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Kanmani GobiKaliappanSubraamanian

Johns Creek,GA

Summary

Results-driven digital verification engineer with 20+ years of experience in verification for wide varieties of ASIC's and SoC's. Dedicated to develop efficient verification suites using latest methodologies and tools to verify the design under test at various level ranging from block level to system level designs for ASIC/SoC. Lead verification engineer for in-house VESA Display stream compression IP across several successful Synaptics product lines.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Staff Verification Engineer

Synaptics
03.2022 - Current
  • Enhanced verification quality with improved HVP to improve functional coverage.
  • Identified critical bugs through regression testing, ensuring product reliability.
  • Mentored junior engineers, fostering a collaborative work environment and improving skill sets.
  • Verification for various DP products with different combination of video streaming w/protocol conversion as DP over USB4 , HDMI over DP2.0 and so on design at block level and top level.

Design Verification Engineer Consultant

Synapse Design
08.2021 - 03.2022

Verification consultant at Meta ASIC division.

Verification for warper.

Develop/Updated existing test plan and test sequences.

Updated the existing environment to support changes in the new ASIC design.

Staff Verification Engineer

Synaptics Inc.
08.2012 - 08.2021
  • As a staff verification engineer, worked on various interface parts involving DP, HDMI, DSC, MIPI over past 10 years with Synaptics
  • Playing lead role in verification for VESA Display Stream Compression IP across various products by Synaptics
  • Developed verification environment using different methodologies like VMM and UVM
  • Developed wrappers to enable communication between VMM in-house DP VIP with UVM based environment to enable re-use of in-house DP VIP
  • Developed DPI task to enable C based DSC model to interface with VMM/UVM based verification environment for DSC verification across various products that involved DSC logic
  • Involved in various stages of RTL verification ranging from block level to system level testing
  • Lead verification activities for remote teams and sign-on successfully.

Digital Design Verification Engineer

Integrated Device Technology
02.2011 - 08.2012
  • As a verification engineer, worked on various activities in testing the video interface products
  • Developed CTS test cases for DP src and sink behaviors
  • Developed re-usable VMM based verification suite for DP RX, aimed at re-usability of the verification environment for any future DP products
  • Developed test plan, test bench, driver, monitor and scoreboard to verify DP RX
  • Developed function cover points, maintain nightly regression, debugging and sign on verification with high function coverage.

ASIC Verification Engineer

Ericsson
07.2008 - 11.2009
  • As an ASIC verification engineer, worked on verification for AXI Sub-System , AXI2AXI Bridge, DMA controller, etc
  • Developed verification suite using eRM methodolgy
  • Developed the test bench components and test case using Specman/E language.

Design Engineer

Imetris Corporation
12.2007 - 07.2008
  • As a consulting VLSI design engineer, worked for NetApp for verification for their VIRGO FPGA design
  • Developed verification components and test cases in Verilog HDL to test all the flash operations, interfacing with PCIe, I2C bus
  • Developed Makefile to compile and simulate the design and test environment
  • Sign-on verification with 100% functional coverage.

Member of Technical Sta

HCL Technologies Limited
02.2005 - 11.2007
  • As a member of technical staff, played variety of role in various projects for various clients like Hamilton Standard, Roswell Collins, IBM, Xambala Inc
  • As an independent reviewer, understand the specification of design under test, review the test plan and test cases to confirm accuracy of the design requirement with respect to test plan development and sign-on the activity
  • As a verification engineer, dealt with different HDL and Object oriented languages and methodologies to develop the verification environment and component to verify the design.

Design Engineer

D’Gipro Systems and Private Limited
10.2004 - 02.2005
  • As a design engineer, worked on verification for 3-Port PWT router for Paradigm Solutions
  • Developed verification components like transactors and scoreboards for router design using Open VERA RVM methodology
  • Developed test case, simulated various scenarios, debugged on failing cases, reported design bug, sign on verification with 100% functional coverage.

Faculty

Accel Software and Technologies Limited
10.2003 - 10.2004
  • Train Engineering students on VLSI technology, which involves teaching the VLSI front-end design flow for ASIC development using EDA tools and HDL languages ( VHDL and Verilog HDL).

Faculty

Orbit Systems Limited
06.2003 - 09.2003
  • As a VLSI Faculty, train engineering student on VLSI front-end design flow for ASIC's
  • The job involves teaching HDL languages (VHDL and Verilog HDL) to design and develop RTL and test bench
  • Hands on training on EDA tools to simulate the design under test.

Job Trainee

Accel Software and Technologies Limited
12.2002 - 05.2003
  • As a design engineer, designed and developed UART transmitter logic using VHDL and AMBA aribter logic using Verilog HDL.

Education

VLSI Design certification Course - Electrical and Electronics Communication

Accel Software and Technologies Limited
Chennai, Tamilnadu
09.2002

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics Communication

University of Madras
Chennai, Tamilnadu
05.2002

Skills

  • UVM Verification methodology - Experienced
  • VMM Verification Methodology - Expert
  • C, C - Skillful
  • Verilog, System Verilog - Expert
  • Perl - Skillful
  • MIPI - Experienced
  • Display Port - Expert
  • Display Stream Compression - Expert
  • USB4 DP Tunneling -Experienced

Timeline

Staff Verification Engineer

Synaptics
03.2022 - Current

Design Verification Engineer Consultant

Synapse Design
08.2021 - 03.2022

Staff Verification Engineer

Synaptics Inc.
08.2012 - 08.2021

Digital Design Verification Engineer

Integrated Device Technology
02.2011 - 08.2012

ASIC Verification Engineer

Ericsson
07.2008 - 11.2009

Design Engineer

Imetris Corporation
12.2007 - 07.2008

Member of Technical Sta

HCL Technologies Limited
02.2005 - 11.2007

Design Engineer

D’Gipro Systems and Private Limited
10.2004 - 02.2005

Faculty

Accel Software and Technologies Limited
10.2003 - 10.2004

Faculty

Orbit Systems Limited
06.2003 - 09.2003

Job Trainee

Accel Software and Technologies Limited
12.2002 - 05.2003

VLSI Design certification Course - Electrical and Electronics Communication

Accel Software and Technologies Limited

Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Electronics Communication

University of Madras
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