Kiran Mushtaq Ahmed

• Participated in the definition of the strategy for the LHC Beam Position Monitors consolidation.
• Contributed to the analysis, evaluation and selection of the development plan and evaluation of standards and technologies for the future Beam Instrumentation (BI) platform for modular electronics.
• Evaluated and selected the development plan for system on chip (SoC) based system on module (SoM) design (e.g. custom design, component of the shelf (COTS))
• HDL development of an Auto Trigger Module that generates Trigger and Mute Monitoring signals based on the threshold value from received AXI-Streams, for the Beam Position Monitor System of the HL-LHC project.
• Engineered HDL for an Energy Measurement Module that processes AXI-Streams to compute energy over a programmable time window, serving the Beam Position Monitor System of the HL-LHC project.

Oversaw the custom digital design and implementation of Data Acquisition, Data Interface, and Data Processing modules for multiple satellite projects.

• Design and implementation of ECSS space data link telemetry protocol with end-to-end testing.
• Implemented and testing of source data packetization.
• Implementation and testing of RS-Encoder in HDL.
• Designed and implemented the ECSS space data link telecommand protocol, including comprehensive end-to-end system-level testing.
• Implemented and tested SDRAM controller in HDL, and interfaced it with an image acquisition module.
• Designed and implemented SRAM controller in HDL.
• Implemented and tested I2C protocol and UART in HDL.
• Developed and tested an HDL-based Camera Link Base Mode receiver for 800 Mbps at the system level.
• Designed, implemented, and tested a high-speed LVDS data acquisition module with a data rate of 1.6 Gbps.
• Identified and implemented the selected TMR scheme for on-board memory modules.
• Designed and implemented customized synchronous and asynchronous data interfaces between FPGA and DSP.
• Reconstructed the RGBW image out of raw data provided by TrueSense sensor.
• Developed 'Obosto,' an unmanned ground vehicle designed for multiple purposes. The robotic car used SONAR sensors to detect obstacles and navigate to a target site. It featured a wireless VGA camera and transmitter on top to capture and transmit video of its surroundings.

Management Tasks

• Project configuration and management at the system level and at the unit level.
• Responsible for unit-level integrated testing and reporting.
• Hold feasibility studies for several projects.
• Identification of unit-level software and hardware specifications.
• Preparation of Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) reports.
• Organized different activities at World Space Week (WSW) for school students annually. An outreach program for school students aimed at educating them about space and technology.