Industry Webinar

Solving the Hard Problems: Combining AI and Physics for PCB Design

Sergiy Nesterenko Founder and CEO

ABOUT

Sergiy Nesterenko is the CEO of Quilter, having founded the company in 2019. Sergiy has led the development of the industry's first fully autonomous physics-driven AI for electronics design, which has already been adopted by R&D teams in aerospace, automotive, and defense industries. Sergiy is revolutionizing PCB design through physics-driven AI automation that compresses weeks of manual layout work into hours. Previously, Sergiy spent five years at SpaceX as a Senior Radiation Effects Engineer, where he developed electronics for the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy second stage. His frustration with manual PCB design bottlenecks at SpaceX inspired Quilter's mission to transform hardware development velocity. Sergiy holds a triple major in chemistry, physics, and mathematics from UC Berkeley. A champion of ""Hardware-Rich Development,"" he frequently speaks on accelerating innovation through computational design and first-principles engineering.

Solving the Hard Problems: Combining AI and Physics for PCB Design

In partnership with Quilter

Sergiy Nesterenko is the founder and CEO of Quilter, a startup that automates printed circuit board (PCB) layout using advanced computational methods and physics. This keynote interview will explore his early career at SpaceX and how that connects to Quilter's innovative approach to PCB layout using a physics-based, AI-driven "compiler." Topics will include the technical challenges of PCB design, how Quilter solves them, and the real-world impact of the technology on engineering workflows, particularly for applications like test boards. The interview will also delve into the lessons he's learned from starting a new business and the future of electronics design.