Philippe Sauter
PHD Student at ETH Zürich
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolPhilippe Sauter is a PhD student in Electrical Engineering at ETH Zürich with a hands-on background in electronics and three years of professional experience spanning industry apprenticeships and teaching assistance. He focuses on open-source EDA tools, blending academic research with practical firmware and hardware skills developed during his Elektroniker apprenticeship and roles at Telma AG and Delisys. Comfortable moving between lab, lecture, and code, he has supported digital design exercises as a Lehrassistent while advancing graduate research since 2024. Based in Zurich, he brings the discipline of vocational training together with ETH-level systems thinking, making him adept at translating complex circuit and toolchain problems into reproducible, community-friendly solutions.
3 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnologie, Master's degree, Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnologie at ETH ZürichLehre, Elektroniker EFZ, Lehre, Elektroniker EFZ at gibb Berufsfachschule BernMaturität, Passerelle, Maturität, Passerelle at Gymnasium Neufeld
Github Skills (56)
simulation10
systemverilog10
python10
synthesis10
ip10
yosys10
hardware10
asic10
digital-design10
fpga10
uvm9
axi49
vlsi9
rtl-design9
risc-v9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
pulp-platform/croc
Jul 2024 - Apr 2025
A PULP SoC for education, easy to understand and extend with a full flow for a physical design.
Contributions:1 review, 66 PRs, 163 pushes in 8 months
asicriscvrtl-designsystemverilog
pulp-platform/svase
Jun 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:1 release, 16 PRs, 30 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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