Crisil Thomas

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 1 mo experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in design verification and hardware engineering.
Proficient in FPGA design and PCB development.
Strong background in NAND flash operations and firmware development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Hardware Engineering expert with a focus on design verification and FPGA development.

Contact

crisilthomas@yahoo.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Design VerificationHardware EngineeringCache VerificationPcb DesignFpga DesignIp VerificationFirmware Development

Other Skills

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)SystemVerilogCVerilogMATLABEmbedded CBoard Bring-upRTL DesignXilinx VivadoSchematic CapturePrinted Circuit Board (PCB) DesignField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)NAND FlashR&DProgramming

About

Design Verification and Hardware Engineer. Skilled in developing subsystem testbenches, verification strategies, and test plans. Expertise includes RTL coding, FPGA synthesis, and high-speed PCB design. Background includes NAND flash operations, board bring-up, hardware debugging and cache memory. Strong interest in processor design.

Experience

11 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

3 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

6 mos

Current Experience

Qualcomm

Senior Staff Engineer

Dec 2025 – Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design Verification

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)SystemVerilogDesign VerificationHardware Engineering

Ventana micro systems

Senior Staff Engineer

Oct 2022 – Dec 2025 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Cache verification and RAS
Acquired by Qualcomm in Dec 2025

Universal Verification Methodology (UVM)SystemVerilogCache VerificationDesign Verification

Smart iops

2 roles

Senior Staff Design Engineer

May 2022 – Oct 2022 · 5 mos

Member Of Technical Staff

Sep 2015 – Apr 2022 · 6 yrs 7 mos

Design and development of Schematic and PCB for PCIe Gen3 and Gen4-based high-performance enterprise-grade NVME SSDs in Add-in Card and U.2 form factor(including BoM, Gerbers). These are high-density, high-layer boards with Xilinx FPGA like Artix, Kentx Ultrascale, Kintex Ultrascale+, NANDs, and DDR memories.
NAND Flash Memory Controller IP & Firmware
Verification of IP at the unit level for multiple configurations and multiple vendors
Bring up the NAND interface on the board using standalone setups.
IP enhancements to operate at higher clocks
Bug fixes in RTL, C firmware
IP porting to Stratix 10 FPGA
Design of FPGA-based PCB test jig for SSD
Design of Schematic, PCB, BoM, Gerbers
Developed FPGA design along with C firmware for testing.