Adesh Sontakke

Engineering Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India25 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 24+ years in SoC design verification and validation.
  • Led teams of up to 65 engineers in high-performance environments.
  • Authored 4 IEEE publications and holds 2 USPTO patents.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in semiconductor design and verification, specializing in RF and mixed-signal technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Team ManagementProject ManagementRfic Design VerificationTeam BuildingWireless Connectivity Soc VerificationVerification MethodologyVerification And DesignMemory Controllers

Other Skills

Program PlanningHardware EngineeringCreative DirectionChip level integration simulationAnalog Behavioral simulationsPower Aware simulationsFPGA Bring upPower Management VerificationGate Level SimulationServer SecurityDebuggingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningPython Machine LearningCustomer Engagement

About

 24+ years of extensive industry experience in Building, Managing and Executing Multi-Core SoC Design Verification, PMIC (Power Management IC), MODEM SoC Verification, Mixed Signal RFIC SoC design & verification, IP Design Verification and Server CPU validation, and execution experience in DFx (DFT & DFD) and RTL to GDSII flow  Extensive ASIC verification experience in test bench component coding (BFM, monitors, scoreboards, checkers, assertions), writing test plans and testcases, testbench infrastructure development (scripting simulation/regression setup) and coverage tools (code coverage, functional coverage). Conversant with EDA tools and excellent analytical, programming skills (UVM, System Verilog, C, C++, Perl), Python  Experience in building and managing highly competent, high performance teams from scratch by hiring best talent in industry, mentoring and creating a close-knit unit. Good at project, schedule management and tracking.  Performed role of Verification & Validation Architect/DV Manager in multiple projects and Validation Architect. Involved in all stages of ASIC product life-cycle and part of many successful tape outs and enabled post-silicon validations.  Experienced in handling interactions with internal customers, EDA and Third Party vendors (including sub-contractor management). Team size handled: 65 team-members (max)  4 number of IEEE publications  2 granted USPTO patents Specialties: MultiCore SoC Verification/validation DFD (Design For Debug Verification), 10nm/7nm Storage-line server SoC Pre & Post Silicon Validation, Low Power Validation, PMIC-Power Management IC, Formal Verification, RF-Mixed Signal SoC design verification, Python RTL to GDSII execution, FUSE and SKU validation

Experience

25 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
9 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Intel corporation

Engineering Manager

Oct 2016Present · 9 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Program PlanningHardware EngineeringTeam ManagementProject Management

Qualcomm

2 roles

Senior Staff Engineer RFIC

Oct 2015Oct 2016 · 1 yr

Creative DirectionHardware EngineeringRFIC Design VerificationTeam Building

Staff -RFIC

Oct 2013Sep 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • I lead the RF-SoC Verification for Qualcomms transceivers WTR2955/65. This single chip transceivers supports 2G, 3G, 4G LTE and major cellular bands from 700-2700 MHz
  • https://www.qualcomm.com/products/snapdragon/rf-transceivers
  • In this role, I built team of 14 people from scratch that includes Digital design Digital Verification, RF-AMS skill set. I also executed the post-silicon validation efforts as well as customer engineering team's tasks
  • The main verification tasks owned:
  • 1. Chip level integration simulation for digital and analog components
  • 2. Chip level digital and AMS simulations
  • 3. Analog Behavioral simualtions
  • 4. Analog Schematic simulations
  • 5. Ana-Dig simulation
  • 6. HW-SW Co verification for signing off the firmware in pre-silicon phase
  • 7. chip boot up vectors simulations
  • 8. Power Aware simulations
  • 9. GLS /PA-GLS simulations
  • 10. Managed team of 14 experienced engineers that includes digital design, digital verification, RF-AMS
Creative DirectionHardware EngineeringWireless Connectivity SoC VerificationVerification Methodology

Texas instruments

Lead Verification

Nov 2004Oct 2013 · 8 yrs 11 mos

  • In TI for 9 years i worked on different technologies in different roles, from individual contributor to managing the verification team for wireless connectivity SoC:
  • Pre-Silicon Tasks Executed:
  • 1. Lead MultiCore Wireless Connectivity SoC verification during the entire tenure
  • 2. Architect-ed the verification methodology for Wireless Connectivity Mixed Signal Verification
  • 3. ROM qualification using Hardware software co-simulation.
  • 4. FPGA Bring up.
  • 5. Power Management Verification
Hardware EngineeringGate Level SimulationVerification and DesignMemory Controllers

Wipro technologies

Engineer

Jan 2000Jan 2004 · 4 yrs

  • Worked with different client on verification and design of memory controllers, EPON, DMA

Education

Amravati University

Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) — Electronics and Communications Engineering

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