Karthickvelan Sundarrajan
Staff Engineer at Qualcomm| Custom CPU Post-Silicon Design Validation & Power Optimization | CPU Silicon Validation and Emulation
- Role
- Staff Engineer at Qualcomm
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karthickvelan Sundarrajan
Staff Engineer at Qualcomm | 11+ Years in Semiconductor | CPU Power & Performance | Android & Compute,XR ChipsetsI’m a semiconductor professional with over 11 years of experience across post-silicon validation, power and performance analysis, and hardware characterization. Currently, I work at Qualcomm as a Staff Engineer, focusing on Custom CPU Power and Performance for Android and Compute chipsets based on ARM and NUVIA architectures.My expertise spans:CPU subsystem benchmarking and workload analysisBareMetal and HLOS environementVmin-Fmax characterization, speed path and power-performance curve analysisPost-silicon validation and electrical bench characterizationPower optimization techniques (DVFS, ACD)Cross-functional collaboration across hardware, software, and silicon teamsI’m passionate about solving complex engineering problems, enabling power-efficient designs, and driving performance improvements across next-gen SoCs.
Experience
Staff Engineer
Jun 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Domain: Custom CPU Power & Performance Post silicon validation (ARM & NUVIA)NUVIA-CPU-Silicon validation and Emulation (SVE) BareMetal and HLOS environment.Vmin and Fmax characterization, Speed Path AnalysisBenchmark performance analysis for Android and Compute chipsetsPower parametrics validation and Vmin-Fmax curve analysisWorkload profiling and power-performance optimizationCPU Core and Uncore power and performance characterizationSkills: Performance Benchmarking · Power Management · CPU Architecture · Workload Analysis
Education
Sona College of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
2010 — 2014
P.D.R. Vellachiammal College of Education
Higher Secondary, Biology, General
2008 — 2010
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