Raj Pawate

Raj Pawate is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in design engineering and machine learning. From November 2014 to June 2019, Raj served as Design Engineering Director at Tensilica DSP IP Group, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., focusing on speech recognition, machine learning architectures, and next-generation DSP platforms. Following this, Raj advanced to Group Director, Design Engineering at Tensilica DSP IPG from June 2019 to November 2022, leading initiatives in AI/Machine Learning and digital voice assistants. Currently, Raj holds the position of DSP & Machine Learning Architect at Google, where responsibilities include AI/ML model deployment for Pixel products. Earlier career highlights include significant leadership roles at Texas Instruments, where Raj founded a Voice over IP R&D team and directed efforts in video security and cloud computing applications. Raj Pawate earned a Doctor of Science in Computer Science from Kuvempu University and holds a B.Tech. in Electronics & Communications from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, along with a Master of Applied Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Ottawa.