Jeffrey Cassidy
Principal Consultant at Steel City Sailing
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolJeffrey Cassidy is a Principal Consultant and FPGA/DSP specialist with 11 years of engineering experience applying high-performance signal processing and computing techniques across video, RF, ultrasound and satellite communications. He combines deep theoretical DSP and applied-math skills with hands-on RTL craftsmanship—Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL—and a proven track record of timing closure and hardware-aware optimization on large Xilinx designs. Jeffrey models systems in C/C++, Python/NumPy and Matlab, integrates RTL with software toolchains (Modelsim, Gnuradio), and delivers reusable, parametrized IP for multi-channel, multi-rate applications. His background ranges from academic research at the University of Toronto to commercial projects such as spread-spectrum satellite links and 1M-line UHD broadcast video timing fixes. Outside engineering he is an experienced live-aboard sailing instructor with extensive North Channel knowledge, reflecting a pragmatic, safety-first approach to complex, real-world systems. Colleagues rely on him for rapid, mathematically grounded troubleshooting when projects face tight performance or timing constraints.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Biophotonics, Biophotonics at BiOP '13PhD, Computer Engineering, PhD, Computer Engineering at University of TorontoHillfield-Strathallan CollegeB.Eng., Electrical Engineering, B.Eng., Electrical Engineering at McGill University
English
Github Skills (9)
capi8
bluespec7
service-layer7
simulation6
simulator6
systemverilog6
self-contained5
accelerator4
fpga3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
jeffreycassidy/FullMonteSW
Feb 2016 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 PR, 37 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years
jeffreycassidy/osm2bin
Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 11 pushes, 5 branches in 8 months
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