Experience | Adeel Akhtar

CAREER OVERVIEW

10+ years of professional
engineering experience.

My experience spans FPGA architecture and hardware/software co-design for video, audio, cybersecurity, high-frequency trading, hyperspectral imaging, ADAS, and autonomous driving. I combine VHDL and HLS development with verification, system integration, hardware debugging, and technical mentoring.

EXPERIENCE TIMELINE

Professional roles

Application illustrations represent each role’s focus.

Secure video systems
11/2024 – Present
Senior Firmware Engineer (FPGA Systems)
IHSE GmbH · Oberteuringen, Germany
- Architected FPGA solutions for video, imaging, and low-latency processing, including real-time on-screen display overlays.
- Designed AES/GCM cybersecurity solutions and digital and analog audio interfaces, including S/PDIF, codecs, and ADC/DAC.
- Built reusable architectures and platform-independent verification; led hardware bring-up, integration, timing closure, validation, and mentoring.
Low-latency trading
11/2021 – 09/2024
Senior Engineer — FPGA Hardware/Software Codesign
360T / Deutsche Börse Group · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Designed ultra-low-latency trading pipelines and FX feed processing using FIX and binary protocols, with real-time order-book memory management.
- Developed HLS C/C++ and VHDL solutions on AMD/Xilinx Alveo U250, CPU–FPGA APIs, and third-party IP integration.
- Applied UVM functional verification, served as Scrum Master, and delivered in-house FPGA training.
Automotive vision
07/2017 – 10/2021
Senior Embedded Systems Engineer (ADAS and Autonomous Driving)
Hyundai Mobis · Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Developed and tuned front-camera ISP pipelines and image-quality assessment algorithms for ADAS and autonomous driving.
- Implemented algorithms on ZCU102, Zynq-7020, and Alveo platforms; validated algorithms in MATLAB and analyzed DNN performance on target hardware.
- Benchmarked Xilinx, NVIDIA, and Texas Instruments platforms; built RTMaps test modules and coordinated training, customers, suppliers, and Scrum activities.
Hyperspectral imaging
12/2015 – 05/2017
Development Engineer Embedded Systems (Industrial Cameras)
Inno-Spec GmbH · Nürnberg, Germany
- Developed ISP pipelines for high-speed hyperspectral cameras and VHDL modules for Artix-7 and Kintex-7 FPGAs.
- Implemented sensor communication using AXI, Wishbone, I²C, and SPI, and developed soft IP with HLS.
- Created MATLAB image-enhancement testing tools and graphical interfaces, collaborating with customers and partners.
Sensor fusion & control
04/2013 – 03/2015
Research Assistant (Industrial Projects)
Control System Research Group, TU Kaiserslautern · Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Developed Kalman-filter sensor fusion for inertial navigation and heuristic battery-charging control algorithms.
- Created Raspberry Pi instrument drivers in Python and real-time ARM Cortex-M4 communication in C.
- Built MATLAB interfaces, visualizations, and simulations, and documented the programming framework.
Wireless receiver design
10/2013 – 04/2014
Research Assistant
Microelectronic Systems Design Group, TU Kaiserslautern · Kaiserslautern, Germany
- Designed FPGA architecture for a soft-demapping algorithm in digital wireless receivers.
- Analyzed performance with C++ and MATLAB, developed a bit-true C model, and implemented and verified synthesizable VHDL.
Electrical engineering
06/2010 – 06/2011
Trainee Engineer
Nespak Engineering Company · Pakistan
- Supervised field tasks, designed electrical circuits, and attended client meetings to support quality standards.
Engineering education
09/2008 – 08/2010
Teaching
Rawalpindi Institute of Technology · Pakistan
- Taught electric circuit design and applied engineering mathematics.