Kiran kinhal

DevOps Engineer

Santa Clara, California, United States9 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in PCIe and CXL verification.
Proven track record in FPGA development.
Strong mentoring skills in technical environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor and Automotive verification specialist with strong FPGA and embedded software expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

VerificationPcieFpgaEmbedded Software Development

Other Skills

ASCETCC (Programming Language)C++ LanguageCXLCadence VirtuosoDesign for DebugDigital Circuit DesignDigital Signal ProcessingEmbedded CEmulationField-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)Formal VerificationFunction DevelopmentFunctional Verification

Experience

9 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 5 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Rivos inc.

Member of Technical Staff

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States · On-site

> Drove and delivered end-to-end PCIe verification across IP, subsystem, and SoC levels, consistently ensuring project delivery with exceptional quality.
> Led the verification of critical RAS features across multiple architectures, including PCIe and Ultra Ethernet (UET).
> Architected and developed multiple high-impact verification testbenches from scratch, defining methodology and significantly improving coverage and efficiency.
> Owned and substantially contributed to critical verification domains including Design for Debug (DFD), DFT (Memdump/Scandump), Gate-Level Simulation (GLS), and Formal Verification.
> Fostered a collaborative environment by actively mentoring junior engineers and other team members promoting knowledge-sharing across verification teams.

PCIeVerificationDesign for DebugFormal VerificationMentoring

Intel corporation

2 roles

Pre-Si Verification Engineer

Jun 2022 – Mar 2023 · 9 mos

CXL Verification

CXLVerification

SOC Design Engineer

Sep 2018 – Jun 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos

>PCIE and CXL verification for Xeon server CPUS
>Has both simulation and emulation experience

PCIECXLSimulationEmulationVerification

Colorado state university

Graduate Research Assistant

Jul 2017 – Aug 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Fort Collins, Colorado Area · On-site

Developed FPGA solutions using Verilog, VHDL, and HLS methodologies for advanced digital systems.
Conducted IP Core Design with Xilinx Vivado and Quartus, enhancing design efficiency.
Integrated various sensor modules onto Artix-7 FPGA, improving system functionality.

VerilogVHDLFPGAIP Core Design

Bosch engineering and business solutions

Associate Software Engineer

Jul 2015 – Jun 2016 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Worked as an Embedded Software Developer at the R&D center with focus on the exhaust system of both diesel and gasoline vehicles.
 Developed Functions and Software for the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), Oxidation Catalyst for Diesel Systems and HEV.
> Developed Software for the Pressure sensors present in the exhaust valve for both Diesel and Gasoline Systems.
> Worked on migrating software from single-core (MEDC 17) onto multi-core platforms (MDG 1).
> Experience with Model based Design and Code Generation tools
> Experience in Version control Software (SVN and Git)
> Experience with manual coding (Embedded C)
> Experience in testing (Real time hardware and Simulations)
> Experience in using hardware and software based debuggers

Embedded Software DevelopmentModel based DesignVersion ControlTesting