James Harper — Product Manager
EDA veteran and physical design engineer with experience across the full RTL-to-GDSII flow. Deep knowledge and experience in optimization, clock tree synthesis, placement, legalization, routing, low power, and AI-enabled chip design. Experienced in all aspects of new product development, from vision to implementation to testing to delivery. Deeply involved in early development of Talus, IC Compiler II, and Fusion Compiler products. Skilled in debugging and deploying EDA flows. Passionate about user experience and usability -- envisioned and executed many prominent analytics tools in wide use internally and at customers. Experienced in cross-team collaboration and breaking through red-tape to complete the job. Effective communicator in small working groups and large presentations, training sessions, and conferences.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a semiconductor design expert with a focus on EDA tools and methodologies.
Location: Austin, Texas, United States
Experience: 25 yrs 4 mos
Career Highlights
- Expert in RTL-to-GDSII flow and EDA methodologies.
- Pioneered analytics tools enhancing user experience.
- Strong cross-team collaboration and communication skills.
Work Experience
NVIDIA
Senior EDA Methodology Architect (1 mo)
Synopsys Inc
Senior Director, Technical Product Management (6 mos)
Sr Architect, Product Engineering (6 yrs 5 mos)
Sr Staff Corporate Applications Engineer (7 yrs 3 mos)
Magma Design Automation
Principal Product Engineer - Clock Tree Synthesis (8 yrs)
Applications Engineer (1 yr 5 mos)
Staff Engineer - Design Services (1 yr 8 mos)
Education
BS at The University of Texas at Austin