Senior Multimedia Systems R&D Engineer
Qualcomm, Inc.
September 2022 - Present| Santa Clara, California, USA.
About company: Qualcomm is a company of inventors with diverse set of skills and background. Under the Sensors R&D Division here at Santa Clara, California, the team is focused on novel sensing and imaging device design with advanced algorithms for various applications such as wearable health monitoring, finger print imaging, audio-video devices etc.
My responsibilities:
Skills developed @ Qualcomm: Designing novel simulations, hardware integration, signal processing, machine learning, image segmentation, 1D sensing and 2D imaging methodology, beamforming, MATLAB, ZEMAX, NIRFast, K-Wave, Field-II.
Qualcomm, Inc.
September 2022 - Present| Santa Clara, California, USA.
About company: Qualcomm is a company of inventors with diverse set of skills and background. Under the Sensors R&D Division here at Santa Clara, California, the team is focused on novel sensing and imaging device design with advanced algorithms for various applications such as wearable health monitoring, finger print imaging, audio-video devices etc.
My responsibilities:
- Research and development of sensing/imaging devices' hardware, including oxygen-saturation sensing, blood pressure monitoring, glucose sensing, fingerprint and gesture recognition. Develop multi-physics based simulation tool for predicting system performance. Develop deep learning networks for predicting vital health parameters.
- Hands-on with the imaging device hardware development and experimentation.
Skills developed @ Qualcomm: Designing novel simulations, hardware integration, signal processing, machine learning, image segmentation, 1D sensing and 2D imaging methodology, beamforming, MATLAB, ZEMAX, NIRFast, K-Wave, Field-II.
Ultrasound Imaging Systems Engineer
EXO Imaging
October 2021 - September 2022| Santa Clara, California, USA.
About company: EXO is a health information and devices company whose mission is to modernize medical imaging through its high-performance handheld ultrasound platform and artificial intelligence, enabling healthcare professionals to make critical, real-time decisions that ultimately improve patient outcomes. The EXO ultrasound platform combines advances in nano-materials, novel sensor technologies, advanced signal processing and computation with the economies of scale of semiconductor manufacturing to dramatically reduce the cost of imaging.
My responsibilities:
Skills developed @ EXO: Signal processing, machine learning, image enhancement, 3D imaging architecture, python, C++, problem solving, results analysis, verification and validations for FDA, attending business meetings.
EXO Imaging
October 2021 - September 2022| Santa Clara, California, USA.
About company: EXO is a health information and devices company whose mission is to modernize medical imaging through its high-performance handheld ultrasound platform and artificial intelligence, enabling healthcare professionals to make critical, real-time decisions that ultimately improve patient outcomes. The EXO ultrasound platform combines advances in nano-materials, novel sensor technologies, advanced signal processing and computation with the economies of scale of semiconductor manufacturing to dramatically reduce the cost of imaging.
My responsibilities:
- Research and development of point-of-care ultrasound imaging systems, algorithms design.
- Hands-on with the imaging device hardware development and experimentation.
Skills developed @ EXO: Signal processing, machine learning, image enhancement, 3D imaging architecture, python, C++, problem solving, results analysis, verification and validations for FDA, attending business meetings.
Research Engineer
SkinCurate Research Private Limited
August 2015 - December 2016| Kharagpur, India.
About company: SkinCurate is a research company focused at developing technologies for patient comfort centric total skin theranostics. They do research and development of products for imaging, diagnosis, intervention, treatment and clinical management of skin lesions, melanoma and related dermatological disorders and diseases. Currently they are developing hardware software co-designed smartphone app to assist clinicians perform fast and accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and related abnormalities.
My responsibilities:
Skills developed @ SkinCurate: Machine learning, deep learning, medical imaging, python, GPU programming, problem solving, results analysis, writing conferences and journals, attending business meetings and writing business proposals.
SkinCurate Research Private Limited
August 2015 - December 2016| Kharagpur, India.
About company: SkinCurate is a research company focused at developing technologies for patient comfort centric total skin theranostics. They do research and development of products for imaging, diagnosis, intervention, treatment and clinical management of skin lesions, melanoma and related dermatological disorders and diseases. Currently they are developing hardware software co-designed smartphone app to assist clinicians perform fast and accurate diagnosis of skin cancers and related abnormalities.
My responsibilities:
- Research and development of computational imaging algorithms for fast and high precision screening of skin lesions and abnormalities.
- Hiring and managing the interns, software engineers.
Skills developed @ SkinCurate: Machine learning, deep learning, medical imaging, python, GPU programming, problem solving, results analysis, writing conferences and journals, attending business meetings and writing business proposals.
Applications Development Engineer
KLA Tencor
July 2014 - July 2015 | Chennai, India and Milpitas, USA
About company: KLA Tencor is a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor industries. Their products and services such as inline wafer and IC defect monitoring, review and classification, reticle defect inspection etc. are used by the vast majority of bare wafer, IC, lithography reticle and disk manufacturers around the world. Chip manufacturers leverage KLA-Tencor’s portfolio of products and related offerings to manage yield throughout the entire semiconductor fabrication process.
My responsibilities:
Skills developed @ KLA Tencor: High end image processing algorithms for defect inspection, facing the customer, working closely with software, marketing and engineering teams, presentation skills.
KLA Tencor
July 2014 - July 2015 | Chennai, India and Milpitas, USA
About company: KLA Tencor is a leading provider of process control and yield management solutions for the semiconductor industries. Their products and services such as inline wafer and IC defect monitoring, review and classification, reticle defect inspection etc. are used by the vast majority of bare wafer, IC, lithography reticle and disk manufacturers around the world. Chip manufacturers leverage KLA-Tencor’s portfolio of products and related offerings to manage yield throughout the entire semiconductor fabrication process.
My responsibilities:
- Involved in the development and application of the wafer inspection tools for the customer needs.
- Demonstrate tool's performance and prove the technical superiority over competitor tools to the customer.
- On Site Exposure: Worked closely with Samsung and Global Foundries customers at the KLA Tencor's head-quarters, Milpitas, CA, USA, from December-2014 to June-2015.
Skills developed @ KLA Tencor: High end image processing algorithms for defect inspection, facing the customer, working closely with software, marketing and engineering teams, presentation skills.