9+ years of hardware engineering across ARM, Qualcomm, and Granite River Labs — AI chip development, Camera HW IP for XR/AR, SoC integration, and 5+ tape-outs in 6 years.
I am a Staff Engineer at ARM, currently working on AI chips — hardware designed to assist humans in ways that current systems cannot. The work sits at the intersection of microarchitecture, silicon constraints, and real-world deployment requirements.
Before ARM, I spent several years at Qualcomm India in the Camera HW Design team — owning RTL integration from initiation through release for XR and AR platforms, with 5+ tape-outs in 6 years.
My earlier career spans USB PD and Type-C at Granite River Labs, DSP work for satellite systems at Altran, and FPGA-based DisplayPort emulation. My experience covers the full front-end: RTL design, Hard Macro planning, Lint, CDC, synthesis readiness, and DV bring-up.
Own integration from initiation to release. First contact for post-delivery issues, ECOs, and corrective actions.
Led reduction of power-hungry hard macros through clock gating and power-collapsible restructuring.
Achieved 10,000 µm² savings in ISP module datapath through parameterization with minimal DV impact.
Collaborates across SoC, DV, SW, and synthesis teams. Provides technical support to internal and external IP users.
Design is not coding.
Coding is the final step — used to express a solution that has already been thought through. The real work happens before that: understanding the problem, defining the architecture, evaluating trade-offs, deciding what matters and what doesn't.
In real product environments, most of the effort goes into making these decisions. The actual implementation often happens toward the end, once the direction is clear.
There is a difference between executing a spec and defining one. Most engineers spend their careers on the first. The ones who advance are the ones who understand why.
Complex IPs up to 2mm² delivered over 3 years at Qualcomm with seamless integration.
Achieved in ISP module datapath through parameterized RTL design with minimal DV rework.
Sustained ownership of Camera HW IP for XR and AR platforms at Qualcomm.