Nikunj Patel is a Staff Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience in physical design and microelectronics, recently transitioning to Arm after an impactful tenure at Qualcomm. A gold-medalist MTech graduate from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, he blends deep academic rigor with practical chip-design expertise. At Qualcomm he drove complex physical design projects, and at Arm he now focuses on architecture-level engineering challenges that bridge silicon and software. Based in Noida, he pairs methodical problem-solving with a track record of delivering high-quality RTL and physical implementation outcomes. Quietly ambitious, he brings both leadership on cross-functional teams and a knack for translating research-grade concepts into production-ready designs.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Technology - MTech, Microelectronics, Gold Medalist, Master of Technology - MTech, Microelectronics, Gold Medalist at Indian Institute Of Information Technology
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics engineering, Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics engineering at BIRLA VISHVAKARMA MAHA VIDHYALAYA(GIA), V.V.NAGAR 007
The Arm ASTC Encoder, a compressor for the Adaptive Scalable Texture Compression data format.
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