Praveen Padmanaban

About Praveen Padmanaban

Experienced Technical manager with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry. Skilled in complex SOCs, Silicon readiness, AI ML workload optimization and a Strong engineering professional with a Master’s Degree from Wayne State University.

Experience

1. Data Center Gpu Readiness Manager

   AMD

   Jun 2022 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   I Define and lead the Manufacturing Readiness Core engineering Team for the AMD data center GPU AI instinct accelerators Mi300, Mi325 and Mi350Assist in the definition of scope and program objectives, involving relevant internal/ external stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility for AMD next gen GPU products.Lead functional areas such as customer engineering team, validation engineering,platforms and systems engineering, manufacturing, operations, Internal Business unit to develop the test program/ solutions for high volume. Primary readiness manager for test plan readiness on pre-silicon and post-silicon stages partnering with a matrix structure workstreams involving Power performance analysis, IO, Memory, thermal and ASIC/ board test.Ensure readiness of internal engineering teams - Test plan validation, Hardware, Software, Firmware, SOC Ips involving GPU and CPU.Identify and address conflicting motivations and priorities of multidisciplinary engineers to converge on designs,milestones, timelines, and strategies, driving cross-team consensus and directing deliverables to conclusions.Drive Post Silicon debugs to closure demonstrating and leading multi-functional teams internally and externally in areas such as ML IP, Embedded Firmware, Verification, Validation, Process Technology, Quality, Failure Analysis and System software.

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• Wayne State University

  Master’s Degree, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering

  2015 — 2016

Skills

• Solidworks
• Project Management
• Reliability Engineering
• Quality Control
• Customer Service
• Photoshop
• Strategic Planning
• Training
• Production Planning
• Microsoft Word
• Quality Management
• Autocad
• Continuous Improvement
• Six Sigma
• English
• Product Development
• Outlook
• Lean Manufacturing
• Matlab
• Leadership
• Design
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Research
• Public Speaking
• Mechanical Engineering
• Windows
• Marketing
• Process Improvement
• Engineering
• Team Building
• Management
• Microsoft Office
• Sales