Zaid Mughal

Zaid Mughal is a research engineer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center since August 2024, specializing in vector optimization for OpenMPI on RISC-V, achieving significant performance gains in FPGA environments. Prior to this role, Zaid served as a senior software engineer at DreamBig Semiconductor Inc., contributing to embedded software development for microcontrollers and participating in RTOS-based firmware projects. Zaid also held various positions, including software engineer and junior software engineer, focusing on Linux device drivers and embedded systems, with achievements such as a 300% speed improvement in a data receive algorithm. Zaid's academic foundation includes a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the National University of Sciences and Technology and a diploma in Project Management.