Abstract:

Firmware is the software that drives all modern electronic systems. Firmware Engineering further specializes in the CSE, EEE, Telecom, Robotics, and Instrumentation Engineering education. Firmware encompasses System Engineering, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Control System Automation, Digital Signal Processing, and more. There is an acute shortage of experienced Firmware Development Engineers in North America, Europe, and Japan. Firmware Engineers are highly paid and have a salary of as much as $ 330K annually. Firmware development is mainly programming for code to be executed from the flash memory of the computer chip. The Firmware Industry is a mental-labor industry that can be part of Bangladesh's growing Software Export Industry. Firmware Export from Bangladesh can generate over a billion dollars in revenue.

Short Biography

Mr. Syed Imtiaz Ahmed is a Canadian citizen and President of Signal Stream Inc [www.signalstream.ca], which was established in October 2001 as a federally registered Canadian company in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He also opened a branch of Signal Stream Inc. in New York, USA, as a C-Corporation. Mr. Ahmed graduated from BUET in 1975 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. He obtained a Master of Engineering in Telecommunications from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Mr. Imtiaz’s company, Signal Stream Inc, provides engineering services to Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and product development consulting services to large multinational companies in America and Canada in the use of single and multicore processor software and firmware development for ST Micro (STM32), Texas Instrument (TI), Infineon, Aurix 297, and NXP. Engineering services include Firmware for Power Systems, Automatic Control Systems, Medical Instrumentation, Oil and gas Exploration Instrumentation, Automotive Autonomous vehicles, Collision Avoidance Systems (CAS), Cable and Radio and Wireless communication, Antenna Design, Transmission Lines, 4G LTE and 5G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LORA and IoT.

Mr. Ahmed has over 40 years of industry experience in new products and multi-processor-based systems development, such as for Air Traffic Control (ATC). Mr. Ahmed started his career 1978 as a control engineer at General Electric Company (GEC), Stafford, UK, where he developed the first firmware in history for an 1800 Mega Watt Power Station at Dinorwic, North Wales, UK. Before establishing his company, Mr. Ahmed worked as a Senior and Principal Engineer in the UK, France, and USA in Washington, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Texas, and Massachusetts, in companies like GEC, NCR, Sperry Aerospace, Transport Canada Aviation, JDS Uniphase, Logitech, Verizon Wireless, Honeywell, Cyberonics, Halliburton. He assisted Hitachi in Michigan, USA, in developing the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) and Automotive Transmission Control Module (TCM). Mr. Ahmed is providing Firmware Engineering expertise to Hitachi Astemo, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA, in developing ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System) for driverless autonomous systems.

Mr. Ahmed is married and has two sons, one Electrical Engineer and another Mechanical Engineer. Mr. Ahmed may be contacted via email: syed.ahmed@signalstream.ca