Kostas Fournarakis
Senior Software Engineer at Synopsys Inc
Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolKostas Fournarakis is a Senior Software Engineer with a decade of experience in hardware-focused automation and IP validation at Synopsys, where he builds Python-driven test frameworks and manages GitLab/Jenkins CI/CD infrastructure for FPGA prototyping and embedded software. He combines strong backend skills (Python, Rust, Groovy, FastAPI) with hands-on lab and data-center maintenance, first-level debugging of drivers and firmware, and practical stakeholder-facing documentation and agile project leadership. His background in penetration testing and earlier work on security systems gives him a pragmatic security mindset rarely seen in IP-validation engineers. Based in Porto, he pairs multinational engineering training (MEngs in Autonomous Systems and Smart Aerospace) with a proven track record of turning complex hardware/software specifications into reliable, automated validation flows.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering - MEng Autonomous Systems, Master of Engineering - MEng Autonomous Systems at Poznan University of TechnologyBachelor’s Degree Electronic and Communications Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree Electronic and Communications Engineering at Technological Educational Institute of CreteMaster of Engineering - MEng Smart Aerospace, Master of Engineering - MEng Smart Aerospace at Université Paris-Saclay
English, Greek, French, Polish
Github Skills (1)
python4
Github contributions (4)
FournarakisKostas/panoptis2016
May 2016 - Jun 2016
Contributions:47 pushes in 9 days
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