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Hey there, I’m Rishav —

an ASIC Verification Engineer by profession, a robotics geek by heart, and a web developer when caffeine kicks in.

I currently work at Synopsys, where I help tame digital chaos — one protocol, one waveform, and one bug at a time. Over the past couple of years, I’ve owned and verified complex features in the AMBA-APB/AHB/AXI and SSI IP, from clock stretching and data masking to full-throttle baud rate operations. (Yep, I make your hardware talk like a pro.)

Before chips and waveforms, I built crawling quadrupeds and ball-balancing bots, led my team to Robocon, and even traded a few markets (and rooks) for fun. When I’m not diving into Verdi traces, you’ll find me playing chess, watching cricket, or analyzing candlestick patterns like it’s a thriller.

Welcome to my corner of the internet — part digital lab, part playground

Experience

Synopsys

Jan 2022 - Present

Senior Engineer, ASIC Digital Design Verification

  • Delivered end-to-end verification of 7+ feature enhancements in Synopsys DWC SSI IP, including data masking, dynamic wait states, clock stretching, and xSPI sideband support.
  • Built and enhanced UVM-based testbenches, developed assertions, checkers, and sequences, and achieved 100% functional and code coverage across multiple projects.
  • Took ownership of high-priority, customer-facing features under aggressive timelines, ensuring first-pass success and protocol compliance across SPI, APB, AHB, and xSPI interfaces.
  • Collaborated closely with design and integration teams; drove debugging, coverage closure, and verification signoff for IPs used in SoC-level production silicon.

Digital Product School by UnternehmerTUM

NOV 2021 - DEC 2021

Front End Developer - Freelancing

  • Designed and developed a Chrome extension that allowed users to organize and open multiple predefined URLs in a single window with one click.
  • Built the extension using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with intuitive UI/UX for quick access and minimal clutter.
  • Implemented local storage and configuration options for user-defined tab groups, improving workflow productivity.

VBuild.in

Aug 2020 - March 2021

Front End Web Developer - Intern

  • Designed and developed a full-scale, responsive website for a construction company, featuring multi-layered navigation and dynamic content sections.
  • Focused on clean design, accessibility, and SEO best practices to ensure a professional and discoverable web presence.
  • Collaborated closely with stakeholders to translate business requirements into intuitive and functional UI components.

Education

Bachelor of Technology

2018 - 2022

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,MESRA

  • Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • specialisation in Front-end Web Developement
  • CGPA: 8.46

Senior Secondary School - CBSE

2016 - 2018

DELHI MODEL PUBLIC SCHOOL

12th BOARDS Percentage: 91.4%

Secondary School -CBSE

2016

PATNA CENTRAL SCHOOL

  • 10th BOARDS CGPA: 10

Interests


Web-Dev

Robotics

Chess

Trading

Crypto Currencies

VLSI

Cricket

Football

Music

Travelling

Movies

Tech

GPU

Music

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Skills


Fluent in SystemVerilog and UVM with hands-on experience in verifying complex IPs like Synopsys DWC SSI. From testbench architecture to coverage closure, I do it all — reliably and rigorously.

Well-versed in SPI, xSPI, APB, AHB, and custom sideband protocols. I’ve worked on features like clock stretching, data masking, and execute-in-place — ensuring timing precision and protocol compliance.

VCS, Verdi, DVE, coreTools — you name it. I use the best of Synopsys’ suite to debug, validate, and deliver clean silicon-ready designs.

Comfortable with Python, Perl, and basic TCL. I write quick scripts to boost efficiency and tame the daily grind of regression runs and log parsing.

Built Chrome extensions and full-fledged websites from scratch. I speak fluent HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Bootstrap — and I design with both function and flair.

Problem-solver, collaborator, and curious mind. I’ve led verification flows, debugged hairy issues, and built tools that saved teams hours.

System Verilog 95%
AMBA Protocols 90%
SPI Controller 85%
Web Developement 75%
Digital Electronics75%
UVM 90%
Debugging85%
VLSI 95%
PYTHON 50%
Microprocessors60%

Experience

Worked as a Senior Verification Engineer at Synopsys, owning 10+ feature-level projects on the DWC SSI IP, and previously interned there developing an APB RAP Bus Function Model while undergoing formal VLSI training from Maven Silicon. Led student tech communities at BIT Mesra as Vice President of Robolution and WebD Lead at GDSC, while building a foundation in robotics, frontend development, and digital systems.

