Samrat Das

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 10+ years of expertise in formal verification and SoC design.
  • Proven ability to resolve complex correctness issues.
  • Strong background in architectural validation across complex systems.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Verification Specialist with a focus on formal methods and system-level validation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Formal VerificationStatic AnalysisCdc Analysis

Other Skills

Datapath VerificationConvergence optimizationSVA StrategyMemory Subsystem VerificationPower aware correctnessReset Architecture VerificationSOC Clocking StrategyVC FormalLow Power AnalysisSoC /Subsystem debugArchitectural Verification (SoC / Subsystems)Assertion Based Verification (SVA)Architectural verificationsystem-level formal verificationformal convergence and debug

About

I am a System & Formal Verification specialist with 10+ years of experience working on correctness and integration challenges across complex silicon systems. My work focuses on applying formal verification, CDC, low-power, and static analysis techniques to uncover deep design and integration issues—particularly in SoC interconnects, memory subsystems, datapaths, and protocol-heavy logic where simulation alone is insufficient. Across my roles at Synopsys and previously at Cadence, I have partnered closely with design and verification teams to diagnose complex failures, resolve formal convergence challenges, and translate tool results into actionable verification and design insights. I frequently operate as an escalation point for difficult correctness issues that span multiple blocks, clock domains, or power states. Rather than focusing on isolated block ownership, my strength lies in identifying what needs to be proven at the right level, shaping assumptions and abstractions, and aligning verification intent with real architectural behavior. This includes breaking down large verification problems, guiding formal-friendly design practices, and helping teams achieve meaningful confidence in system-level correctness. I specialize at the intersection of tools, methodology, and design intent, enabling teams to move beyond local closure toward robust architectural validation across complex SoCs.

Experience

10 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
6 yrs 9 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Synopsys inc

Senior Staff Application Engineer (Formal & Static Verification)

Aug 2022Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru · Hybrid

  • Partnered with design and verification teams to resolve complex formal, datapath, CDC, low-power, and static analysis issues across SoC subsystems and IPs in customer designs.
  • Acted as a technical escalation point for difficult correctness problems, diagnosing deep proof failures and convergence bottlenecks in large and highly constrained formal environments.
  • Guided teams in refining assumptions, constraints, abstractions, and design intent, enabling effective decomposition of system-level verification problems into tractable formal scopes.
  • Applied assertion-based and property-driven verification to uncover corner-case behaviors related to protocol interactions, power-state transitions, resets, and datapath control, often not observable through simulation alone.
  • Supported the adoption and scaling of formal and static verification methodologies across multiple projects and geographies, helping teams integrate formal into broader verification flows.
  • Translated tool results into actionable design and verification insights, bridging gaps between tool behavior, methodology, and architectural intent.
Formal VerificationDatapath VerificationStatic Analysis

Cadence design systems

Senior / Lead Application Engineer (Formal, CDC, Lint)

Oct 2015Jul 2022 · 6 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Supported customers in applying formal, CDC, and lint techniques to complex RTL and subsystem-level designs
  • Helped teams understand protocol behavior, clock-domain interactions, and structural issues through tool-driven analysis
  • Debugged difficult CDC, lint, and formal failures by correlating tool reports with design intent
  • Assisted in rolling out formal and static methodologies across projects, improving verification effectiveness
  • Built strong understanding of common design failure patterns across multiple silicon teams and domains
Formal VerificationCDC Analysis

Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Master of Technology - MTech — Computer Software Engineering

Jul 2019Jul 2022

BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

Master of Technology - MTech — Computer Software Engineering

Jan 2020Jan 2021

Techno India College Of Technology

Master of Technology - MTech — Vlsi and microelectronics

Jan 2012Jan 2014

Greater Kolkata College of Engineering and Management (GKCEM), Baruipur

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Ece

Jan 2008Jan 2012

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