Pavan Kumar Ambekar

Pavan Kumar Ambekar is a Senior DFT Engineer at Quest Global, where they specialize in digital fault testing processes since 2025. With over five years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Pavan has previously worked at Cerium Systems, focusing on various projects for clients such as Intel and C-DAC. They also completed a Master of Science in Microelectronics at Newcastle University, where they served as a Graduate Assistant on an AI chip project. Earlier in their career, Pavan trained as a DFT Engineer at Sandeepani School of VLSI Design. In 2007, they briefly served as an astronaut candidate at NASA.