Engineer Design

Chirag Nitin Gandhi

**** ***** ** *****: 404-***-****

Austin, TX 78749 Email: *******@*****.***

Objective:

Seeking a full-time position as a Verification Engineer utilizing my

hardware background, software development capability and good

communication skills.

Experience:

Advanced Micro Devices, Austin TX

Senior Verification Engineer (May 2006-Present)

. Drive verification of power management block by developing test

plans, checking, stimulus and coverage based on the test plans and running

and debugging regressions.

. Manage regression debug for an entire team and report pass rates.

. Develop and enhance checkers and stimulus drivers as part of a test

plan to fish out bugs in thermal logic.

. Write directed assembly language tests in a full chip environment to

test various logic.

. Debug full chip regression stall fails and checker assert fails in

numerous areas of the chip.

. Develop, debug and fix errors in scripts that assist the build flow.

. Member of a joint pre and post silicon task force that drives testing

for a particular block of logic.

. Act as a liaison between verification and implementation teams to

support gate netlist regressions.

. Perform post silicon bring up as part of a rotation.

. Coordinate line and toggle coverage data analysis.

Schlumberger, Houston TX

Test Engineer (May 2005-May 2006)

. Develop automated tests for electronic circuit boards using testing

techniques like Boundary Scan (JTAG).

. Design test adapters to interface between board and test equipment.

. Communicate with design engineers to employ design for testability in

electronic circuit boards.

. Assist in writing firmware code to test FPGA and DSP IC's.

. Negotiate with contract manufacturers for hardware projects.

Education:

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA

Masters of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering with a minor in

Management May 2005

Overall GPA: 3.63/4.0

Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering July 2004

Overall GPA: 3.89/4.0 (Highest honors, Top 15 out of 300 ECE seniors)

. Recipient of Faculty Honor's List and Dean's List.

Relevant coursework: Advanced Computer Architecture, VLSI, Digital systems

testing, Electromagnetics, Microelectronics, Satellite Communications,

Digital Signal Processing, Embedded Microcontrollers, Digital Design Lab

and Computer Networking.

Skills:

Platforms: Linux, Unix, Windows

Languages: System Verilog with OVM, Verilog, SVA, Perl, VHDL, x86, C/C++,

Java, Visual C++, Matlab and HTML

Software: Synopsys VCS, Debussy/Verdi, Cadence Virtuoso, Ensemble and

Synopsis, Mathcad, Altera, Pspice

Honors:

. Recipient of Robert B. Dodds Scholarship, Jeanne S. Ellis

Scholarship, and Sidney Goldin Scholarship

. Completed undergraduate degree in 3 years.

Activities:

. Coordinate projects at fund raising non-profits like Vibha and Asha

to provide education for poor children.

. Volunteer of the prestigious National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

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