Jazeb Zafar

Electrical and Computer Engineering Student @ UCalgary | DFX Design Verification Intern @ AMD | Embedded Firmware & SoC Verification

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

About

I am an Electrical and Computer Engineering student at the University of Calgary with a focus on embedded systems, hardware design, and engineering at the chip level. I am currently doing a 16 month internship at AMD as a DFX Design Verification Intern, where I am working on building my experience in the test, debugging, and verification side of various silicon systems. My background includes STM32/FreeRTOS firmware, C/C++, various sensor interfaces, communication protocols, and hands on hardware projects through the University of Calgary Solar Car team. I am interested in working on the space where software meets hardware and understanding how systems at that level behave.

Experience

  • DFX Design Verification Intern at AMD
    May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

  • University of Calgary Solar Car Team (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
    • Embedded Team Lead
      Jan 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Embedded Team Member
      Oct 2024 - Jan 2026 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Developing firmware using STM32 IDE for boards that will be used in the upcoming Helios vehicle. Implementing FreeRTOS, a C to C++ wrapper, Git, and communication protocols such as I2C, UART, and SPI. Configuring these timing setups to program an accelerometer and a GPS module for optimal performance.

  • Undergraduate Researcher at Human-X Interaction Lab
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Information Officer at Élections Canada | Elections Canada
    Apr 2025 - Apr 2025 · 1 mo

  • Embedded in Embedded member at Engenuics Technologies Inc
    Sep 2024 - Mar 2025 · 7 mos

    Collaborating on a project with Engenuics Technologies under the supervision of Garmin software engineers. Gaining hands on experience using different peripherals on a dot-matrix board including a display, buttons, buzzers, LED's and the ANT protocol.