Headline

SoC Power Thermal Performance Validation and Optimization Engineer | Server CPU Architecture Enthusiast | Performance & Automation

About

I am a results-driven SOC Power and Performance Validation Engineer who thrives at the intersection of hardware optimization and automation. I bring a proactive, problem-solving mindset to the development of next-generation semiconductor products, with a career foundation built entirely on end-to-end pre-silicon emulation and post-silicon validation. My engineering journey at Intel spans both phases of product development: * Pre-Silicon Emulation: I currently own end-to-end performance validation for client products from test planning through to tape-in on the BTP team. This includes evaluating core and memory traffic using synthetic workloads on RTL and industry benchmarks (like SPEC CPU and SPEC FP rate). I am also architecting a complete pre-silicon automation framework from test triggering to telemetry dashboards, featuring an integrated chatbot and advanced data visualizations for bandwidth and latency. * Post-Silicon Validation & Automation: I previously led SOC power and performance validation for Xeon Server products, overseeing hardware bring-up, firmware flashing, and deep performance triage. I am highly proficient in Python and Bash scripting, which I used to direct an award-winning automation migration for remote test execution, database logging, and automated ticket generation for performance degradations. I am particularly proud of two major milestones during my time at Intel: * Prefetch Tuning & Optimization: Spearheaded performance optimization using advanced prefetch settings, resulting in significant performance gains and earning organizational recognition for maximizing SPEC CPU benchmark scores. * Cross-Team Debugging: Received an organizational award for building automation frameworks and optimizing cross-functional scripts outside my core scope, which significantly cleared execution bottlenecks and accelerated debug speeds. I am passionate about continuous learning and maintaining this proactive attitude going forward. I look forward to leveraging this comprehensive validation and automation background to tackle complex performance challenges and drive future silicon innovations.

Location

Greater Visakhapatnam Area

AI stack

claude code

gemini

grok

ChatGPT

Work experience

SoC Power Thermal Performance Val and Opt Engineer at Intel Corporation, Jun 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Intern at Intel Corporation, May 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Working as an Intern at Intel Corporation as a Power and Performance Engineer.

Flutter Developer at Runo, Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Joined as Flutter Developer to implement the front end of the Runo App.

Education

M.Tech, Communication and Networking, National Institute of Technology Rourkela

Bachelor's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh

Public links

github: https://github.com/vardhan5200