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CHIRANJAN NAYAK K

CHIRANJAN NAYAK K

Summary

3 years of work experience in Physical Verification and Physical design as Physical Design/Verification Engineer

4.6 + years of overall work experience for SOC and IP blocks in PNR, STA and IR Analysis till signoff as Senior/Lead Physical design Engineer

Hands-on experience in numerous SOC projects ranging from n3 to n28 nm’s.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Physical Design Engineer ,

Techsoc Technologies
08.2025 - Current
  • Worked on PNR of HTB block with ownership on ARM and NIC hierarchies including physical aware synthesis for IBM client. Met the required deadlines.

Design Specification

  • 1 to 1.5Ghz Frequency with 4.8M instance count
  • 5 nm low power design with 15 metal layers
  • 355 macros and 21k ports

Challenges Faced

  • Prects' timing violations
  • Congestion issue as array connectivity was critical
  • Certain flow issue causing high runtime in CTS

Senior Physical Design Engineer ,

Xeliumtech Technologies
12.2024 - 07.2025
  • Worked on Memory IP's for MediaTek client as direct contract

Design Specification

  • 800Mhz to 1.2Ghz Frequency with max 2M instance count
  • 2nm, 3nm, 7nm, 12nm design with metal layer ranging from 9metal layers to 15metal layers
  • 40 SRAMS

Challenges Faced

  • Critical congestion near the ports boundary
  • DRV fixes
  • Skew balancing issue as skew target was less

Physical Design Engineer ,

Quest Global Technologies
06.2021 - 12.2024
  • Worked on Memory IP's for MediaTek client

Design Specifications

  • 600Mhz to 1.6Ghz Frequency with max 3M instance count
  • 2nm, 3nm, 5nm, 7nm, 12nm, 28nm design with metal layers ranging from 7 metal layers to 15metal layers

Challenges Faced

  • Critical congestion as design was a very small sized
  • IR-EM issue
  • Metal ECO fixes after BTO
  • Setup and Hold fixes

Physical Verification Engineer ,

Altran Technologies
03.2018 - 06.2021
  • Worked on modems and CPU's block for Intel FAB

Design Specifications

  • 2.4Ghz Frequency with max 4M instance count and 17k ports
  • 10nm, 10nm++, 14nm, 22nm, 28nm design with metal layers ranging from 7metal layers to 12metal layers

Challenges Faced

  • Fixed the DRCs near hotspot region
  • Antenna, ERC fixes in the design
  • Crosstalk fixes which were impacting the timing
  • LVS cleanup in the S3 level

Education

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

VTU

Skills

  • Hands on experience from PNR to signoff
  • IR Analysis and fixes
  • STA and DRV fixes in Macro level
  • DRC, LVS and other signoff checks fix
  • PPA focused

TRAINING / COURSES

  • Physical Design Training. QSOCS technologies , Bangalore

Tools

  • ICC-1
  • ICC-2
  • ICV
  • Cadence Encounter
  • Innovus
  • PrimeTime
  • Voltus and redhawk tool

Timeline

Lead Physical Design Engineer ,

Techsoc Technologies
08.2025 - Current

Senior Physical Design Engineer ,

Xeliumtech Technologies
12.2024 - 07.2025

Physical Design Engineer ,

Quest Global Technologies
06.2021 - 12.2024

Physical Verification Engineer ,

Altran Technologies
03.2018 - 06.2021

B. Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

VTU
CHIRANJAN NAYAK K