Raashid Ansari
Security/Software Engineer
Boston,MA
Summary
Analytical and experienced Engineer with 10 years of experience looking for software or data engineering opportunity. Proven track record of innovation through patents and international publications, delivering high-quality industry products, eliminating bottlenecks to streamline development processes, and conveying complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Adept at leading diverse cross-functional teams, supporting software development, application development practices, as well as cloud technologies. Passionate about fostering a culture of inclusivity and mentorship.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Engineer
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
Boxborough, MA
04.2017 - 10.2023
- Designed and led development of a deep learning-based computer vision software utilizing C++, Python, OpenCV, and Pytorch for training supervised, unsupervised, clustering, and forecasting models and rapid prototyping of security algorithms for CNNs, RNNs, GANs
- Autoencoders, and LSTMs, accelerating research that improved Qualcomm systems’ precision from 0.25 to 0.82 and project delivery by 40%
- Led the architecture and development of a highly scalable distributed system using C++ and Qt to simulate and visualize threats and defenses in connected vehicle communication between approximately 10k vehicles of diverse characteristics
- This enabledgenerating large and extremely realistic data for analyses and reduced real vehicle testing costs by the order of $3 million
- Led implementation of highly configurable software systems using C++, Python, NumPy, Pandas, Seaborn, YAML and JSON, deployed on auto-scaled AWS EC2 instances to automate, optimize gathering (ETL) and analyze gigabytes of data from distributed vehicles and vehicular systems within 30 minutes of experiment runs, saving 480 hours of analysis time for the project
- Enforced software engineering best practices for the entire software development life cycle, including coding standards, software architecture reviews, code reviews (GitHub), source control management (Git), testing (Pytest), and adoption of Agile methodologies, eliminating task duplication, improved workload visibility, and raised the bar on standards within the organization
- Mentored and supported research projects, collaborating with diverse cross-functional team members and interns with or pursuing doctoral degrees throughout onboarding, training, professional development, research and analysis of data gathered from multiple sources
- Strategized entire product life cycle from inception, ideation, proof-of-concept, MVP, product development, to marketing for two products
- Achievements: o 12 patents (45 pending, 137 disclosed) and 6 scientific publications (2 in-progress) on security of computer vision, AI, and V2X
- O Designed the system for a highly licensed patent titled “Misbehavior protection for connected vehicle communication,” adopted in ETSI097 standard and inclusion in 300 million vehicles in the US once V2X technology is widely adopted
- O Designed and contributed to open-source anomaly generation and detection systems for V2X security testing using C++ and Python; widely adopted in academia garnering 90+ citations: github.com/quic/vasp, github.com/josephkamel/F2MD
Python Programmer
ASI Corporation
Montgomeryville, PA
02.2017 - 03.2017
- Optimized quality-control test code and test cases for an EMCB-200U CAN bus module-controlled motors used in procurement robots at
- Amazon warehouses, reducing test time by 74%, from 23 minutes to 6 minutes per motor, allowing the company to meet contractual deadlines and generate $2 million
- Trained and elevated the knowledge of the in-house “self-taught” developer in Python-based software development.
Research Assistant
Reliable, Secure, UNH
Durham, NH
01.2015 - 11.2016
- Designed and developed novel intrusion detection system (IDS) for Controller Area Network (CAN) bus in C++ and Python, resulting in a 92% reduction in intrusions compared to prior baselines
- This work generated 2 scientific publications and a thesis which was implemented by a Japanese automotive security start-up Trillium Inc., eventually sold to Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles.
Education
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
University of New Hampshire
2016
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Engineering
Nagpur University
2011
Skills
- Languages
- C, Python, Java, Bash, SQL (PostgreSQL, MySQL), HTML, CSS
- Libraries PyTorch, Tensorflow, ONNX, Scikit-Learn, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, OpenCV, NLTK, Qt, Pytest, FastAPI, Flask
- Software Engineering JIRA, Agile, Scrum, VSCode, PyCharm, Jupyter, Git (GitHub, BitBucket, GitLab), Docker, Microservices
- Cloud Platforms Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), EC2, Lambda, RedShift, VPC, Autoscaling, Nvidia GPUs
- Data Science/Analysis Supervised, Unsupervised learning, Clustering, Regression, Statistical Analysis, Feature Engineering, Model Evaluation
- Data Engineering ETL, Data Preprocessing, Data Cleaning, Data Aggregation, Data Pipelines, Splunk, Normalization
- Operating Systems Linux/Unix, Windows, MacOS
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Career advancementWork-life balanceStock Options / Equity / Profit SharingPersonal development programsTimeline
Senior Engineer
Qualcomm Technologies Inc
04.2017 - 10.2023
Python Programmer
ASI Corporation
02.2017 - 03.2017
Research Assistant
Reliable, Secure, UNH
01.2015 - 11.2016
Master of Science - Electrical Engineering
University of New Hampshire
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics Engineering
Nagpur University
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