Andrew Dearborn Email & Phone Number

Austin, Tx, Us

Will be leading the development of on site HPC network that will support the hardware engineering efforts of our business division. This will segue into optimization of the current workload balancing system and the flows that will depend on it. This is an incredible opportunity for me as the division is small but profitable, and has the resources and backing of a huge corporation.

Austin, Tx, Us

As DevOps/IT:Root access across all networks, raising/owning new services, onboarding users, debugging system level errors, qualifying new OS for hardware work flows, installing packages, testing against representative work flows, and working with IT on rollout. Installed/owned these services: * Perforce - Source Control Management* Jenkins - CD/CI and nightly smoke tests* ELK - EDA license analysis* Grafana/Prometheus for license monitoring/notification* IPLM/PiCache - hardware design management* Slurm, Nomad, LSF - job Scheduling* Apache - Web publishing* FlexLM, LM-X - EDA License DaemonsAs CAD Technical Lead:* Compiled and Presented Team status at quarterly design review* Led effort to break up monolithic code base (HW flows, ad hoc tools) into discreet versioned resources* Led effort to adopt an Environment Modules workflow, where ENV settings for tools and services are centralized in modules.* Led effort integrate workload management (Slurm, LSF) into hardware flows. Wrote an abstract job submitter tool (Ruby) that is called via API calls in the flow.* Led effort to implement design management via Methodics IPLM. Installed services, wrote authentication layer (Python3/Pamela against FreeIPA), imported groups from FreeIPA, proposed SCM and workspace organizational models* Led effort to standardize workspaces, making them more collaborative between contractors direct employees in the United States.* Led unit/system testing effort within CAD and other teams* Brought in Concept Starvision to aid in DSPF pruning.* Led effort to qualify the workload manager (Slurm, LSF) via custom profiler. This helped immensely in understanding the performance penalties associated with job guard railing (Cgroups can be costly).* Collaborated with IT migrating Perforce from submit/proxy model to commit/edge model. Wrote Perforce blackbox test suite (Python3)* Manage production Python, Ruby/Rake, and Tcl environments

Austin, Tx, Us

Santa Clara, California, Us

Technical Lead on flow and command line tools for merging layout standard cells into PnR and Custom blocks and for netlisting the same. Flows wrapped command line tools inside of Lynx Design System (Synopsys) yielding support for any imaginable use model. Lynx, IC Workbench, Python, Tcl, PyOA (oaScript), pylint, tclcheckerArchitected and developed a platform for aggregating/analyzing top-level routing parasitics for the Stratix 10 device. 43 million D_NETs (with aggressors) extracted, enabling accurate timing modelling, resulting in higher yield and better QoR. Developed load-on-demand parasitic database to minimize time/space complexity; developed algorithms for identifying SPEF errors and aggressors. Tcl, Starvision, Make, PythonLed initiative on how to support early parasitic (SPEF, SPF) deliveries that are often missing/incomplete/dirty, enabling timely feedback, resulting in faster closure. Solely responsible for the checks and flows that became a Design standard for parasitic QA. Starvision, MakeLed initiatives that resulted in dramatic increases in code quality: (1) Developed a flexible and concurrent framework for regression testing applicable to any software project. Discovery and execution of system tests via Makefile; unit testing via unittest/doctest (Python) and tcltest (Tcl). (2) Solely responsible for a multi-language software project scaffold generator, providing base code for project definition, applications, modules, and the concurrent testing framework, automated documentation (Doxygen) and deployment MakefileSolely responsible for creating a Liberty Parser/API that preserved context, enabling applications that could create/modify/merge Liberty files. PythonSolely responsible for a multi-language software project scaffold generator providing base code for project definition, applications, modules, the concurrent testing framework, automated docs (Doxygen) and deployment MakefileAdopted/enhanced some existing in-house C++ tools

Led effort to introduce the netlist and design database visualization and debugging platform "StarVision" (Concept Engineering) resulting in a productivity boost across the design team. This platform would revolutionize how we solved problems involving any type or mix of netlists.Developed API for pruning hierarchical netlists, which greatly reduced job run time in various domains and simplified the creation of concise test cases. Starvision, Tcl Developed a robust net tracing API with configurable arcs. Starvision, Tcl Led development of a robust Static Connectivity Checks platform that provided textual/graphical debugging and support for test vectors of high complexity. Starvision, Tcl, Excel Developed connectivity quality checks and full chip netlisting for Aria 5 device. Synopsys ICC, TclArchitected and developed a Timing Correlation Framework that managed the submission and correlation of hundreds of parallel Hspice and PrimeTime jobs based on XLSX input. LSF, Python subprocess/threadingDeveloped application/methodology for creating a pruned netlist (Verilog) of a clock network (including side loads), enabling Design to quickly and effectively correlate timing between Primetime and Quartus (FPGA software). Starvision, TclTechnical lead on the Stratix 5 chip assembly platform. Cadence DFII, Layout, Composer, SKILL, IPC

Architected and developed a chip assembly methodology and tools (Modular Design) that would be standard on 5 technology nodes. The hierarchical tiler assembled the entire device in minutes and dramatically multiplied its value on each family member or engineering change. All placement data were relative; block description files were generated based on schematics, formulas, or manually via shorthand notation. Cadence DFII, SKILL, PerlSolely responsible for the core and visualizer of a robust shape-based DRD (Design Rule Driven) Layout editing platform . The use model was later adopted by Cadence Design Systems after close collaboration. Led or developed all tools. DFII, SKILLSolely responsible for the core and visualizer of a robust shape-based DRD (Design Rule Driven) Layout editing platform . The use model was later adopted by Cadence Design Systems after close collaboration. Led or developed all tools. DFII, SKILLCreated training modules for DRD Layout and SKILL programming and provided multiple weeks-long onsite training sessions for Layout and CAD Engineers at Altera Technology Center in Penang, MalaysiaSolely responsible for creation of a optimizer/placer/auto-router for a routing channel generation flow that reduced Schematic and Layout development time from weeks to seconds. The software would calculate optimal track pattern, shielding requirements, buffer locations/directions, divide long signals, place and route. Perl, DFII, SKILLSolely responsible for a physical net extraction API and de facto "mark net" command in Virtuoso Layout, greatly improving productivity and enabling SKILL based layout extraction for applications. API supported short handling, block/exit conditions, special devices, marker layers and finding shortest path. DFII, SKILLDeveloped abstraction layers to keep Layout applications generic. SKILLWrote simple runsets for Layout verification. Hercules

Led blocks on various flagship projects and technology nodes of various foundriesIdentified many inefficiencies that I would address as a CAD Engineer.Solely responsible for bringing up Altera's first Intranet web site, supporting web interfaces to various in-house command line tools. Apache, CGI (Perl)Architected a Bonding Diagram generation flow that leveraged the intranet to handle requests, manage lead frame repository, error check, view status; measured productivity increase of >10x due to decreased phone traffic, reduced human error and automation coded inside of AutoCAD. CGI, HTML, JavaScript, Perl, AutoLISPPerformed tape out duties, created layout test frames, reviewed EMIB data

Founded Quest Web Design as an umbrella for all my consulting activities, which included ground-up website design, graphic design and marketing consultation. Provided all technical software and design services; HTML, JavaScript, CGI, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Was de-facto internet connectivity consultant for the campus IT Department scripting for Trumpet Winsock, SLIP, PPP, and PPPoE. Performed installation and configuration of software and drivers for students and faculty in their homes and made hardware recommendations.

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