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Massimiliano G.-Founder and Managing Director, SoC Integration Engineer

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Munich, Germany

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Jun 2022 - Present
Germany

Founder and Managing Director, SoC integration engineer

PlanV

Position summary
Founder and Managing Director, SoC integration engineer at PlanV
Industries
Healthcare
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Sales
  • Design and verification of a logic analyzer IP (SystemVerilog UVM)
  • Digital subsystem for image sensor: RTL design, synthesis and P&R (TS130)
  • CVA6 MMU: formal verification using SVA
  • CVA6 subsystem: IP integration, verification (UVM)
  • Tightly coupled cache coherence for CVA6: RTL design and verification (SystemVerilog), FPGA prototyping (IP integration - CPU, LLC, DDR, Eth), Linux
  • Verification of a laser controller on FPGA (medical, VHDL, VUnit, Python, C++ for Microblaze)
  • Fault injection emulation on FPGA (SystemVerilog)
  • Business development and administration
Feb 2022 - Dec 2023
Canada

Staff member

OpenHW Group

Position summary
Staff member at OpenHW Group
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Marketing
  • DevOps engineer: CI using AWS Codebuild, GitHub Actions
  • Promotional activities: demo application for CORE-V-MCU, OpenHW TV, trade fairs
Sep 2021 - Present
United Kingdom

Freelance consultant - ASIC design and verification

QuantumBlockchainTechnologies

Position summary
Freelance consultant - ASIC design and verification at QuantumBlockchainTechnologies
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

Responsible for the development of ASIC for crypto mining: definition of the architecture, RTL design and testing, synthesis with Cadence Genus, FPGA prototyping, interfacing with the teams developing the optimized algorithms, interfacing with backender, interfacing with the EDA tool vendors

Jun 2018 - Feb 2022
Germany

Head of Hardware Development

HENSOLDT CYBER GmbH

Position summary
Head of Hardware Development at HENSOLDT CYBER GmbH
Industries
Aerospace and Defense
Information Technology
Business areas
Human Resources
Information Technology
Product Development

Responsible for the development of the MiG-V chip family: definition of the system architecture, RTL design, IP integration (CPU, Eth, SDRAM, flash), logic obfuscation, definition and execution of the test strategy, definition and automation of the workflow, FPGA prototyping, interfacing with EDA tool vendors, interfacing with backender, interfacing with the SW team, interfacing with the University partners, recruiting, mentoring new employees, reporting to CTO and Chief Scientist

Aug 2016 - Dec 2017
Germany

Freelance consultant

Infineon

Position summary
Freelance consultant at Infineon
Industries
Manufacturing
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

Development of the virtual prototype of smartcard chips (SystemC)

Apr 2015 - Nov 2015
United States

Freelance consultant

Phluido

Position summary
Freelance consultant at Phluido
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

FFT HW acceleration based on Zynq and related Linux driver (Xilinx tcl and C)

Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Italy

Freelance consultant

Mavigex

Position summary
Freelance consultant at Mavigex
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

S-M2M modulator (C and VHDL)

Jun 2013 - Dec 2013
Italy

Freelance consultant

Mindway

Position summary
Freelance consultant at Mindway
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • BCH + LDPC encoder development for DVB-T2 (VHDL code and C++ model)
  • Turbo encoder development for an FSIM modulator (VHDL code and C++ model)
May 2011 - May 2018
Germany

Freelance consultant

Intel Mobile Communications

Position summary
Freelance consultant at Intel Mobile Communications
Industries
Information Technology
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

Development and verification of the FW and virtual prototype of a DMA: firmware development in Forth, low level simulations with Synopsys VCS, design of the virtual prototype in SystemC, interfacing with the HW development team, participating in the chip bringup

Jun 2010 - Nov 2010
Italy

Freelance consultant

CNIT

Position summary
Freelance consultant at CNIT
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Research and Development

Quantization and modeling (C) of a signal detection and synchronization algorithm for satellite communications (C)

Jan 2009 - May 2011
Italy

FPGA Engineer

Mindway

Position summary
FPGA Engineer at Mindway
Industries
Media and Entertainment
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

RTL development and FPGA implementation of ECC systems ( ProMPEG-COP3, block product codes) for broadcasting systems (VHDL and Xilinx Spartan3)

