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 (46)
uart10
bare-metal10
xilinx10
hdmi10
stm32f410
vhdl-code10
stm32f4-discovery10
fpga10
arm10
vhdl9
axi-stream9
tarball7
ubuntu6
js6
stm32f16
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
fcayci/vhdl-axis-uart
Dec 2018 - Oct 2022
UART to AXI Stream interface written in VHDL
Contributions:14 commits, 8 PRs, 11 pushes in 3 years 10 months
axi-streamuartvhdlfpga
fcayci/sv-digital-design
Apr 2020 - Mar 2021
Contributions:17 commits, 14 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
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