Kimberly Calderon Prado

Intel Flex is an internal consulting team of Intel that provides specialized engineering support across Intel. As a System Software Engineer focused on embedded systems, contributed to multiple high-impact projects for various Intel teams. The following entries detail those engagements, including work in Intel Labs, Intel Foundry, Altera, and xSG.

Applied algorithmic techniques to optimize the spatial arrangement of factories and their components. Defined infrastructure standards to streamline workflows, and proposed robust testing frameworks to ensure code quality and scalability. Coordinated across teams to align technical execution with architectural goals.

Responsible for all FPGA-related development and integration with Loihi chips. Designed and simulated RTL modules, validated communication protocols, and delivered verified FPGA emulation systems.

IP migration to alternative Altera platforms. Benchmarked performance, automated flows, and applied optimization strategies to reduce resource usage, and improve compatibility.

Contributed as part of the core software team to a validation tool that adapted testers to new chip configurations, reducing hardware dependency. Focused on improving code robustness, maintainability, and scalability. Delivered new features aligned with evolving validation needs, accelerating chip testing workflows.

As part of the graduation project, explored innovation at the intersection of reinforcement learning, FPGA acceleration, and OneAPI. And also contributed to the MARIE project at Intel Labs, detailed in the next entry.

Contributed to AI-based detection of factory processes.

Front-end development and QA testing.