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Nagarjuna Goranti

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India8 yrs experience

Key Highlights

  • 3.5x performance improvement in RTL/GLS verification.
  • Achieved 100% coverage using VC Formal.
  • Resolved 900+ verification issues across environments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Verification Engineer with expertise in ASIC/SOC functional verification.

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Skills

Core Skills

Functional VerificationFormal VerificationPerformance Analysis

Other Skills

AXISystemVerilogUVMVCSDebuggingRTL DebugAutomationCoverage AnalysisComputer SimulationsMemory ControllersCDCVerdiLintQuestaSimUniversal Verification Methodology (UVM)

About

I am a Design Verification Engineer at Synopsys specializing in ASIC/SOC functional verification, UVM-based testbench architecture, formal verification, and high-performance simulation optimization for complex multi-IP semiconductor designs. My expertise spans coverage-driven verification (CDV), constrained random verification, assertion-based verification (SVA), and formal property verification (FPV) with strong exposure to RTL/GLS convergence, regression optimization, and silicon validation workflows. I focus on solving real-world verification challenges such as simulation bottlenecks, coverage closure gaps, race conditions, debug complexity, and regression scalability issues in large SoC environments. At Synopsys, I contribute to validation of next-generation VCS simulation technologies, working closely with R&D and FAE teams to improve tool robustness, debugging efficiency, and customer design stability. Key impact: • 3.5x performance improvement in RTL/GLS verification environments • 2.5x runtime reduction using DPO and 2.3x gains using Jaguar flows • Coverage improvement from 82% → 100% using VC Formal (FCA) • 900+ verification/tool issues resolved across customer + internal environments • Built scalable UVM environments (RAL, scoreboards, callbacks, error injection) • Strong exposure to AXI/APB, CDC/RDC, lint signoff, and UPF low-power flows I am passionate about building scalable verification systems that accelerate silicon readiness and enable first-pass silicon success.

Experience

8 yrs
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Current Experience

Synopsys inc

3 roles

Senior Engineer

Promoted

Nov 2024Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • Senior Verification Engineer | Synopsys
  • Functional Verification / VCS Validation
  • Designed and executed complex test scenarios to validate next-generation VCS features (partcomp, parallelcomp, FGP) across RTL and GLS environments
  • Performed subsystem-level validation (19-IP SoC) achieving 3.5x performance improvement
  • Debugged critical issues: race conditions, simulation hangs, memory leaks, and coverage mismatches
  • Collaborated with R&D + FAE teams to resolve 900+ tool and customer design issues
  • Performance Optimization & Automation
  • Implemented DPO and Jaguar optimization flows, improving runtime by 2.5x and 2.3x
  • Worked on AI-driven regression optimization (VSO.ai) to reduce redundant tests and improve regression convergence
  • Built automation scripts for coverage reporting and debug acceleration
  • Formal & Static Verification
  • Used VC Formal (FCA) to achieve coverage closure from 82% to 100%
  • Performed CDC analysis and recommended synchronizers for metastability prevention
  • Conducted lint analysis improving RTL maintainability and coding standards
  • UVM / SoC Verification
  • Developed UVM environments with RAL, scoreboards, callbacks, and error injection
  • Verified APB protocol and router 4x4 SoC design
  • Integrated UPF-based low power strategies (isolation & retention)
AXISystemVerilogFunctional VerificationFormal VerificationUVMVCS+2

Design Verification Engineer

Apr 2022Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Computer SimulationsMemory Controllers

Technical Intern Verification

Jun 2021Mar 2022 · 9 mos

  • Working on Product Support HDL & HVL simulators
  • Coverage technology
  • Technical assistance on HVL and HDL
Computer SimulationsMemory Controllers

Mahatma gandhi institute of technology

Student

Aug 2016Jul 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana

Computer SimulationsMemory Controllers

Education

Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology

Bachelor's degree

Jan 2016Jan 2020

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