Yash Dixit

Software Engineer

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India6 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in RTL2GDS implementation and physical design.
  • Proven track record in timing closure and physical verification.
  • Strong scripting skills for automation in chip design.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a VLSI design engineer with expertise in physical design and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Physical DesignTiming ClosureScripting

Other Skills

Place & RouteHigh-speed Digital DesignStatic Timing AnalysisPhysical VerificationTCLTcl-TkRedhawkCMOSOptimization TechniquesPNRPower OptimizationVerilog HDLAutomationDigital ElectronicsBash

About

Senior Physical Design Engineer specializing in full-chip & block-level RTL2GDS implementation. Expertise in: • Floorplanning & PnR • STA & Timing Closure • IR/EM Analysis • Physical Verification & Signoff • Flow Automation & Methodology Development. Currently at Qualcomm | Previously at Intel & STMicroelectronics Focused on delivering robust, high-frequency, low-power designs at advanced nodes.

Experience

6 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 9 mos
Average Tenure
9 mos
Current Experience

Qualcomm

Senior Physical Design Engineer

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • RTL2GDS Implementation.
Place & RouteTiming ClosureHigh-speed Digital DesignPhysical DesignStatic Timing AnalysisPhysical Verification+4

Stmicroelectronics

Sr. Design Engineer (Physical Design Engineer)

Jan 2023Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

  • RTL2GDS Implementation, Automation Lead - Chip Design Team.
CMOSOptimization TechniquesStatic Timing AnalysisTcl-TkPlace & RoutePhysical Verification+5

Intel corporation

Physical Design Engineer

Feb 2021Dec 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • I am a part of BigCore Layout team as a PDE.
  • Worked on layout convergence of Hierarchical
  • Data path (DP) and Register Files (RF) Designs including Block level floor planning, placement, Semi automatic routing, Physical Verification such as DRC and LVS, Reliability Verification( IR & EM checks ),
  • Parasitic extraction, Pre and Post Routing Static Timing Analysis (STA). Also Worked on various scripts on ICC2, Innovus, Primetime using TCL/TK , Bash scripting.
CMOSOptimization TechniquesStatic Timing AnalysisTcl-TkPlace & RoutePNR+2

Keenheads

Physical Design Intern

Jul 2020Oct 2020 · 3 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

  • Physical Design Intern.
  • ■■ Unix/Linux: ->
  • ● Manipulation in file through different Vi Editor, SED & AWK command.
  • ■■ Automation in TCL:
  • ● Created a script that will get the count types of particular Vt, drive strengths, cell types,
  • comb & sequential cells from a given Verilog netlist.
  • ● Created a script to create csv file which has the first column will be victim net, the second
  • column will be the top 2 aggressor net name and the third column will be total slack.
  • ● Created a script for a two different tech standard cell library, get the characteristics of each
  • cell in the library such as delay, max_cap, transition, area, input/output pins count, leakage
  • power, and created a comparison summary for user input cell.
  • ■■ Verilog HDL: ->
  • ● Simulation of different Verilog codes including MUX design with delay constraints, shift
  • registers, flip flops, etc using different modeling and user-defined primitives.
  • Tool used - Modelsim.
  • ■■ Synthesis: ->
  • ● Overview of USB Protocol, Synthesis Fundamentals, Methodology development using Yosys tool guide, Synthesis Flow Flush on USB Protocol, Synthesis of USB with and without constraints, and Calculation of Total Design Area using multiple TCL scripts.
  • Tool used - Yosys.
  • ■■ Physical Design: ->
  • ● Physical Design Concepts.
  • ● Placement of USB IP netlist using 180nm std cell library, performed placement with different Floorplan variation and compared with normal netlist placement results.
  • Tool used - Graywolf.

Vlsi expert private limited

VLSI Trainee Engineer

Jul 2019Jul 2020 · 1 yr · Noida Area, India

  • Foundation Of VLSI DESIGN Course.
  • Linux/Unix & Scripting (TCL,PERL,Python) (Project on Automation using TCL like Data Extraction of user input cell from .lib file, etc), TCL Scripts for Cell delay Calculation (STA).
  • Advanced Digital Electronics Fundamentals and Simulation of different circuits using Verilog Hardware Language using Modelsim.
  • Fundamentals of Electronics,Circuit theory,Device Physics,Semiconductor Physics, Analog Electronics, CMOS and Advanced Electronics Concepts.
  • CMOS Fabrication and VLSI Technology.
  • Standard Cells Layout Design.(Project on 90nm tech node using Cadence Virtuoso).
  • Fundamentals of Logic Synthesis,Static Timing Analysis, Parasitic Extraction. (Project on Standard circuit Delay Calculation using OpenSTA Tool).
  • Deep Understanding of Physical Design Flow and ASIC Design Flow.(Project on study of various files used at different stages of ASIC Design Flow).

Airports authority of india

Former Intern - CNS Department

Jan 2019Feb 2019 · 1 mo · Kolkata Area, India

  • Intern (CNS) DEPARTMENT || Intern Completion Certificate
  • Training was focussed on various Aeronautical Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Facilities.

Smart india hackathon 2018

Project - Automatic Traffic Control System (ATCS)

Feb 2018Apr 2018 · 2 mos · Greater noida

  • Stage 2 Finalist || Participation Certificate.
  • I made this Project with the help of "Arduino" for the Smart India Hackathon - Hardware Edition 2018.
  • About Project - Automatic Traffic Indication System with modified version of Indian Traffic System.

Education

Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jan 2016Jan 2020

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