Industry Experience

Synopsys Inc.

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June, 2022 - Present

Senior Engineer, ASIC Digital Design Verification

  • Spearheaded 10+ feature-level verification projects for the Synopsys DWC SSI IP, including Clock Stretching for full duplex mode, xSPI Sideband Signal Support, Higher frequency SPI slave support ,data mask enhancement, dynamic wait state support for XIP mode and more.
  • Built and enhanced UVM-based testbenches from the ground up — complete with reusable components, functional coverage models, and thorough protocol checkers.
  • Took full ownership of verification cycles — from planning and environment setup to regression debugging and verification signoff.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to understand spec changes, debug complex issues, and deliver first-pass success for high-impact customer releases.
  • Delivered 100% functional and code coverage for each feature, ensuring high-quality, silicon-ready IP under tight customer timelines.
    • Technologies Used- System Verilog, UVM, Debugging, Verdi, VCS, SPI, SSI Controller

Intern Experience

Synopsys Inc

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Jan, 2022 - June 2022

ASIC Digital Design Intern

  • Developed an APB RAP Bus Function Model (BFM) to simulate and validate APB protocol interactions, used in internal IP verification environments.
  • Gained hands-on exposure to SystemVerilog and UVM through real project implementation and testbench
  • Completed Maven Silicon’s VLSI Design & Verification Training, covering RTL design, FSM modeling, testbench creation, assertions, and coverage-driven verification.
  • Built a solid foundation in digital design principles, verification planning, and debugging complex simulation issues.
    • Technologies Used-Verilog, System Verilog, FSM modelling, Functional Coverage, Code coverage

Digital Product School by UnternehmerTUM

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Nov, 2021 - Dec 2021

Front End Developer

  • Designed and developed a Chrome extension that allowed users to organize and open multiple predefined URLs in a single window with one click.
  • Implemented local storage and configuration options for user-defined tab groups, improving workflow productivity.
  • Ensured web design is optimized for all kind of devices.Optimized web page for maximum speed and scalability.
  • Maintained brand consistency throughout design.
    • Technologies Used-HTML,css,JavaScript/jQuery,php,bootstrap

VBUILD

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Aug, 2020 - March, 2021

Web Dev Intern

  • Worked in teams alongside Back end Developers, Graphic Designers and User Experience Designers to create the landing page of company using a variety of languages and frameworks.
  • Developed features to enhance the user experience and also tried to maintain balance between functional and aesthetic design.
  • Ensured web design is optimized for all kind of devices.Optimized web page for maximum speed and scalability.
  • Maintained brand consistency throughout design.
    • Technologies Used-HTML,css,JavaScript/jQuery,php,bootstrap

Position of Responsibilities

Team Robolution,BIT MESRA

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Jan, 2021 - May 2022

Vice President

  • Team Robolution is the Official Robotics society of BIT MESRA,Ranchi
  • Actively participated in projects (group and individual) in the Club’s best interests. Worked collectively on Embbedded Systems and Prototyping/Modelling of robots for various competetions.
  • Volunteered in technical workshops and events organized by the Club.

Team Pratyunmis,BIT MESRA

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June, 2019 - Jan, 2021

Vice Captain

  • Team Pratyunmis represents BIT Mesra in the annual Robotics contest ABU-ROBOCON, organised by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Unit.
  • Participated in ABU ROBOCON 2020 and worked on prototyping and modeling of trial and kick bot and made cad model for the same.
  • CAD Score=39.5/40

Developer Student Clubs,BIT MESRA

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August, 2020 - May, 2022

Webd Lead/Core Team

  • Google Developer Student Clubs are community groups for college and university students interested in Google developer technologies
  • Actively participated and volunteered in technical workshops and events organized by the Club.

Projects

I make use of vast variety of latest technology tools to create Embedded and webdev projects and deployed them locally on heroku.

  • All
  • Embedded
  • Robocon
  • Web Dev

Bluetooth Controlled Quadrupped Bot

github.com/rishavrajRDX/SPYDER-BOT

A quadruped bot capable of walking in all terrain,even discontinuous paths with ease,actuated with help of 8 servo motors.The 8 SERVO MOTORS of quadruped bot helps it in many movements and activities which are not possible for wheeled robots .

