Atun Tripathy — Software Engineer
I am an experienced ASIC Physical Design Implementation engineer with nearly 11+ years in the semiconductor industry, specializing in CAD development for place-and-route (PnR) stages. Throughout my career, I have successfully completed over 10 tapeouts, working on cutting-edge technologies ranging from 2nm to 28nm nodes. My expertise spans the entire PnR flow, including floorplanning, power grid creation, placement, clock tree synthesis (CTS), routing, and timing closure. I have deep knowledge of standard cell profiling, library usage, and low-power design strategies, with extensive experience in multi-power domain partitions and Unified Power Format (UPF). I am adept at optimizing power, performance, area, and runtime (PPA) across diverse designs and have contributed to benchmarking and developing design methodologies for efficient PnR implementations. I have hands-on experience in physical verification, synthesis, static timing analysis (STA), and timing closure at the partition level. Additionally, I excel at design planning activities such as technology node selection, metal stack decisions, library and memory choice, and track/VT selection, ensuring robust and efficient designs. Beyond technical skills, I have successfully led small implementation teams, coordinating parallel efforts across multiple teams to drive design convergence and resolve critical design challenges. I enjoy finding flow optimizations and design recipes that accelerate tapeout readiness. Tools I work with: Fusion Compiler, ICC2/ICC, Innovus (PnR), DCT (Synthesis), PrimeTime (STA), RedHawk (IR), STAR-RC (Extraction), Calibre (PV), and extensive TCL scripting. I am passionate about delivering high-quality physical designs that balance power, performance, and area, and I am open to new opportunities where I can leverage my skills to drive successful tapeouts and team collaboration.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Semiconductor Physical Design Engineer with extensive experience in ASIC design and PnR methodologies.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 12 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Asic Physical Design
- Pnr Flow Development
- Low-power Implementation
- Pnr Implementation
- Design Methodology Development
- Synthesis
- Timing Closure
- Physical Design
Career Highlights
- 11+ years in ASIC Physical Design Implementation.
- Expertise in PnR flow from 2nm to 28nm nodes.
- Led teams to drive design convergence and optimize tapeouts.
Work Experience
Intel Corporation
Senior Physical Design Engineer (3 mos)
Physical Design CAD Engineer (2 yrs 2 mos)
SoC Design Engineer (1 yr 9 mos)
Synopsys Inc
Senior Application Engineer II (4 yrs 3 mos)
Tessolve
Physical Design Engineer (11 mos)
Altran
Physical Design Engineer (2 yrs 5 mos)
Open-Silicon
Physical Design Intern (8 mos)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Junior Research Fellow (6 mos)
Education
Master's Degree at Vellore Institute of Technology
Bachelor's Degree at Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha
10+2 at college of basic science and humanities
High School at Sacred Heart School, Rayagada, Orissa