Manoj Kumar Goparaju

Manoj Kumar Goparaju is a highly experienced engineering professional currently serving as a Principal DFT Engineer/Manager at SpaceX since July 2022. Prior to this role, Manoj worked at Intel Corporation from October 2018 to 2022 as a SoC Design and Verification Engineer, specializing in the design and validation of system-on-chip (SoC) solutions. Manoj's earlier experience includes working at Qualcomm from February 2009 to October 2018, where responsibilities encompassed DFT leadership for server SoC architecture, hands-on test pattern generation, and verification for high-volume mobile chipsets. Manoj's initial career stages include an internship at Qualcomm focused on developing critical fault selection algorithms and an internship at Intel Corporation, validating the performance of the Core i7 server architecture. Manoj holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, earned in 2008.