Jul 2024 – Sep 2024 · 2 mos

Aug 2021 – Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 10 mos

• AI/ML Flow Deployment: Successfully deployed Cadence AI/ML Flow (Cerebrus) in multiple customer Business Units (BUs), resulting in a recognition in 2023 DSG Q2-Q3 Worldwide Newsletter.
• The Cerebrus work done also led to a Cadence LIVE Paper and subsequent blog, showcasing potential
• testimonials for other customers.
• Also, implemented multiple Cerebrus Apps to enhance PPA across multiple designs, achieving a 5% reduction in floorplan physical area for one design with no degradation in power and performance.
• PnR Lead: Leading a PnR team to address critical customer issues, alongside delivering successfully multiple strategic initiatives like Cerebrus Flow, Smart Hierarchical Flow, and Joules X-replay leading to 12+ successive
• tapeouts in 2023.
• CAT Regression Flow Setup: Migrated customer's custom PnR flow to Cadence Stylus Flow, facilitating
• regression runs for multiple blocks, enhancing tool version predictability. Also enabled onsite regression runs, aiding customer migration to latest tool versions which enabled them to adopt new tool features.
• Knowledge Sharing: Conducted training sessions on Innovus PnR flow for customer new hires. Internally,
• organized knowledge sharing sessions within and across the teams on Cerebrus AI/ML flow and Joules XReplay.

Jan 2019 – Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Quality Execution and Customer Support: Ensured high-quality execution of strategic initiatives in PnR,
• addressing customer issues/concerns promptly and providing proactive support.
• Tool Enhancement and Article Contribution: Identified and resolved tool bugs, leading to multiple
• enhancements, and contributed solutions to Cadence Support Portal to reduce customer dependency on AEs which enhance organization’s productivity.
• Expanding Adjacency: Also supported the signoff STA requirements and addressed multiple issues, and
• received special recognition and appreciation from management.
• Effective Collaboration: Through effective collaboration with product engineering teams, TI SOCV libraries
• were successfully validated which facilitated the smooth migration of designs, contributing to multiple tapeouts.

Sep 2018 – Jan 2019 · 4 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Worked on 14nm Kuiper Project, owning multiple blocks with responsibilities including the complete PNR
• implementation.
• Gained experience on resolving DRCs with Caliber tool and managing Timing and Functional ECOs to address timing violations and quality issues.

Jul 2015 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Good exposure in backend ASIC design activities.
• Worked on Ultra High Speed IA Core IP with industry leading process technology.
• RTL-to-GDS implementation using Synopsys DC and ICC tools.
• Implemented ECOs to address functional bugs, timing and physical verification violations.
• Solid Understanding of Static Timing Analysis and timing constraints.
• Low Power implementation and Functional Verification.
• Reliability verification.
• Project# 3 Jan ‘17 – June ‘18
• Tools Used: Synopsys DCT and ICC, FEV
• Owned multiple complex Functional Unit Blocks.
• Responsible to meet the timing targets, power targets, reliability verification and functional equivalence.
• Started from synthesis of these blocks till the GDS implementation.
• Contributed in the floorplanning of the design exchange format (def) file for optimum location of ports.
• Also contributed in the optimization team to enhance the recipe of min delay fixer.
• Recognized for my contribution in timing fixes which helped other blocks in meeting the timing targets.
• Project# 2 Apr ‘16 – Dec ‘16
• Tools Used: Synopsys ICC, FEV
• Owned multiple complex Functional Unit Blocks.
• Responsible to meet the timing targets with the manual fixes in ICC.
• Last mile fixes done to gain in the frequency of the design after taking the silicon feedback.
• Project# 1 July ’15 – Mar ’16
• Tools Used: Synopsys ICC, FEV
• Owned multiple Functional Unit Blocks.
• Responsible to close the timing targets, power targets, reliability verification and functional equivalence.
• Manual ECO fixes done using the ICC tool to meet the required targets.

Jul 2011 – Apr 2012 · 9 mos