Robocon 2020

The theme is "ROBO RUGBY 7s", in this game, each team designs two robots, one as pass robot, and another as try robot. Each can either be manual or automated. The pass robot will pick up the rugby balls, and the try robot needs to either place them to the trying spot, or to kick the ball passing through a pole.

VBuild Landing Page

vbuild.in

Technologies used:-HTML,css,JavaScript,jQuery,php,bootstrap.

Team Robolution Website

robolution.in

Technologies used:-HTML,css,JavaScript,jQuery,ejs,node.js.

LOCK-A-THON Website

lockathon.tech

The webpage for online hackathon organized by team Robolution in covid-lockdown.

Technologies Used:-HTML,css,javaScript,jQuery,bootstrap.

Dice Game Web App

github.com/rishavrajRDX/diceGame

Just a javaScript Web App

The Great RGB Game

github.com/rishavrajRDX/colorgame

This is a color guessing game. On top, the RGB color code of a randomly picked color is displayed, for example RGB(123, 231, 213). You have to guess which of the squares below uses this color. You can switch between Easy and Hard mode. Easy mode gives 3 squares to choose from, Hard mode gives 6. Switching the mode starts a new game.

Events

Events Participated

ABU ROBOCON 2020

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Aug, 2019 - March 2020

Team Competetion

  • The ABU Asia-Pacific Robot Contest (ABU Robocon) is an Asian-Oceanian college robot competition, founded in 2002 by Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union. In the competition robots compete to complete a task within a set period of time..
  • ABU Robocon 2020 is based on Fiji's national sport rugby. The theme is "ROBO RUGBY 7s", in this game, each team designs two robots, one as pass robot, and another as try robot. Each can either be manual or automated. The pass robot will pick up the rugby balls, and the try robot needs to either place them to the trying spot, or to kick the ball passing through a pole.
  • We got the result of our submissions for the first round of DD Robocon. We had submitted documentations of the various mechanisms involved in building our robot along with their CAD models. We obtained a total of 94.5 marks out of 100.

    • 20 for Solution Ideas Form

    • 35 for Design Documentation

    • 39.5 for CAD Models(2nd best)

eYantra 2020

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Aug, 2020 -Jan,2020

Team Contest

  • The Theme was to build a 2-DOF ball balancing platforms. A maze was attached on top of it. A conveyor belt keeps dropping balls at regular intervals on the ball balancing platform. The goal was to make the balls traverse through the maze on defined paths within a stipulated amount of time in order to determine the quality of the platform manufactured.
  • Completely software based project where we used coppeliasim to build and simulate ball balancing platform having 2-dof.
  • Open CV was used to detect position of ball and concepts of control theory was used to develop a control logic to balance ball on top of table.

ROBOTICS EXHIBITION 5.0,BIT MESRA

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15th AUG, 2019

TEAM CONTEST

  • Robotics Exhibition is organized by Team Robolution every year on occasion of Independence Day(15th August).
  • A total of 17 members form 2k18 batch participated in the exhibition.
  • My project was a bluetooth controlled quadruped bot capable of walking in all terrain,even discontinuous paths with ease,actuated with help of 8 servo motors and controlled using arduino UNO.

eYantra 2019

smartbridge
Oct, 2019 - Dec, 2019

Team Contest

  • e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC) is a unique annual competition launched in the month of August every year for undergraduate students in science and engineering colleges, polytechnic. Selected teams are given a robotic kit complete with accessories and video tutorials to help them learn basic concepts in embedded systems and microcontroller programming. Abstracts of real world problems assigned as "themes" are then implemented by the teams using the robotic kits.
  • Our theme for eYantra 2019 was SUPPLY BOT
  • Recieved merit certificate for participation.

SMART INDIA HACKATHON,2020

smartbridge
Jan, 2020 - Jan, 2020

TEAM CONTEST

  • Smart India Hackathon is a nationwide initiative to provide students with a platform to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives, and thus inculcate a culture of product innovation and a mindset of problem-solving.
  • Participated in a team of six.Our idea was to make delivery drone for e-commercial comapnies using technologies like openCV,neural networking,Embedded Systems,etc
  • Recieved merit certificate for participation.

Contact

Contact Me

My Address

Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560093

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Email Me

raj.rishav12148@gmail.com

Call Me

+91 9102979480

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