Jan 2008 - Dec 2008
Italy

FPGA and FW consultant

Info Solution

Position summary
FPGA and FW consultant at Info Solution
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
  • Optimization and FPGA porting of protection management for an optical multi-service node
  • Development of an heating measurement system UNI EN 834 compliant (C and assembly for Microchip PIC)
May 2007 - Nov 2007
France

R&D engineer

Turboconcept

Position summary
R&D engineer at Turboconcept
Industries
Telecommunication
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Research and Development

Design and verification of a low latency turbo encoder for Wimax (VHDL and Altera Stratix2)

Nov 2006 - Apr 2007
France

Trainee

Turboconcept

Position summary
Trainee at Turboconcept
Industries
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development

VHDL to SystemC / Verilog translation and manipulation tool

Sep 2006 - Dec 2006
Italy

Fellowship

University of Parma

Position summary
Fellowship at University of Parma
Industries
Education
Information Technology
Business areas
Information Technology
Product Development
Research and Development

ZigBee to CANBus interface

Industry experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Telecommunication, Healthcare, Aerospace and Defense, Media and Entertainment, and Manufacturing.

Information Technology
Telecommunication
Healthcare
Aerospace and Defense
Media and Entertainment
Manufacturing
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Business area experience

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Experienced in Information Technology, Product Development, Sales, Human Resources, Marketing, and Research and Development.

Information Technology
Product Development
Sales
Human Resources
Marketing
Research and Development
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Skills

  • Business Development And Administration

  • Team Leadership

  • Computer Architecture

  • Risc-V

  • Fpga/Asic Design And Verification

  • Soc Integration

  • Sdram, Ddr2

  • Workflow Automation

  • Xilinx Vivado

  • Siemens Questa

  • Synopsys Vcs

  • Verilator

  • Synopsys Design Compiler

  • Synopsys Spyglass

  • Synopsys Formality

  • Cadence Genus

  • Cadence Conformal

  • Yosys

  • Gcc

  • Vhdl/Verilog/Systemverilog

  • Systemc

  • C/C++

  • Python

  • Perl

  • Cadence Xcelium

  • Cadence Innovus

  • Siliconcompiler

  • Openroad

Languages

Italian
Native
German
Advanced
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Russian
Advanced

Education

Sep 2003 - Apr 2006

University of Parma

Master of Science in Electronic Engineering · Electronic Engineering · Parma, Italy · 110/110 cum laude

Sep 2000 - Dec 2003

University of Parma

Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering · Electronic Engineering · Parma, Italy · 110/110 cum laude

Statistics

Experience

Total positions 15
Experience in Information Technology 16 y
Avg length 2 y
Longest experience 7 y

Global experience

Countries worked in 6 (Italy, Germany, France, Canada, United Kingdom, +1)
Primary country Italy

Expertise

Recent roles Founder and Managing Director, SoC integration engineer, Staff member, Freelance consultant - ASIC design and verification
Main industries Information Technology, Telecommunication, Healthcare
Main business areas Information Technology, Product Development, Sales

Qualifications

Highest degree Master
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Massimiliano is based in Munich, Germany and can operate in on-site, hybrid, and remote work models.

Massimiliano speaks the following languages: Italian (Native), German (Advanced), English (Advanced), French (Advanced), Russian (Advanced).

Massimiliano has at least 20 years of experience. During this time, Massimiliano has worked in at least 10 different roles and for 13 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 4 months. Note that Massimiliano may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.

Based on recent experience, Massimiliano would be well-suited for roles such as: Founder and Managing Director, SoC integration engineer, Staff member, Freelance consultant - ASIC design and verification.

Massimiliano's most recent position is Founder and Managing Director, SoC integration engineer at PlanV.

In recent years, Massimiliano has worked for PlanV, OpenHW Group, QuantumBlockchainTechnologies, and HENSOLDT CYBER GmbH.

Massimiliano is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Telecommunication, and Healthcare. Massimiliano also has some experience in Aerospace and Defense, Media and Entertainment, and Manufacturing.

Massimiliano is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Sales. Massimiliano also has some experience in Human Resources, Marketing, and Research and Development.

Massimiliano has recently worked in industries like Information Technology, Healthcare, and Aerospace and Defense.

Massimiliano has recently worked in business areas like Information Technology, Product Development, and Sales.

Massimiliano holds a Master in Electronic Engineering from University of Parma and a Bachelor in Electronic Engineering from University of Parma.

Massimiliano is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.

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