Gaurav Bansal

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India24 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

22 years of extensive industry experience
Expertise in end-to-end SoC validation
Led validation for Intel's 15th generation products

Stackforce AI infers this person is a semiconductor validation expert with extensive experience in SoC testing and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Soc ValidationProject Management

Other Skills

Project PlanningRisk ManagementResource ManagementProblem SolvingFunctional ValidationElectrical ValidationPower & Performance ValidationTest AutomationLTERequirements AnalysisTestingPre-salesTelecommunicationsClearCaseRelease Management

About

Over 22 years of extensive industry experience with 17+ years in post-silicon validation of complex state-of-art desktop and mobile SOCs. Proven expertise in end-to-end ownership of SoC validation from pre-silicon to Post-Silicon validation covering Functional Validation , Power and Performance and Electrical Validation.

Experience

24 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

12 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

13 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Intel corporation

4 roles

SoC Validation Lead (VST) & Engineering Manager

Promoted

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos

SoC Validation Lead (VST) for Intel Client Segment responsible for one-voice for scoping effort, BTI ,
Validation deliverables, schedule, progress against plan, risk/mitigation to program stakeholders.
Experience driving program from pre-commit phase till post-production.
Currently driving SoC validation of Intel's 15th generation desktop products across Functional
validation, Electrical Validation and Power & Performance Validation
Previously delivered on time and high-quality Rocket Lake (11th Gen) and Raptor Lake (13th Gen) client
products

Project ManagementProject PlanningRisk ManagementResource ManagementProblem SolvingSoC Validation

Verification Manager and technical lead

Oct 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 7 mos

Verification Manager and technical lead for defining test strategy and driving execution for Intel’s first Dual SIM Modem
Leading team of 40+ motivated engineers and driving the critical business initiatives/deliverable.

Verification Architect

May 2015 – Sep 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Requirements analysis and verification strategy definition for new Modem features
Design and development of in-house STK (SIM Toolkit) test cases based on customer requirements
Verification Architect responsible to define system validation requirements for CPU Sub-system and
Memory Sub-system.
Collaboration with test equipment vendors (R&S & Keysight) for 3GPP RAN5 WI and test case verification submission

Verification Team Lead / Manager

Aug 2012 – May 2015 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Modem Certification Verification lead responsible for test planning (including PICs/PIXIT definition),
driving execution and reporting.
Verification Manager for XMM6255 responsible for driving test planning and execution of end-to-end
chipset verification including certification and operator approvals.

Tata consultancy services

3 roles

Associate Consultant

Promoted

Jun 2007 – Aug 2012 · 5 yrs 2 mos

Leading GCF/PTCRB Testing for GSM/UMTS/LTE for Qualcomm GOBIx product line
Working with test houses (7Layers and CETECOM) to finalize the test plan and closure of issues submitted
Led AT&T 10776 Test Executions (Carrier Specific Testing)
Interfacing with the various equipment vendors Agilent, Anritsu, Spirent, RNS etc