Senior Hardware Engineer
Current- Built up hands on expertise of automated layout place and route tools and flows (ICC2). Using those tools, completed several iterations of the NOC layout, ultimately delivering LVS/DRC clean, timing converged NOC layout.- Leveraged ICC2 skills and contributed to PE layout and delivery of the POD layout. Played a key role in resolving pin placement issues.- Led numerous ECOs internal to the datapath using cadence virtuoso and led layout implementation data path sub-blocks which were added to the PE Datapath module.- Played a lead role in resolving Synopsys ICC2 and Cadence Virtuoso interaction issues including resolution of paratic extraction and integration issues.