Soham Gandhi

Developer   |   Creator   |   Tinkerer

Young engineer harnessing robotics and technology for social good, solving complex challenges with inventive, cross-disciplinary thinking and a positive, collaborative mindset.

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About Me

Innovator & Developer

I am an engineer focused on turning technology and robotics into real social value. I like hard, open-ended problems and I enjoy learning across fields to solve them. I work best in positive, collaborative teams and I try to bring a practical mindset, clear communication, and steady execution to every project.

I started by tinkering at home, then in 7th grade a Raspberry Pi pulled me deeper into computer engineering. My first bigger project was a robot that navigated the house to deliver drinks to my parents. Since then I have kept raising the bar, from robots that detect microbes to digital design work and a small satellite project, all of which strengthened my creativity, systems thinking, and problem-solving skills.

Computer & Electrical Engineer Minor: Computer Science Focus: Digital Design, Verification, FPGAs, ASICs
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Experience

Jul 2025 – Present

Digital IC Design Engineer

Texas Instruments, Santa Clara, CA
  • Leading development of a bidirectional control channel over SERDES interfaces.
  • Integrating next-gen communication protocols (I3C, SPI) to increase secondary channel bandwidth by 12×.
  • Streamlining the development environment by migrating to a Git-based modular design with block-level compilation automation.
  • Designing reusable IP modules for block-level UVM environments, reducing verification times by 10×.
  • Implementing formal verification to exhaustively validate state machines, reducing design bugs by 25%.
SystemVerilog UVM Formal Verification Git
May 2024 – Aug 2024

Digital IC Design Intern

Texas Instruments, Santa Clara, CA
  • Executed RTL simulations and debugging for automotive SerDes chips, improving audio and video functionality.
  • Designed a high-speed FIFO in SystemVerilog with prefetching logic and single-port RAM, improving performance by 50%.
SystemVerilog RTL Design SerDes FIFO Architecture
May 2023 – Aug 2023

Validation Engineering Intern

Texas Instruments, Santa Clara, CA
  • Collaborated with an external company to develop a lab methodology that emulated automotive high-speed SerDes cables using a programmable Artek Variable ISI channel, cutting SerDes link testing time by 60%.
  • Automated ASIC setup and testbench configuration using Python, reducing validation time and effort by 3×.
Python Automation SerDes Lab Validation
May 2022 – Aug 2022

Software Engineering Intern

General Dynamics Mission Systems, Fair Lakes, VA
  • Automated Linux OS deployment over NFS using DHCP and TFTP, cutting deployment time by 50%.
  • Strengthened system security by hardening kickstarts to comply with DoD STIG requirements and developing Bash/Python scripts to automate device setup, user permissions, and environment layouts.
Linux Bash Python NFS

Education

Bachelor's
2021 - 2025
Dual B.S. in Computer & Electrical Engineering
Virginia Tech
Completed the degree in computer engineering with a major in machine learning and a degree in electrical engineering with a major in control, autonomy, & robotics. Soham is also a part of the Calhoun Honors Discovery Program where he collaborates with industry partners to work on sociotechincal problems through a transdisciplinary approach.

Minor in Computer Science

Relevant Coursework: Digital Design, Adv Computer Architecture, Digital & Mixed Signal System Testing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Digital Image Processing

Awards: Calhoun Scholar, Dean's List, HackViolet 2023 (Best Innovation Hack), 2022 CHCI Symposium (3rd)
Scholarship Physics Lab Lead
High School
2017 - 2021
Advanced High School Diploma
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Attended the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology ranked #1 in the US (by US News). During the time there, I took courses in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and robotics. Through these courses I developed a strong foundation in Java, Python, CAD, and additive manufacturing.
Dean's List Final Year Project: WP Plugins

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Feel free to reach out to me to discuss any opportunities and potential collaborations.

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What I usually work on

I focus on building high-end technology solutions that are reliable, scalable, and efficient. I am passionate about AI and automation and I enjoy working on projects that leverage these technologies to solve real-world problems and automate processes.

  • Robotics
  • Machine Learning and AI
  • Embedded Systems