Rohit Thakar

Rohit Thakar is a Principal Engineer at SiFive, where they focus on pre-silicon verification. They previously held the role of Principal Engineer in performance modeling and pre-silicon validation at Marvell Semiconductor from 2018 to 2025, and served as a Lead Hardware Engineer at Cavium Inc. from 2011 to 2018. Rohit began their career at Computer Sciences Corporation as an Associate Software Engineer and gained experience as an RTL Verification Intern at Cavium Inc. in 2010. They earned a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where they also worked as a Teaching Assistant.