Zeeshan Rafique

Zeeshan Rafique is a skilled design verification engineer currently working at Semidynamics since December 2023. Prior experience includes roles at Micro Electronics Research Lab as a research assistant and graduate research associate, where notable contributions involved tapeout of Azadi-SoC on SKY130nm PDK with Google-sponsored Open-MPW shuttle submissions. At Xcelerium, Zeeshan worked as a digital design engineer, focusing on vectorizing a floating point unit for a RISC-V vector SoC and conducting simulation and emulation using AWS-FPGA. Contributions to the Google Summer of Code program included designing an integer Multiplication and Division Unit for the RISC-V core "SERV." Educational qualifications include a degree in Electrical Engineering specializing in Computer Systems from Usman Institute of Technology.