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Arun Balachandar

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Director of Engineering at Intel Corporation
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Arun Balachandar is a passionate engineering leader at Intel with 21 years of experience guiding global teams in end-to-end silicon development. He directs system validation for next-generation Ethernet products, leveraging deep expertise in AI, Data Centre, and Server solutions. He holds a degree from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

He co-authored an award-winning technical paper on an optimized verification methodology, which was presented at the 2018 SNUG India conference.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

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Priorities

Topics Arun cares about

Next-Gen Ethernet
He leads the system validation and emulation for Intel's next-generation Ethernet chips and is actively hiring to support the AI revolution with these products.
Silicon Development
His career is built on leading the entire System-on-Chip lifecycle, from initial architecture and design verification to manufacturing testing and customer launch.
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Career

Work history

10-2023
Director of Engineering
Intel Corporation
3-2019 - 10-2023
Engineering Manager
Intel Corporation
7-2012 - 2-2019
Senior Staff Manager/Engineer
Qualcomm
3-2012 - 7-2012
Tech Lead : Product & Test Engineering / Sim Team - KarMic
Qualcomm
8-2009 - 2-2012
Domain Manager : Silicon Test Development - KarMic
Texas Instruments
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Education
2001 - 2004
Bachelor of Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University - Vidya Vardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore
1999 - 2001
Diploma
JSS Polytechnic, Nanjangud
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