Tuomas Poikela
About Tuomas Poikela
Tuomas Poikela is an ASIC Digital Lead at Murata, with a background in ASIC design and verification from his previous roles at CERN and Nokia. He holds multiple degrees in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Computer Systems from the University of Turku and has expertise in task automation, scripting, and Universal Verification Methodology.
Work at Murata
Tuomas Poikela has been serving as the ASIC Digital Lead at Murata since 2021. His role involves overseeing the design and development of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). He is based in Vantaa, Southern Finland, and has contributed to various projects that leverage his extensive background in ASIC design and verification.
Previous Experience at CERN
Prior to his current position, Poikela worked at CERN as an ASIC Design Engineer from 2009 to 2019. During his decade-long tenure in the Geneva Area, Switzerland, he engaged in multiple ASIC projects, focusing on synthesis, digital implementation, and static timing analysis.
Experience at Nokia
From 2019 to 2021, Poikela was employed at Nokia as a Verification Specialist. His responsibilities included the verification of ASIC designs, where he applied his expertise in task automation and scripting using Perl and Python.
Educational Background
Tuomas Poikela studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Turun yliopisto, where he earned a Doctor of Science in Technology (D. Sc. Tech) from 2010 to 2015. He also completed a Master of Science in Technology (M. Sc. Tech) in Computer Systems in 2010. Additionally, he studied at the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku from 2005 to 2010, achieving a Bachelor of Science in Technology (B. Sc. Tech).
Technical Skills and Projects
Poikela has expertise in RTL design and functional verification of ASICs, having started using the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) in 2012. He developed uvm-python, a Python implementation of UVM, which is available on GitHub. He has been studying Computer Software Engineering at Free Code Camp since 2016, focusing on Full Stack Web Development.