Mahesha Prasad Neerkaje

Product Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 8 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Extensive experience in SoC verification and debugging.
  • Proficient in C/C++ and SystemC for model development.
  • Strong background in functional verification and automation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Verification Engineer with expertise in SoC and RTL debugging.

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Skills

Core Skills

SocFunctional VerificationGpu VerificationC++Formal VerificationDesign For DebugDebuggingSystem IntegrationModelingSoc VerificationModel Development

Other Skills

RFSpecmanASICProcessorsARMSystemCEmbedded SystemsCVerilogPower ManagementVLSIRTL DesignGPU verification setupFormal toolsJTAG

About

Hands on in C/C++/Systemc, SoC/fullchip verification, SoC RTL debugging, Verilog. Good experience in Systemverilog. Good experience with automation using perl/tcl/shell. Exposure to formal verification.

Experience

20 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
11 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Intel corporation

Component Design Engineer

Oct 2014Present · 11 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

SoCRFFunctional VerificationSpecmanASICProcessors+9

Nvidia

Senior Asic Engineer

Jan 2013Sep 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Key areas of work :
  • o. GPU fullchip test running, triaging and debug
  • skills : GPU verification setup understanding and debug skills
  • o. GPU compute test writing (C++), trace generation and C model debug
  • skills : C++, GPU compute setup understanding and debug
  • o. Verifying unit level clock gating mechanism through RTL-RTL equivalence checking
  • skills : Formal tools (equivalence checking), Verilog
  • o. Verifying unit level context switching mechanism through RTL-RTL equivalence checking
  • skills : Formal tools (equivalence checking), Verilog
C++GPU verification setupFormal toolsVerilogGPU verification

Amd

Senior Design Engineer

Mar 2010Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

  • Key areas of work :
  • Design for Debug (DFD)
  • o. Verified boundary scan architecture for multiple chips (using JTV tool)
  • skills : JTAG, Boundary SCan, JTV tool
  • o. Verified PCIE loopback mechanism (DFD feature)
  • skills : C++, JTAG
  • o. Verified Cache Resident Self Test (DFD feature)
  • skills : C++, SystemVerilog, JTAG
JTAGBoundary ScanC++SystemVerilogDesign for Debug

Nxp

Senior Software Engineer

Dec 2007Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Work experience at NXP:
  • 1. SystemC model development for Audio IP's
  • 2. SystemC model development for DMA
  • 3. 80C51MX CPU modeling in SystemC
  • 4. Memory Management Unit model for 80C51MX CPU
  • 5. Test case debug using disassembled instruction trace
  • 6. System Integration and validation of NFC SoC
  • 7. Benchmarking of SystemC models against RTL for timing accuracy
  • 8. Performance optimization of SystemC models and SoC
  • 9. Cycle accuracy measurement and tuning of SystemC IP's
  • 10. Keil integration of the Virtual Prototype for enabling software development
SystemCNFC SoCPerformance optimizationSystem Integration

Texas instruments

Contract Engineer for SoC Verification

Jul 2006Dec 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Responsible for:
  • 1. Understanding SoC clocking, reset and power management schemes
  • 2. Writing verification plan for ASIC block
  • 3. Specman testbench development for SoC clocking module
  • 4. Test case creation in e, debugging in specman and coverage analysis
  • 5. Writing System Level HW/SW cosimulation test cases in C and RTL debugging
  • 6. IP integration in subsystem level
  • 7. RTL debug using Debussy
  • 8. Test case documentation and tracking
  • 9. Regression Automation
  • 10. Gate level simulation for selected test cases
SpecmanCRTL debuggingRegression AutomationSoC Verification

Purple vision

Staff Engineer

Jul 2005Dec 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • 1. SystemC model development for DMA
  • 2. algorithm development for tier-II coding of JPEG 2000 IP.
  • 3. RTL debug of processor design and coverage analysis
SystemCJPEG 2000RTL debuggingModel Development

Education

MSc — Electronics

Jan 2003Jan 2005

Korn Partners

Bachelor of Science (BSc) — Electronics

Jan 2001Jan 2003

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