GitHub-first portfolio platform for hardware engineers
Connect your GitHub or GitLab repo, or upload directly. Syqnal renders your KiCad schematics, runs DRC and RTL simulation, plays back SPICE traces, and turns your hardware project into a hiring-ready record that engineers and recruiters can evaluate — no tool installs required.
View Top BuildersWhy Projects Matter
Across hiring signals and executive advice, the pattern is the same: build real things, show real depth, and make the work easy to inspect.
You just have to immerse yourself in it. You should just constantly be building.
He specifically called out Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and PCBs — the kind of hands-on proof that makes a difference.
Keep building things. Tinker. Tinker with circuits, software and craft. Do things with your hands. That will serve you well.
Pulse, his $100M acquisition by LinkedIn, started as a side project. The build habit was the foundation.
Demonstration, depth, and proactive work are what we look for.
Work people can inspect is easier to trust than interest alone. Specificity beats a broad technical identity.
Schematics, simulation traces, BOM decisions, and physical verification live outside any code commit. Syqnal scans your repo, renders the hardware artifacts, runs verification tools, and connects verified project work to hiring teams.
Most hardware proof dies in the folder it was built in — scattered across repos, lab notebooks, and explanations that change by interview. Connect your GitHub repo and these four steps turn that work into a verified, tamper-proof record that hiring teams can evaluate without needing a conversation.
The Project Record
Sarah Chen · Electrical Engineering
4-layer BLDC motor driver with field-oriented control
< $400 BOM · compact board · student-lab assembly
SPI telemetry over I2C for faster debug
Rev C stable bench demo · 94.2% peak efficiency
PCB Workflow
Upload every design artifact alongside your build log. Hiring teams see the full picture, not just a PDF.
ASIC Workflow
From floorplan to GDSII — upload your full RTL-to-GDS flow artifacts. Timing reports, IR drop maps, and layout files, all pinned to the project record.
Verification is how the same engineering record stays useful across all three lanes without losing the signal underneath it.
Connect your GitHub repo and Syqnal runs the tools — DRC, RTL simulation, timing closure, LVS, GDSII — on every push. Results are tied to the commit SHA. Not a certificate. An audit trail.
Open Builder LaneInstructor verification gives schools a direct way to endorse real engineering work. One educator can turn a class of projects into credible, tamper-evident records.
Open Educator LaneHiring managers can review the project, the artifacts, and the verification context together. That makes hardware talent easier to screen with more confidence.
Open Hiring LaneConnect your GitHub repo and Syqnal runs the tools — DRC, RTL simulation, timing closure, LVS, GDSII — on every push. Results are tied to the commit SHA. Not a certificate. An audit trail.
Open Builder LaneBuilders connect GitHub and tools run on every commit. Educators sign off on real engineering work. Hiring teams see the result — DRC clean, timing closed, GDSII produced — without needing to decode a resume or run the tools themselves.
The Syqnal Advantage
Product layers that help organizations read builders faster and with more confidence than a resume or portfolio alone.
Connect a repo and Syqnal auto-detects file types, commits a verification workflow, and runs EDA tools on every push.
NDA-protected projects stay on your record. Skills, discipline, and outcomes remain visible. Schematics, files, and client details stay hidden — the proof survives even when the IP can't be shared.
Structured fields for objective, constraints, trade-offs, and outcomes. Turns raw builds into readable engineering stories.
Automated CI tools run first — DRC, RTL lint, STA, LVS. Instructor review and mentor endorsement layer on top. A full trust trail, not just a claim.
Component lifecycle, stock risk, and pricing at 1/100/1000 units. EOL alternatives flagged automatically.
Open-source foundation
Syqnal uses the same open-source tools hardware engineers already work with — not a walled-garden stack. Custom viewers for everything else are built in-house.
