Pankaj Kukkal

Experience

Pankaj Kukkal is executive vice president of Advanced Chip Engineering for NXP Semiconductors. In this role, he is responsible for leading hardware R&D for microcontrollers, microprocessors, radio/infotainment, and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)/radar for the company. His primary focus is on innovation and accelerating our journey toward world-class digital SoC engineering, partnering closely with our Automotive Embedded Systems, Secure Connected Edge business lines and our Chief Technology Office in defining and executing the roadmaps needed to best serve our customers.

Pankaj is an experienced senior leader with demonstrated success in driving complex engineering projects, transforming organizations, and accelerating business results, with a background in hardware and software engineering, system design for emulation and prototyping, VLSICAD and validation.

Prior to NXP, Pankaj held executive leadership and engineering positions at Qualcomm and Intel, along with design engineer positions at startup Knowledge Based Silicon Corporation and Ricoh Electronics, Inc.

Education

Pankaj earned his Bachelor of Technology in electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, and his Master of Science in computer engineering from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.

Pankaj was a member of the Rady School of Management leadership program at the University of California, San Diego, and participated in the Leading for Extraordinary Results program at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.

Board Appointments

Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee, Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2)

Member of the Board and Finance Committee, Quintauris

Board Member, Technical Advisory Board, Cornami, Inc.

Interests/Hobbies

Pankaj enjoys skiing, hiking, the beach, celebrating festivals from various cultures, and spending time with his family.

Citizenship

United States

Languages Spoken

English, Hindi

Tenure

June 2023 – Present