Resume
Rebecca Espigares Martin
Sr. Staff Verification Engineer — Synopsys Inc.
Over 15 years of experience designing and validating the scientific software that the aerospace, semiconductor, and defense industries depend on. Deep expertise in electromagnetics simulation and EDA verification — from building HFSS SBR+ at Delcross to leading HFSS verification at Ansys. Rigorous, systematic, and able to operate at the intersection of physics, mathematics, and large-scale software engineering. Fluent in Python, C++, and Fortran.
Education
MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of California, San Diego, CA
Analytical & Numerical Methods · Parallel Computing · Electrodynamics · Antenna Design · Detection Theory · Digital Signal Processing
BS & MS in Telecommunications Engineering
Universidad de Granada, Spain
EM Fields · Computer Architecture · VHDL · Microwave Engineering · Linear Algebra · Signals & Systems
Exchange Student — Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of California, Davis
Education Abroad Program. Recipient of the La Caixa Fellowship for graduate studies in the US.
Languages
Honors & Awards
La Caixa Fellow
One of Spain’s most prestigious scholarships for graduate study abroad. Funded MS studies at UC San Diego.
Research Fellow
Research fellowship at UC San Diego, Computational Magnetics group under Prof. Vitaly Lomakin.
Chancellor Award — Best Transcript
Universidad de Granada. Awarded for academic excellence across the full Telecommunications Engineering program.
Publications
“Exploration of Multi-Objective Particle Swarm Optimization on the Design of UWB Antennas”
EuCAP 2009“Effect of Thermal Fluctuations on the Performance of Particulate Media”
IEEE Trans. Magnetics, 2013Professional Experience
Sr. Staff Engineer, Verification Engineering
Synopsys Inc — San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- • Leading verification engineering at the world’s largest EDA company
- • Building verification infrastructure and quality standards for Synopsys’ multi-physics suite
- • Driving cross-functional verification strategy with engineering and release teams
Ansys Inc
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
- • Directed technical verification strategy for HFSS R&D at engineering leadership level
- • Led cross-team feature sign-off, quality reviews, and regression policy
- • Owned end-to-end verification strategy for HFSS, the industry-standard EM simulator
- • Designed automated testing infrastructure deployed across global release cycles
- • Mentored engineers; established and enforced verification standards
- • Full product ownership for HFSS feature quality; bridged QA and product management
- • Led feature readiness reviews and cross-functional release coordination
- • Built Python-based test frameworks integrated into the CI release pipeline
- • Developed and maintained testing infrastructure used by distributed global QA teams
- • Joined via Delcross acquisition; continued Savant SBR+ R&D in the Ansys EM solver group
Electromagnetics Engineer
Delcross Technologies — Chicago, IL
- • R&D on Savant, the ray-tracing engine powering HFSS SBR+ for aerospace and defense
- • Implemented Array Antenna Support for phased-array analysis at full-wave fidelity
- • Built hybridization interfaces with CST Microwave Studio and WIPL-D
Graduate Research Assistant
UC San Diego — San Diego, CA
- • Research under Prof. Vitaly Lomakin in the Computational Magnetics group
- • Developed a micromagnetic particle simulator in Fortran with CUDA acceleration
Professional Researcher
Universidad de Granada — Spain
- • Designed an FDTD EM compatibility simulator for EADS-Airbus under EU 7th Framework Programme
- • Developed multi-objective optimization for UWB antenna design
Researcher & Developer
British Telecom / Fulvens Ltd — BT Mobility Research Centre, UK
- • Developed AI capabilities for a VoIP communication system
- • Tested WiMAX prototype hardware; built a research portal in JSP and MySQL