Team Mettlesemi

Team Mettlesemi

Passionate Minds. Purposeful Innovation.

At Mettlesemi, our strength lies in our people. The team brings together over 100 years of collective experience, blending deep industry knowledge with the fresh perspective of some of the brightest young engineers in the field.

We are proud of our diverse, multi-disciplinary team that thrives on innovation, curiosity, and a shared sense of purpose. Our inclusive and collaborative work culture fosters thought leadership, continuous learning, and a relentless drive to deliver excellence.

Young, Bright, and Driven

We have built a dynamic team of young, high-potential engineers who are passionate about solving real-world challenges in semiconductor and embedded systems design. Their hands-on experience across projects makes them agile, creative, and ready to innovate.

Core Engineering Expertise:

  • Integration of complex IPs on FPGAs
  • High-speed peripheral bring-up: PCIe, Ethernet, USB, CSI, DSI, UFS
  • Low-speed interface integration: I2C, SPI, UART, I2S, I3C
  • Debugging and triaging complex SoC and platform-level issues

At Mettlesemi, our engineers benefit from:

  • Mentorship from industry veterans
  • Hands-on exposure to cutting-edge tools and platforms
  • Certified upskilling programs in collaboration with reputed partner institutions
  • We are committed to nurturing talent and contributing toward positioning India as a
    global leader in electronics systems design.

Sriram Rajagopalan, Founder & CEO

Sriram Rajagopalan is a seasoned semiconductor development professional with over 20 years of experience in the Semiconductor and Embedded Systems Industry. He has been instrumental in the design, verification, ASIC prototyping, emulation, pre-silicon and post-silicon validation of complex SoCs, contributing to the tape-out and productization of more than 25 SoC designs over the past 15 years. With a strong background in Silicon Development, he has successfully led engineering teams to optimize development cycles, accelerate time-to-market, and drive innovation in SoC design across mobile, networking, and embedded domains.

Sriram is the founder of Mettlesemi, a startup recognized by the Government of India, where he continues to lead teams in delivering cutting-edge SoC solutions. He has worked with Broadcom, Intel, and Marvell, bringing extensive expertise in Product Design, RTL Design, FPGA Design, Verification, Validation, Board Design, and Firmware Development. Sriram is an Alumnus of Syracuse University, Arizona State University, and Madras
University.

Vasudha, Director-Corp Strategy & Biz. Dev

Vasudha brings with her 20+ years of rich experience in a multiplicity of leadership, business management, strategic consulting and organizational transformation roles with global companies across India, South Asia and MEA, from diverse industries spanning Digital/ e-commerce, IT, ITES, Banking & Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Education, Fashion, Auto & Engineering, Distribution, Retail, Supply-chain and Logistics.

She has helped these businesses grow by breeding agile, diverse winning teams that lead innovation and deliver superior results. She is a strong proponent of active collaboration, learning experience design, deep-work, and is powered by passion with purpose. She has a penchant for life-long learning and is avidly interested in technology platforms that power human learning and talent development. She is an alumna of BITS (Pilani) and XLRI (Jamshedpur).