Furkan Cayci
Senior Staff Software Engineer at Qualcomm
Newark, Delaware, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolFurkan Cayci is a Senior Staff Software Engineer with over a decade of experience building high-performance systems at the intersection of hardware and software, currently optimizing cloud-based AI accelerators at Qualcomm. He blends deep embedded and FPGA expertise from academic and research roles with practical experience developing GPU-accelerated imaging and real-time multi-processor platforms. His background includes leading end-to-end product development, from architecture and algorithm design to low-level C++ and OpenCL optimization for latency-sensitive applications. Furkan’s PhD work and teaching roles underscore a strong foundation in computer engineering, while his security and hardware research (including firmware-level attack demonstrations) highlight a pragmatic, adversarial mindset. Based in Newark, he pairs systems-level rigor with a hacker’s curiosity—summed up by his “Hack the planet!” ethos—making him adept at turning complex requirements into scalable, production-ready solutions.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Engineering at University of Delaware
Github Skills (59)
uart10
hdmi10
stm32f410
bare10
sega-genesis10
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ieee10
axi-stream10
6800010
vlsi9
lattice9
xilinx9
vhdl9
zynq9
vivado9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fcayci/dragonfly
Jun 2014 - Jun 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push in 3 years
fcayci/stm32f4-bare-metal
Jan 2019 - Jun 2020
Bare metal STM32F4 examples for various modules
Contributions:99 commits, 1 PR, 70 pushes in 1 year 4 months
bare-metalmetalstm32barestm32f4
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