Samir Kagadkar

Samir Kagadkar is a highly skilled engineering professional with extensive experience in CAD and physical design, currently working at NUVIA Inc since September 2019. Previous roles include Staff Engineer at Tesla, where Samir architected and maintained the in-house silicon implementation platform for Autopilot hardware, and an Engineer position at Apple. Prior to this, Samir served as a Principal Engineer at Broadcom, contributing to the design and sign-off of the innovative Trident-II+ datacenter switch chip. Early career roles include positions at UC Davis, Broadcom, Texas Instruments, and Yukti Educational Services. Samir holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of California, Davis, and a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.