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Khaled Sarsam
Designer Test Engineer
Wijchen,GE
Summary
Design Test Engineer with more than 10 years of experience enhancing design and manufacturing processes by creating cost-effective, revelatory testing systems, both hardware and software. Adept at saving employers from wasteful spending by applying economical, reliable approaches to pre-release inspection. Designs methodologies that improve production outcomes while adhering to development budgets. Expertise in functional and non-functional testing processes for implementation, managing and troubleshooting of systems with highly technical software and hardware applications. Builds relationships across organization. Successfully integrating activities across multiple sites and business units. Creates positive and productive atmosphere within highly interactive team environment.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Languages
Work History
Designer Test Engineer
Grass Valley BV
Breda
06.2017 - Current
- Designed standardized processes and protocols to continuously improve operational efficiency through positive iteration.
- Designed test control apparatus and equipment, developed procedures for testing products, and devised processes for assuring cost-effective and quality production.
- Researched and selected automation tools, prioritizing cost-effective solutions to shorten diagnostic workflows.
- Collaborated with engineering, and technical personnel to resolve testing problems and system malfunctions.
- Designed and implemented standardized embedded Test&Manufacturing interface for test, manufacturing and service processes (both SW and HW).
- Designed special FPGA designs with embedded built-in selftest capabilities for Test and Manufacturing process.
- Designed & specified JTAG HW infrastructure for the complete systems.
- Became part of HW design team to advice on DfT(Design for Test) and DfM (Design for Manufacturing).
- Created accurate and efficient test-scripts to manage automated testing of certain products and features.
- Successfully managed NPI rush for the first customer shipments.
JTAG Field Application Engineer/ DfT Specialist
JTAG Technologies B.V.
Eindhoven
01.2011 - 05.2017
- Responsible for analyzing and solving technical and complex issues reported by customers and JTAG Technologies FAEs (Field Application Engineers) all over the world.
- DfT (Design for test) of submitted designs by customers and sales engineers.
- Write testability design reviews and advise customers to apply changes for greater testability of the design.
- Support sales engineers in technical consults of prospect customers.
- Train engineers and FAEs in DfT-concepts.
- Design complex structural tests using JTAG Functional Tests (Python scripting and C/C++).
- Design complex embedded programming solutions using JTAG interface (C/C++).
- Hold presentations about new trends in testing strategies regarding the usage of JTAG interface and Boundary-scan in particular during annual user meetings.
- Customize UBoot or FSBL(first stage bootloader) for ARM processors to execute special functional tests at functional speeds and the results could be read over JTAG interface in a production environment (C/C++).
- Design embedded test solutions for SoCs (System-on-Chip) & FPGAs (C/C++, VHDL)
- Design IP-cores (VHDL) to achieve extra test-coverage using JTAG interface to be used in an FPGA design.
- Write at speed memory (DDR) structural tests for ARM SoCs or designs based on an FPGA.
- Design special software to communicate with ARM powered SoCs using their ARM Debug Interface over JTAG interface (C/C++, assembly).
Embedded Software Engineer
Ecotuk B.V.
Arnhem
06.2008 - 12.2010
- Designed & implemented GUI-based SW to configure & measure the ECU's ( Engine control unit) attributes (RPM, Engine temperature etc).
- Designed & implemented embedded bare-metal SW to interface the ECU with the GUI-configuration SW.
- Designed & implemented a secure-bootloader to allow in-circuit-programming of the firmware and protect the IP (Intellectual Property) of the ECU.
- Designed & implemented secure programming software to update the ECU using a secure-link to the update-backend server.
- Designed & implemented a backend server to manage encrypted ECU-firmware with revision control.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Delft 09.2002 - 09.2005
Bachelor of Science - Embedded Systems Engineering
HAN University of Applied Sciences (parttime)
Arnhem 09.2010 - 09.2014
Skills
Research proficiency
Software
C#
Python
JAVA
VHDL
Bash
Interests
Technology
Artificial Intelligence
Raspberry PI/Embedded Linux
Travelling
Movies
Timeline
JTAG Field Application Engineer/ DfT Specialist
JTAG Technologies B.V.
01.2011 - 05.2017
Bachelor of Science - Embedded Systems Engineering
HAN University of Applied Sciences (parttime)
09.2010 - 09.2014
Embedded Software Engineer
Ecotuk B.V.
06.2008 - 12.2010
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering
Delft University of Technology
09.2002 - 09.2005
Designer Test Engineer
Grass Valley BV
06.2017 - Current
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