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JAI RAM MEENA

Summary

Passionate VLSI Engineer with 8 years of experience in synthesis and physical design, Expertise in driving design closure through optimized implementation methodologies. Looking to join a dynamic organization where I can apply my technical expertise, mentor teams, embrace emerging technologies, and contribute to the development of next-generation semiconductor products.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Staff Engineer

Synopsys
Bangalore
07.2025 - Current
  • Supporting key customer (Microsoft) for various critical issue & latest tool enhancement deployment into pnr flow related to fusion compiler
  • Driving weekly Tech meeting with Customer to provide update on issues & new feature/tool enhancement.
  • Managing & leading India AE team responsible for supporting the Microsoft account.
  • Worked closely with customer on TSMC 2nm & 3nm tech node to resolve flow issues & tool related bugs.
  • Supported & resolved various critical issues like PNR full flow runtime, FC-PT correlation, congestion/shorts, antenna miscorrelation (fc vs calibre), timing convergence, MAX tran/cap recipe etc.
  • Worked on critical block for full flow (syn & pnr) total runtime reduction from 14 days to 8.5 days & delivered recipe to customer.
  • Compiling & sending weekly team work status report to management.
  • Using internal AI tools to create utility for debug & automate the tasks
  • Running latest feature enhancement test regression(SQS, EIM, ERI, EZI, Early GR, TEP etc.) & providing feedback to RnD.
  • Visiting customer site to provide onsite support & build strong relationship with customer.

SOC Design Engineer

Intel
Hyderabad
07.2018 - 06.2025

1. Server Soc, Intel3
Responsibilities:
January 2024 – June-2025

  • Implemented critical multi voltage block with 250k instance count, 59 macros, 294 TSV, achieving 2.8GHz frequency.
  • Synthesis, scan insertion, and complete PnR implementation and signoff were performed.
  • Floor planning of Hard Macros, voltage area & SPG with TSV placement guidelines are major task.
  • Timing convergence & latency targets are critical, for timing closure & latency targets multiple experiments were done (Data path controlling, Level shifter placement planning, RTL/architecture changes, skew groups, temp clocks, H tree)..

Responsibilities: March 2023 – December 2023

  • Executed block implementation of 1 critical block of 1M instance count & 2.8 Ghz frequency.
  • Tasks included Synthesis -> Scan insertion -> Complete PnR Implementation.
  • Floor planning of Hard Macros, voltage area & SPG with TSV placement guidelines are major tasks.
  • IR/RV & PDN checker review Ownership of 4 blocks.

2. Network, Tsmc 5nm: April 2022 – Jan 2023
Responsibilities:

  • Handled implementation of 1.1 & 1.2 M instance count block.
  • Tasks included Synthesis -> Scan insertion -> Complete PnR Implementation.
  • Floor planning of 100 Hard macros in 1 partition.

3. Discrete Graphics, Tsmc 7nm: July 2021 – March 2022
Responsibilities:

  • Handled 0.8M instance count block.
  • Pipeline placement of register & implemented multi source clock tree synthesis.
  • Worked on RV analysis along with partition implementation.

4. Discrete Graphics, Tsmc 7nm: Oct 2020 – June 2021
Responsibilities:

  • Handled 2 critical partition of 1.7M & 2.4GHz, 1.2M & 2.4Ghz.
  • Tasks included Synthesis -> Scan insertion -> Complete PnR Implementation, ECO implementation & sign-off.
  • RPD placement based on the data flow for timing closure.
  • High run time & utilization were major challenges to close design on time.

5. Discrete Graphics, Tsmc 7nm: June 2020 – oct 2020
Responsibilities:

  • Handled 1.7M instance & 2.4GHz freq. block implementation.
  • Tasks included Synthesis -> Scan insertion -> Complete PnR Implementation, ECO implementation & sign-off (timing, caliber & PDN)
  • Floor planning of RPD’s for timing closure based on data flow.
  • Routing & high utilization of partition were major challenges of the design.

6. Discrete Graphics, Tsmc 7nm: April 2020 – MAY 2020
Responsibilities:

  • Handled implementation of 2 routing critical partitions in ECO phase
  • Task included timing, caliber, RV closure.
  • Assisted RCGs during implementation in Eco implementation.

7. PCH Design, Intel 14nm (A0& B0): August 2018 – March 2020
Responsibilities:

  • Handled implementation of 2 very complex multi voltage blocks of 1.7M & 0.7M instance count.
  • Tasks included Synthesis -> Scan insertion -> Complete PnR Implementation, ECO implementation & sign-off (timing, caliber & PDN).
  • Successfully resolved 10K shorts with various floorplan experiments.
  • Timing & RV closure were the main challenges in the design.
  • Provided timing, caliber & RV Eco tcls for various partition during Eco Phase.

Education

M.Tech - Control System

IIT Kharagpur
06-2018

B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

NIT Uttarakhand
06-2015

Skills

  • Synthesis
  • PnR
  • Static Timing Analysis
  • IR/RV
  • PPA
  • Fusion Compiler
  • Design Compiler
  • ICC2
  • Prime time
  • DSOai
  • Fusionai
  • VCLP
  • LEC
  • TCL

Area Of Expertise

  • Physical Design Implementation (Floor planning, Placement, CTS and Route).
  • ASIC Synthesis, Static Timing Analysis, IR/RV.
  • Latest FC enhancement testing & deployment in flow to improve PPA

Achievements

  • Published Paper in SNUG & TecBuzz (intel internal) titled “Ml Based Sd Flows”
  • Published Paper in IEEE 58th conference on Decision and Control titled “Direct H∞ Synthesis of Reduced Order Controllers for a Class of single-Input Plants”
  • Awarded Institute Silver Medal as Appreciation for Securing Highest CGPA in B.Tech

Personal Information

Date of Birth: March11, 1993
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Languages: English, Hindi

Timeline

Sr. Staff Engineer

Synopsys
07.2025 - Current

SOC Design Engineer

Intel
07.2018 - 06.2025

M.Tech - Control System

IIT Kharagpur

B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering

NIT Uttarakhand
JAI RAM MEENA