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Avinash Raina

Digital Design Engineer

Bengaluru

2+ years of work experience

Texas Instruments India
Jul 20242 yrs 5 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Drove functional verification for 6+ SoC IPs: GPADC, Memory Protection Unit (MPU), Reset & Clock Manager (RCM), Memory Map, and IAGR, collaborating with RTL, architecture, and cross-functional teams. Achieved 95%+ code coverage and 100% toggle coverage signoff, ensuring comprehensive verification closure across all owned IPs prior to tape-out. Identified and resolved 20+ RTL bugs during pre-silicon verification, directly reducing post-silicon debug cycles and engineering rework. Pioneered an AI-assisted framework (Claude LLM + custom Python automation) to auto-generate and port 100+ MPU verification testcases across derivative SoC projects. Reduced testcase porting time by ~70%, eliminated manual migration errors, ensured cross-project verification consistency, and accelerated project bring-up timelines. Established a scalable SVA library covering functional, architectural, and timing requirements. Developed and deployed following assertion categories: Glitch detection assertions, Clock frequency validation assertions, Hard-macro unknown state checks based assertions, Memory state integrity assertions. Automated assertion generation and cross-project deployment, improving regression quality and preventing recurrence of 10+ previously observed silicon issues. Owned Memory Map and IAGR verification at project start, validating register accessibility, address decoding correctness, and peripheral R/W behavior against Magillem-generated specifications. Enabled early detection of 15+ specification and RTL inconsistencies, reducing downstream integration debug effort before functional verification commenced. Designed and implemented an automated reverse-connectivity verification flow using Cadence JasperGold to detect missing or unintended RTL signal connections across SoC. Reduced manual connectivity review effort by ~60%, strengthened RTL signoff confidence, and prevented potential connectivity-related silicon failures.
Texas Instruments India
Jan 20246 mosJun 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Texas Instruments India
Jan 20246 mosJun 2024

Designed and implemented a scalable UVM verification environment for SoC interconnect, automating key components: environment setup, scoreboard, testbenches, and sequences. Reduced interconnect DV build effort by ~50% compared to manual approach, improving reusability and scalability across derivative SoC projects.

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Education

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

ME, Embedded Systems

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

20222 yrs2024
University School of Information, Communication & Technology (USICT)

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

University School of Information, Communication & Technology (USICT)

20184 yrs2022

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Headline

Digital Design Engineer

About

Deep interest in vlsi design and embedded systems.Looking for best oppurtunities in the field of electronics.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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ChatGPT

Work experience

Design Verification Engineer at Texas Instruments India, Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Drove functional verification for 6+ SoC IPs: GPADC, Memory Protection Unit (MPU), Reset & Clock Manager (RCM), Memory Map, and IAGR, collaborating with RTL, architecture, and cross-functional teams. Achieved 95%+ code coverage and 100% toggle coverage signoff, ensuring comprehensive verification closure across all owned IPs prior to tape-out. Identified and resolved 20+ RTL bugs during pre-silicon verification, directly reducing post-silicon debug cycles and engineering rework. Pioneered an AI-assisted framework (Claude LLM + custom Python automation) to auto-generate and port 100+ MPU verification testcases across derivative SoC projects. Reduced testcase porting time by ~70%, eliminated manual migration errors, ensured cross-project verification consistency, and accelerated project bring-up timelines. Established a scalable SVA library covering functional, architectural, and timing requirements. Developed and deployed following assertion categories: Glitch detection assertions, Clock frequency validation assertions, Hard-macro unknown state checks based assertions, Memory state integrity assertions. Automated assertion generation and cross-project deployment, improving regression quality and preventing recurrence of 10+ previously observed silicon issues. Owned Memory Map and IAGR verification at project start, validating register accessibility, address decoding correctness, and peripheral R/W behavior against Magillem-generated specifications. Enabled early detection of 15+ specification and RTL inconsistencies, reducing downstream integration debug effort before functional verification commenced. Designed and implemented an automated reverse-connectivity verification flow using Cadence JasperGold to detect missing or unintended RTL signal connections across SoC. Reduced manual connectivity review effort by ~60%, strengthened RTL signoff confidence, and prevented potential connectivity-related silicon failures.

Digital Design Engineer at Texas Instruments India, Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Design Engineering Intern at Texas Instruments India, Jan 2024 - Jun 2024 · 6 mos, Designed and implemented a scalable UVM verification environment for SoC interconnect, automating key components: environment setup, scoreboard, testbenches, and sequences. Reduced interconnect DV build effort by ~50% compared to manual approach, improving reusability and scalability across derivative SoC projects.

Education

ME, Embedded Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, University School of Information, Communication & Technology (USICT)