data to enrich the input to the proposed architecture.
Implemented the algorithm using Python.
Published a journal paper in the 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 results show that the proposed architecture achieves 95% accuracy.
FPGA Development Engineer
ARECS
- Implemented a LIN Core Master/Slave on FPGA using VHDL as part of a Controller Area Network (CAN) router. The AXI bus was used as the host interconnect (project delivered to Volkswagen).
- Designed the hardware for an interferometer controller and implemented it on FPGA using VHDL. The Avalon bus was used as the host interconnect (project delivered to ZEISS).
- Designed the hardware and software for the physical and MAC layers of a wireless modem based on a customized protocol implemented on a Red Pitaya board. The physical layer was implemented on the FPGA using VHDL, and the MAC layer on the ARM processor using C. The AXI bus was used as the host interconnect.
- Simulated the whole architecture using MATLAB to establish a benchmark.
- Performed simulation, self-testing, and automated testing across the whole project.
- Documented the projects and testing (register mapping, constraints, overview).
Working Student
ARECS
- Implemented a transmitter from A to Z using VHDL and simulated it using MATLAB (remote working student).
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.
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Experienced in Manufacturing, Telecommunication, Automotive, Education, and Healthcare.
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Experienced in Product Development, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and 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 timing analysis, clock domain crossing, embedded systems, and 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
Education
American University of Beirut
Master of Engineering · Communications and Hardware Engineering · Beirut, Lebanon · 1.0
American University of Beirut
Bachelor of Engineering · Computer and Communications Engineering · Beirut, Lebanon · 1.17
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Hussein is based in Munich, Germany.
Hussein speaks the following languages: German (Advanced), English (Advanced).
Hussein has at least 12 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. Note that Hussein may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Hussein would be well-suited for roles such as: QA and Test Automation Engineer, FPGA Development Engineer, Graduate Research Assistant.
Hussein's most recent position is QA and Test Automation Engineer at Intel.
In recent years, Hussein has worked for Intel, Qualcomm, American University of Beirut, and ARECS.
Hussein is most experienced in industries like Manufacturing, Telecommunication, and Automotive. Hussein also has some experience in Education and Healthcare.
Hussein is most experienced in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology. Hussein also has some experience in Research and Development.
Hussein has recently worked in industries like Manufacturing, Telecommunication, and Automotive.
Hussein has recently worked in business areas like Product Development, Quality Assurance, and Information Technology.
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.
The availability of Hussein needs to be confirmed.
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