About Me
Hardware software engineer with 8+ years of experience taking complex embedded and IoT systems from prototype to production. I’ve worked across the full stack including custom SoCs, embedded firmware, IIoT gateways, and cloud analytics, with a focus on reliability, performance, and practical problem solving.
Education
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
M.Sc. Communications Engineering (2016–2018)
- CGPA: 1.7 / 1.0
- Thesis: Design and Implementation of SmartRack Controller for Industrial IoT
NED University of Engineering & Technology
B.E. Electronics Engineering (2012–2016)
- CGPA: 3.84 / 4.0
- Ranked among the top ten students in the program
- Final Project: Smart Firefighting UGV with Sensor Fusion and Secure Communication
Employment
Advantest Europe GmbH — Böblingen, Germany
R&D Software Engineer (February 2025 – Present)
- Leading cross-functional developer teams, providing technical guidance and architectural direction
- Driving R&D initiatives from concept through integration, ensuring alignment with customer requirements
- Managing QA strategy and validation across software modules to maintain high reliability standards
- Driving AI-assisted development workflows and modern engineering toolchains
- Defining and refining modular test frameworks, promoting test-driven development to improve software quality and team productivity
Aquilius Research GmbH — Böblingen, Germany
Senior Embedded Engineer (July 2020 – January 2025)
- Designed and delivered embedded systems and High Performance Compute (HPC) logic, leveraging parallelism and multithreaded architectures for low-latency data processing
- Improved test code coverage by 80% to ensure high quality and reliability
- Conducted root-cause analysis to identify underlying code defects and permanently resolve critical issues
- Architected scalable, multithreaded data-link systems and developed hardware-near interface drivers
- Enhanced custom tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and technical documentation
nextLAP GmbH — Munich, Germany
Embedded Systems Engineer (March 2017 – June 2020)
- Sole embedded engineer driving full-lifecycle development from prototyping through testing and release
- Optimized Industrial IoT solutions for strict cost and power constraints through strategic hardware selection and efficient software design
- Implemented ToF LiDAR sensing, real-time signal processing, and ultra-low-power display modules with energy harvesting
- Designed and prototyped the 2nd generation SmartRack Controller (Linux-based IIoT gateway) with OTA bootloaders and secure concurrent processing
- Engineered embedded prototype proof of concepts, low-power IoT devices, and BMS for e-bike, ensuring backward compatibility and supporting functional safety initiatives
Technical University of Munich — Applied Laser Spectroscopy Lab
Graduate Assistant (December 2016 – February 2017)
- Supported bacterial spectroscopy research
- Designed and simulated lock‑in amplifiers
- Integrated high‑sensitivity measurement systems in LabVIEW
- Automated spectroscopic measurement workflows
DCC Pvt. Ltd — Karachi, Pakistan
R&D Electronics Engineer (May 2016 - September 2016)
- R&D for HFDF / Passive Radar systems
- Implemented multi‑channel SDR synchronization
- Developed signal‑detection algorithms (MATLAB, GNU Radio)
- Optimized high‑performance DSP modules
- Automated RF subsystem calibration
Silicon International Pvt. Ltd — Karachi, Pakistan
Reverse Engineering Intern (May 2014 - June 2014)
- Hands‑on reverse engineering of industrial control systems
- Reconstructed AVR‑based generator feedback schematics
- Analyzed Z80‑based digital control system
Research Interests
- Embedded & Cyber‑Physical Systems
- IoT & Industrial Automation
- Automatic Test Equipment (ATE)
- Signal Processing & SDR Systems
- Low‑Power Sensing and Edge Computing
- System Architecture & High‑Performance Software
- Data Analytics & Cloud Computing
Publications
- M. Z. Arshad, A. Müller, B. Schmidt, et al.
A novel heuristic approach to detect induced forming defects using point cloud scans.
Design Society Proceedings, 2024.
DOI: 10.1017/pds.2024.75
Hobbies
- 3D printing
- Cycling
- Fishing
- Automation