Physical Design Engineer with 4.5 years of experience in 4nm, 5nm, 7nm, and 16nm nodes.
Good analytical skills about overcoming congestion and techniques about optimization in Placement and CTS.
Strong expertise in analyzing timing reports and resolving design/timing violations.
Strong background in optimizing design performance, area, and power while meeting timing and verification requirements.
Have worked on subsystem level covering complete physical design flow from synthesis, STA, placement & routing (PnR), and clock tree synthesis (CTS) to GDS merge and chip finishing.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Senior Design Engineer
Tessolve Semiconductor Private
10.2024 - Current
Successfully delivered multiple subsystems to tape-out across advanced nodes.
Performed subsystem-level partitioning, and provided pin placement feedback with optimized macro placement to improve timing and routability.
Optimized clock tree design by resolving skew issues, ensuring balanced insertion delay, and improved timing margins.
Hands-on experience in custom CTS methodologies to address unique clocking challenges, and enhance design performance.
Hands-on experience in early-stage clock planning for critical subsystems, improving timing margins, and reliability.
Executed post-route ECOs for timing, functional, and DRC fixes, reducing closure cycle time.
Design Engineer II
Tessolve Semiconductor Private
09.2022 - 10.2024
Implemented strategies for multi-domain floorplanning and placement, optimizing performance, and reducing congestion.
Resolved congestion hotspots through iterative floorplan refinement and congestion-driven placement strategies.
Performed early clocking for memory blocks, achieving minimal skew necessary for robust timing closure.
Proficient in hotspot analysis and optimization, reducing closure cycle time, and improving QoR.
Executed timing ECOs while preserving shorts, hotspot integrity during the final ECO stage, achieving clean sign-off.
Implemented duty cycle correction techniques to minimize jitter and improve clock reliability.
Design Engineer
P2F Semiconductors
08.2021 - 08.2022
Handled blocks with critical timing requirements, achieving closure across multiple corners and modes.
Managed critical clock and memory blocks, ensuring minimal skew, and robust timing margins.
Performed ECOs on critical paths without disturbing final-stage fixes, ensuring a clean sign-off.
Maintained project timelines by optimizing closure cycle time, and ensuring on-time handoff to integration teams.