Bio

I design and verify hardware IP for ASIC and SoC, bringing hands-on expertise in RTL design, peripheral interfaces, and SystemVerilog/UVM-based verification.

Portrait of Saad Anees
Saad AneesDesign and Verification Engineer

Experience

Design experience supported by a foundation in verification, simulation, and debugging.

IST · January 2025 – Present

Design Engineer

Hardware IP design across peripheral interfaces, timing, and communication.

IMPARE · January 2023 – December 2024

Associate Verification Engineer

RTL design and verification services, verification plans, SV/UVM testbenches, functional tests, coverage analysis, AHB VIP, and USB 2.0 verification environments.

Programming Languages

Verilog · SystemVerilog · UVM · Python · C/C++

EDA tools

Synopsys VCS / Verdi · Synopsys Design Compiler · QuestaSim · Xilinx/Vivado

Education

B.S. Electrical Engineering

Capital University of Science and Technology (CUST), Islamabad

2018–2022

Design Projects

QEI / IP design

Quadrature Encoder Interface

Worked on quadrature encoder interface IP for motion feedback using encoder signals.

QEIMotion feedback
IP design

Input Capture

Worked on input capture IP for capturing signal events used in timing and measurement.

Input captureEvent timing
IP design

I²C

Worked on I²C communication IP for serial connectivity between peripherals.

I²CSerial communication
PLL / IP design

Phase-Locked Loop

Worked on PLL IP for clocking applications.

PLLClocking
IP design

CAN 2.0

Worked on CAN 2.0 communication IP for Controller Area Network interfaces.

CAN 2.0Communication
IP design

SPI

Worked on SPI IP for synchronous serial communication with peripherals.

SPISerial communication

Verification Projects

Public repository

UART

A programmable UART with an APB register interface and a UVM learning environment. Includes a register model, architectural scoreboard, functional coverage, and directed/random tests.

VerilogSystemVerilogUVMAPB / RAL
Explore repository Learning / reference implementation
Verification

USB 2.0

Verification planning, an SV/UVM environment, functional tests, and a scalable scoreboard comparing observed outputs against predicted data.

SystemVerilogUVMUSB 2.0
Professional project
Verification IP

AHB

A UVM-based AHB VIP supporting non-sequential, non-pipelined transfers and 8-, 16-, and 32-bit read/write transactions.

AHBUVMSystemVerilog
Professional project

Academic Project

Final-year project

Self-driving car prototype

A prototype using deep neural networks and computer vision to detect lane lines and traffic signs.

PythonComputer visionDeep learning
2021–2022 · Academic project

Let’s build something
that works.

For opportunities and conversations about hardware design and verification.