Charles Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States

ASIC Physical Design and Methodology Contractor

Remote - Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States

ASIC Physical Design and Methodology Contractor

Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Founded and operated a PA small business aimed at supporting customers in need of software engineering expertise and/or additional business resources.

Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Designed, implemented and maintained an entire suite of custom software solutions for a small sized e-commerce company selling on 20+ venues.
• Responsibilities are wide ranging including website design, MySQL database design and management, venue API integration, web server maintenance, 3rd party software integration, custom web portals and employee management.
• Hired, managed and trained contractors and interns for short term projects to help mitigate increased workloads.

Remote - Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Continued execution of all team lead and engineering roles, described below, following the acquisition.
• Initiated and executed convergence efforts of our ASIC methodologies to Marvell’s existing methodologies with particular focus on floorplanning and design checking.
• Experience with the 5nm technology node.

Remote - Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States

• Team Lead and Subject Matter Expert for the Floorplanning Physical Design team responsible for defining and implementing the methodology used in early design planning and implementation of ASIC chips.
• Team Lead for the Physical Design Checking and Verification team responsible for defining and implementing the suite of industry standard and custom checks used to qualify our Fx-14 and Fx-7 ASIC chips, ensuring “first.
• Managed and automated the regular packaging and release of our ASIC design methodology scripts to both internal design teams and external customers.
• Demonstrated great versatility and quick ramp up through contributions to countless stretch assignments, outside of my normal scope, including, but not limited to automation of our IEEE 1687 ICL/PDL test methodology.
• Demonstrated excellent problem-solving and analytical skills by providing quick and effective solutions to critical issues.

Essex Junction, Vermont, United States

• Programmed the processes which enabled Back End of the Line (BEOL) Physical Design methodology for ASIC chips and IP
• Assumed multiple organizational and leadership roles within my group in addition to my Engineer level responsibilities.
• Managed and executed the Physical Design (PD) methodology team’s qualification of the IBM EDA tools used in the IBM ASIC methodology.
• Managed and executed the PD methodology team’s qualification of the models and tools used in the first PD ready design kit for IBM’s 65nm technology.
• Organized and managed the testing effort of new hierarchical tools and methodologies used in the physical design of IBM ASICs.
• Designed and maintained automated design analysis and floorplanning methodologies incorporating multiple CAD tools

Exton, Pennsylvania, United States

• Nearly two years of experience as an IBM contractor providing on-site network and desktop technical support to end-users at three separate customer locations.
• Designed processes used for building new workstations.
• Designed and maintained databases used for inventory management.