Harshad Desai
About Harshad Desai
Harshad Desai is a Hardware Design Engineer with extensive experience in hardware engineering, including roles at Oracle, AWS, and Cerebras Systems. He specializes in designing DC/DC voltage regulators and has a strong background in power module testing and system integration.
Current Role at Cerebras Systems
Harshad Desai serves as a Hardware Design Engineer at Cerebras Systems, a position he has held since 2020. In this role, he focuses on hardware design and development, contributing to the company's innovative approaches in the field of computing. His expertise in designing and integrating DC/DC voltage regulators for accelerator products is particularly relevant to the company's mission of advancing AI and deep learning technologies.
Previous Experience at Oracle
Desai has extensive experience at Oracle Corporation, where he held multiple roles. He worked as a Principal Hardware Engineer for a brief period in 2019, and prior to that, he served as a Senior Hardware Engineer from 2015 to 2019. His responsibilities included hardware design and development, where he honed his skills in power engineering and system integration. Additionally, he was a Hardware Engineer from 2012 to 2015 and completed a Power Engineering Internship in 2011.
Experience at Amazon Web Services
Harshad Desai worked at Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Hardware Development Engineer from 2019 to 2020. His role involved the design and development of hardware solutions, contributing to the performance and reliability of AWS products. This experience added to his knowledge in hardware engineering and system integration.
Educational Background
Desai earned his Master's degree from The University of Texas at Austin, where he studied from 2009 to 2012. Prior to that, he completed his Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) at the National Institute of Technology Calicut from 2005 to 2009. His academic background provided a strong foundation in electrical engineering principles, which he applied throughout his career.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Harshad Desai possesses a range of technical skills relevant to hardware engineering. He is proficient in AC/DC power module testing and has expertise in multi-phase buck analysis, design, and validation for FPGAs and ASICs. Desai is also skilled in schematic design and layout using Cadence tools, and he enjoys debugging and troubleshooting power and analog electronics. His experience includes PDN analysis using both lab and simulation techniques, as well as designing in-house test boards and setups.