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Digital Design Engineer, Qualcomm | IIT Kanpur | NIT Raipur

About

Temporarily out of reach on LinkedIn, for URGENT QUERIES/WORK, email at hotareetu@gmail.com! If there are two things I’m incredibly good at it’s understanding complex systems & explaining them in layman’s terms!😄 A RTL Design Engineer with 2.5 years of professional experience at Qualcomm 💻with a specialized focus on front-end digital design flows for MSIP Sensors. With an M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kanpur🎓, I bring a deep academic foundation and hands-on technical expertise to complex chipset development, from initial stages to final tapeout. My core competencies include: • Front-End Flows: Proficient in CDC, RDC, Linting, UPF generation, and logic synthesis using Design Compiler. • Sign-off & Delivery: Experienced in STA, FV, and CLP, ensuring timely delivery of IP Specification Sheets to SoC teams. • Automation: Skilled in building Python and TCL scripts to optimize IP delivery flows and improve team efficiency. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Proven track record of resolving customer issues and managing smooth handoffs between technical teams to meet strict SoC deadlines📆 Beyond work, I am a passionate traveler and trekker, which fuels my creativity and perspective as a professional travel content creator. I thrive at the intersection of technical precision and creative storytelling, whether I'm optimizing a digital design or navigating a new mountain trail!!😄 Feel free to reach out at hotareetu@gmail.com

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

Work experience

Digital Design Engineer at Qualcomm, Jul 2023 - Nov 2025 · 2 y 4 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Jan 2023 - Apr 2023 · 4 mos, EE381- Digital Circuits and Microprocessor Lab (Lab Instructor -Prof SP Das) -To aid EE students in lab and edify the concepts to perform the experiments. -To help the tutor with grading the quizzes and Lab reports.

Department Placement Coordinator at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Jul 2022 - Apr 2023 · 10 mos, -Systematically executed resume verification of UG and PG students appearing for placement drive(2023 graduating class). - Invited companies to our prestigious institution for recruitment of interns and full time employees.

Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 · 6 mos, ESC 201A -Introduction to Electronics Lab ( Prof K S Venkatesh) -To aid 36 sophomores in lab and edify concepts to perform experiments in lab. -To grade the lab reports and assist the tutor every week to conduct the lab.

Design Verification Engineer at Qualcomm, May 2022 - Jul 2022 · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Independently developed a module to automate the subsystem level verification of PCIe-VIP integration through PythonScript for the DV team. Received a Preplacement offer to join as Hardware Engineer, Bangalore office.

VLSI Revisited 2021 at Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Jun 2021 - Jun 2021 · 1 mo, Remote

Education

Master of Technology, Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur