Pooja Mhapsekar

Pooja Mhapsekar is a seasoned engineer specializing in design verification with extensive experience spanning over a decade. Currently serving as a Design Verification Engineer at Waymo, Pooja previously held the position of Principal Design Verification Engineer at Marvell Technology, leading the development of critical NVMe IP modules and an offshore team for NAND Flash Interface driver verification. Prior roles at SK hynix included responsibilities in ASIC design verification and firmware development for controllers and SSDs. Earlier experience encompasses a tenure at Micron Technology focusing on enterprise PCIe SSD products and research in FPGA architecture at Iowa State University, where Pooja also contributed as a Teaching Assistant in programming courses. Pooja earned a Master of Science in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University and a Bachelor of Technology in Electronics from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute.