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Abin Asaf

Design Verification Engineer
G401, Sumadhura Sillver Ripples, Bangalore

Summary

Experienced verification engineer with 11 years of proven leadership in IP, Subsystem, and SoC verification. Recognized for expertise in hardware security and D2D verification. Deep understanding of industry standards and best practices in verification methodologies. Skilled at resolving complex issues for high-quality verification results. Committed to driving efficiency and optimizing processes to meet project deadlines effectively.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Design Verification Engineer

Google
07.2023 - Current
  • Die-to-Die subsystem verification lead for a server SoC.
  • Created test plan and verification strategy for the first generation D2D subsystem.
  • Spearheaded the development of a versatile die-to-die subsystem testbench, enabling seamless validation across multiple topologies.
  • Verified critical blocks using FPV, enhancing early bug detection.
  • Achieved company recognition for identifying the highest number of design bugs in a project phase.
  • Collaborated effectively with a third-party IP vendor to diagnose and resolve critical IP issues, ensuring project success.
  • Partnered with a tool vendor to deploy a coverage optimization feature, resulting in faster verification cycles and reduced regression time.

Staff Verification Engineer

Intel
3 2022 - 07.2023
  • Verification lead for IPU IO subsystem and SoC HW security.
  • Working on improving verification methodology and quality in group.
  • Working to increase formal methodology adoption in group.

Staff Verification Engineer

Intel
03.2018 - 07.2023

Imaging SoC security verification

  • Security verification lead.
  • Developing SoC security verification plan including IP level.
  • Worked on IP level verification of Security Accelerator and One Time Programmable memory.
  • Worked on AXI, AHB and APB interfaces.
  • Responsible for development of reference model.
  • Lead a small team to bring up security flows in SoC.
  • Handled verification of multiple IPs simultaneously with the help of a small team
  • Supported Post-Si Validation team to bring up security flows.

IPU IO verification

  • Verification lead for Gen7 IPU CSI-2 protocol layer.
  • Responsible for developing TB architecture and verification plan.
  • Developed reference model for end-to-end data checking.
  • Support SoC team and die-to-die team for IPU bring up.

IPU Gen6 subsystem verification

  • Lead small team of experienced engineers for the verification of Image Processing Unit (IPU) subsystem.
  • Responsible for defining test bench architecture and verification plan.
  • Successfully completed verification of multiple variants of IPU for different CCG products.

Verification Engineer

Intel
03.2018 - 03.2019
  • Responsible for verification of Image Processing Unit(IPU) Input Subsystem for multiple CCG products.
  • Responsible for IPU SoC integration verification.
  • Responsible for creating test plan, adding new use cases, regression debug and coverage closure.

Senior Design Engineer

Cypress Semiconductor
04.2013 - 03.2018
  • Boot firmware and application programming interface verification in an ARM Cortex-M0 based SoC.
  • Responsible for creating test plan.
  • Verified all functional and security features.

Education

Master of Technology - Microelectronics

Indian Institute of Technology, Bomaby
08.2011 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering

University of Calicut
09.2006 - 05.2010

Skills

UVM

System Verilog Assertion

HW Security Verification

Formal methodology

AMBA protocol

UCIE

Timeline

Design Verification Engineer

Google
07.2023 - Current

Staff Verification Engineer

Intel
03.2018 - 07.2023

Verification Engineer

Intel
03.2018 - 03.2019

Senior Design Engineer

Cypress Semiconductor
04.2013 - 03.2018

Master of Technology - Microelectronics

Indian Institute of Technology, Bomaby
08.2011 - 03.2013

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication Engineering

University of Calicut
09.2006 - 05.2010

Staff Verification Engineer

Intel
3 2022 - 07.2023
Abin AsafDesign Verification Engineer