Khaled Nsaibia

IC Verification Director at u-blox

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

About

- SoC Prototyping and Emulation Leader (Zebu, Veloce, Palladium, HAPS, ProFpga, Dini, etc) - SoC/IP Architect with broad experience (System level and HW/SW partitioning) - Expertise is design and verification methodologies and flows: Spec to GDS - Technical projects and team management - RTL design, verification expertise - Several successful first time right tape-outs - Technologies: + Wireless Communication: FM, NFC, BlueTooth, WiFi + Wireline Communication: PLC, G.Fast + Multimedia: Computer Vision, ISP - Team building and growing I value doing things right under the affordable conditions leveraging people skills, capabilities and energies. I am still amazed how an objective can be accomplished with the will of people.

Experience

  • u-blox (Full-time · 7 yrs 5 mos)
    • IC Verification Director
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

    • IC Verification and Validation Senior Manager
      Feb 2019 - Sep 2025 · 6 yrs 8 mos

  • Architect at Apple
    Aug 2017 - Jan 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Marvell Semiconductor (5 yrs 2 mos)
    • IC Design Manager
      Mar 2012 - Apr 2017 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    • Senior Digital Design Engineer
      Mar 2012 - Mar 2014 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      - IC Design: IP and SoC top level - Front-end Verification - FPGA prototyping - Synthesis - Lead SoC integration to tapeout

  • Senior Digital Designer at ST-Ericsson
    Feb 2009 - Feb 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo

    - SoC Design - Verification - FPGA Prototyping

  • Senior Digital Designer at NXP Semiconductors
    Feb 2008 - Feb 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    - SoC Design - Verification - FPGA Prototyping