Dai Li
Software Engineer at Google
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolDai Li is a software engineer at Google with 9 years of experience bridging VLSI hardware and system software, currently working on Pixel security, firmware, and OS privacy features. He brings deep tapeout expertise across process nodes from 5nm to 180nm and a strong research pedigree—authoring papers on hardware security and low-power circuits in venues like ISSCC and JSSC. Dai’s background blends RTL-to-GDS backend flow and UVM verification with software tooling experience from Cadence, giving him a rare full-stack perspective on silicon-to-system security. He holds a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rice University and has applied his skills to low-power medical ICs and cryptographic accelerator IPs. An interesting thread through his career is translating academic innovations into production-ready hardware and firmware, making him effective at shipping measurable security and power improvements.
9 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.6, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 3.6 at Rice UniversityGraduate Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Graduate Student, Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Texas A&M UniversityBachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS, Electrical Engineering at Tsinghua UniversityGithub contributions (5)
lidai89/COMP531
Jan 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 46 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
lidai89/Rice-ELEC-557
Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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