RKRanesh Kumar
Open to emulation Applications Engineer roles

Ranesh Kumar

Bridging silicon and software: emulation engineering, scalable architecture, and hardware-software co-design.

I hold a Master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering from UC Davis and spent the last decade at Hewlett Packard Enterprise architecting ASIC test infrastructure and leading emulation strategy for complex silicon. My expertise spans the entire development lifecycle: pre-silicon verification and Synopsys Zebu emulation through post-silicon validation and software SDK optimization. I am currently looking for my next challenge as an emulation Applications Engineer while actively developing independent portfolio work that bridges SystemVerilog, CUDA, and high-performance C backend systems.

Emulation Silicon Validation Pre / Post-Silicon SystemVerilog CUDA C / C++
Ranesh Kumar
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Davis, CA · UC Davis M.S. ECE
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Experience

Independent Projects · Neshi Solutions
2025 - Present

Developing high-performance, low-latency independent projects that rigorously test and implement complex hardware-software integration paradigms, using containerized microservices (Docker) and hardware acceleration (CUDA).

PythonDockerSystemVerilogCUDA
Emulation Lead · Hewlett Packard Enterprise
2019 - 2025
Verilog / SystemVerilogPythonCSynopsys Zebu
System Software Engineer · Hewlett Packard Enterprise
2018 - 2019
CPython
ASIC Validation Engineer · Hewlett Packard Enterprise
2017 - 2018
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Education

M.S. · University of California, Davis
Electrical & Computer Engineering2015 - 2017
B.S. · University of California, Davis
Electrical & Computer Engineering2013 - 2015
Computer Programming · American River College
C++ & Java concentration2010 - 2012
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Skills

Languages
SystemVerilog / VerilogPythonC / C++CUDA
Tools & Infrastructure
Synopsys ZebuDockerGit / CI·CDcocotb
Domains
Hardware EmulationPre-silicon Bring-upPost-silicon ValidationASIC Test InfrastructureSDK Delivery

Let's build something precise.

Open to emulation Applications Engineer roles and selective independent work. The fastest way to reach me is email.