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SÁNDOR MÁTHÉ

Budapest,

Summary

I am a passionate FPGA engineer and architect. This technology accompanied my full professional career. Even though I have more then a decade of experience in this field in various, mostly signal processing related projects, I am still fascinated the freedom and power it gives to designers.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

FPGA Design Engineer and Architect

Self Employed
03.2018 - Current

I have been working as a freelance FPGA developer since 2018. During these years I was involved in various telecommunications and signal processing projects. My experience includes but is not limited to architecture design, implementation, and verification as well. In the last 2 years, I worked as an architect in various international projects. The used platforms include the most well-established FGPA vendors.

Product Owner

GE Hungary - GE Healthcare
01.2016 - 03.2018
  • Identifying system requirements for cloud based algorithm marketplace service
  • Aligning scope, release dates, risks and key milestones with Customers and Stakeholders
  • Defining user workflows for algorithm vendors and consumers

Product Development Manager

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
01.2013 - 01.2016
  • Leading product development of Knorr-Bremse driver advisory and simulator systems at the Budapest site (25-30 people)
  • Participating in customer negotiations from offer preparation through project execution
  • Defining product roadmap and strategy for development teams
  • Tracking project execution
  • Cooperating with other SW development teams in the entire Knorr-Bremse group

SW Development Team Lead

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Leading SW development activities of 6-15 developers
  • Coordinating customer and internal releases
  • Project planning
  • Team management and ramp-up

Software Developer / Coordinator

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
04.2009 - 04.2011
  • Developing major functions of Knorr-Bremse driver advisory system
  • Prototyping and concept validation
  • Coordinating major SW releases

Trainee / Test-Development Engineer

Robert Bosch
07.2007 - 04.2009

Education

Master of Science - Embedded Systems and Digital Signal Processing

Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Budapest, Hungary
2008

Skills

    Professional skills:

  • Verilog / VHDL
  • System and architecture design
  • Verification
  • Matlab programming
  • Algorithm design

    Soft skills:

  • Lean mindset
  • Proactive attitude
  • Customer and value focus
  • Eager to learn
  • Multicultural awareness

Languages

  • English: fluent
  • Hungarian: native speaker

Main Projects

Battery charger controller: 20 channel, model based control system for battery charging / depleting using Kria SOM

  • Target language: Verilog / VHDL mixed language project
  • Main tasks: architecture design, interfacing to battery management IC, charge process control implementation, UI and Ethernet communication implementation, simulation environment
  • Project duration: 6 months


SW radio project with Kintex 7 FPGA: design and implementation of 16 Ch DDC and DUC, USB3 streaming interface with synchronous FIFO interface

  • Target language: Verilog / VHDL mixed language project
  • Main tasks: architecture design, algorithm modeling in Matlab, implementation using Xilinx and custom IP, PC tool for data collection and spectral analysis, ADC and DAC interfacing, self-checking simulator environment development
  • Project duration: 2 years


Accelerometer signal processing:  3 channel signal processing system for satellite module's accelerometer sensor

  • Target language: VHDL
  • Main tasks: architecture design, algorithm integration, implementation using custom IP, ADC interfacing, self-checking simulator environment development
  • Project duration: 1 year


Video bridging application with Lattice Crosslink family: feasibility study to replace long-lead ASIC with Lattice Crosslink FPGA

  • Target language: Verilog
  • Main tasks: evaluation and setup of early prototype based on Lattice sample project, project adaptation to customer specific video settings
  • Project duration: 6 months


FPGA testing firmware for chip recycling with Kintex 7 platform: IO, GTX transciever and BRAM testing

  • Target language: VHDL
  • Main tasks: architecture design, constraints generation based on schematic, PC tool for result evaluation
  • Project duration: 6 months


Internal tool development: simulator environment for efficient signal and data stream analysis using Matlab

  • Main tasks: interfacing Vivado and Questa simulators with Matlab to allow capture and analysis simulation results directly in Matlab workspace
  • Project duration: 3-6 months

Hobbies

  • Running 
  • Travelling
  • Video games

Timeline

FPGA Design Engineer and Architect

Self Employed
03.2018 - Current

Product Owner

GE Hungary - GE Healthcare
01.2016 - 03.2018

Product Development Manager

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
01.2013 - 01.2016

SW Development Team Lead

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
01.2011 - 01.2013

Software Developer / Coordinator

Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems Hungary
04.2009 - 04.2011

Trainee / Test-Development Engineer

Robert Bosch
07.2007 - 04.2009

Master of Science - Embedded Systems and Digital Signal Processing

Budapest University of Technology and Economics
SÁNDOR MÁTHÉ