Mitu Raj

About Mitu Raj

I am a VLSI RTL design engineer by passion & profession. Let\'s say I am also an Embedded SW developer by hobby. I started my \"coding journey\" at the age of 12 back in 2003 with HTML & C, building my first SW programs & local webpages after mugging up dad\'s books. I didn\'t how to host one on the web. There was no Google & internet privileges. A year later, I built my first GUI Windows app with VB, a scientific calculator. Down the years, I finally hosted my own website where I do technical blogging, just like I dreamt in childhood. You can check. if you are into digital logic design, circuits, algorithms, or math. I have designed a bunch of open-source IPs for my Chipmunk IP catalog, and a RISC-V CPU from scratch. This tiny processor hit the internet by the name \"Pequeno\". I have broad professional expertise working for different companies in different domains. Working in my free time at chipmunklogic.com helps me explore new interests and enhance skills in domains outside my professional discipline. My motivation to learn something new comes from self reflection and my interactions with the professional circle. Architect, RTL design, synthesis, STA on FPGA/ASIC. Embedded firmware & driver development for processors/micro-controllers in baremetal/custom OS. End-to-end development and validation of IPs and sub-systems: Requirements, PPA optimization in RTL, Implementation and on-board Testing on FPGAs in a HW-SW interactive ecosystem // MOST! SoC design and integration on FPGAs: clock & reset structures, bus structures, micro-architectures, processors, memory sub-systems, and IPs. Expertise with design of RISC-V CPUs, serial protocols like UART/SPI/I2C, Bus structures like AMBA AXI/AHB/APB, Avalon. DDR, Interrupt controllers. Working with cryptography & mathematical algorithms, Image & Video Processing, Computer Graphics, Ethernet stack, FreeRTOS. Developing GUI/CLI application softwares for operating systems with C/C++, VB, Python. Scripting & automation with Makefiles. Other interests: Circuit design, Schematic/PCB design, Applied Math, Physics. Author of several papers, technical blogs: i••••••••@gmail.com c•••@chipmunklogic.com: Football, Volleyball, and Badminton Player. Reader, Blogger, Sketcher, Pianist, Singer, Cook.

Experience

1. Principal Design Engineer

   Cadence

   Jan 2026 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Silicon Solutions Group - ASIC Frontend Design Team Working on 2-5nm node designs- LPDDR6 PHY LPDDR6 PHY automotive LPDDR5/5X PHY LPDDR5/5X PHY automotive- Soft Macro developer and micro-architect- RTL design, FW algorithms, working with and supporting cross-functional teams: Verification, Firmware, Analog, Synthesis, PD.

Education

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2009 — 2013

• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

  Master of Technology (M.Tech.), VLSI and Embedded Systems

  2015 — 2017

• Vyasa Vidya Peethom

  School, Math & Computer Science batch 2007-2009 - 12th

Skills

• Testing
• Verilog
• Fpga Prototyping
• Circuit Design
• Embedded Hardware
• Html
• Embedded Software
• Debugging Code
• Linux
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Sap Abap
• Vhdl
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Software Development
• C/C++/Java
• Schematic Capture
• Visual Basic
• Visual C++
• Pcb Design
• Rtl Design
• Static Timing Analysis