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Curriculum vitae

Résumé

Digital design and DFT leader with 10+ years across SoC integration, system IP development, and test infrastructure. Delivered 5+ high-volume production SoCs and 2 production IPs for automotive, industrial, and AI markets.

Experience

  1. Tenstorrent · Sr. Staff Engineer, SoC / Chiplet Design Lead

    May 2026 – Present

    SoC chiplet design lead for advanced SoC and chiplet architectures targeting AI, HPC, and automotive markets.

    • Leading the memory chiplet effort and cross-functional teams through the full SoC lifecycle, from concept and architecture through RTL, verification, and tape-out.
  2. Cadence Design Systems · Sr. Design Engineering Manager / Sr. Principal Design Engineer, IP R&D

    Jun 2022 – May 2026

    Led cross-functional product development across hardware, software, DV, PD/PE, and validation for next-generation DFT IP (Modus) used by Tier-1 SoC customers.

    • Design lead for JANUS IP: a packet-based, wire-optimized, FuSa-compliant non-coherent NoC, now offered commercially as Cadence IP.
    • Architected a compiler-driven configurable RTL generation framework (Perl + Verilog), reducing development cycles by ~10%.
    • Pioneered a DFT-specific network architecture enabling automated SoC-level test distribution (in-field or ATE), including advanced-node (1.4nm) customer test-chip validation.
    • Delivered modular, partition-aware system NoC (AXI/APB/AHB) and test-infrastructure IP (LBIST/MBIST/POST/IJTAG/3DIC) for first-silicon test-chip success.
    • Architecture lead for a $1M+ program directing an external service team building an in-system test controller for hyperscaler/AI in-field ASIL-D testing.
  3. Texas Instruments · Senior Digital Design Engineer / SoC Integration Lead

    Jun 2017 – Jun 2022

    Led the SoC integration team for silicon-proven 16nm AM64x SoCs, owning top-level RTL assembly and power/reset/clock/debug microarchitecture.

    • Microarchitect for clocking, debug, and power on the TDA4 (Jacinto 7) ADAS platform; integrated IP across TDA4 and AM62x (5+ SoCs), enabling cross-platform reuse.
    • 16nm PBIST memory-test IP owner and architect. Built run-time PBIST infrastructure and custom programmable BIST algorithms for ASIL-D and ASIL-B certification.
    • Architected an improved memory built-in self-repair delivering measurable yield improvement and reduced FIT rate across production devices.
    • Reduced design cycles by 10% through SoC integration flow automation; supported post-silicon debug, ECO resolution, and ATE V/F Shmoo validation through production ramp.
  4. Luxima Technology · Digital Design Co-Op Engineer

    May 2016 – May 2017

    Digital blocks (ADC/LVDS driver) on CMOS image-sensor products.

    • Built an FPGA-based high-speed camera system on Virtex-7 for automated wafer defect inspection.

Patents

12 granted U.S. patents across 6 invention families in memory built-in self-repair, memory test, power-on-reset and reset isolation, clock alignment and distributed test power control, with 3 pending.Full record →

Skills

  • SoC integration
  • Chiplet architecture
  • Design-for-Test (DFT)
  • Memory test: PBIST/MBIST/LBIST
  • Network-on-Chip architecture
  • Functional safety: ISO 26262
  • Built-in self-repair
  • Post-silicon validation

SystemVerilog, Verilog, Perl, TCL, Python, C/C++ · CDC, Lint, DFT, LEC, Genus, Modus, Voltus, DC, TetraMAX, VC LP

Education & certification

  • M.S. Electrical Engineering · University of Southern California2017
  • B.Tech. Electronics & Communication · SRM Institute of Science and Technology2015
  • ISO-26262 Functional Safety Engineer · SGS-TÜV Saar
  • ISO/SAE 21434 Cybersecurity Engineer · TÜV SÜD

Contact: varun@iamvarunsingh.com