Experience

QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, LTD.

• United Kingdom
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Staff CAD Engineer

  • Jul 2007 - Present

  •RF/Analog Simulation tools support and Integration in virtuoso design environment o Lead simulation support for RF/Analog group. Hold meetings to track all kinds of simulation related issues include Spectre/APS/SpectreX, APS-RF/SpectreX-RF, AMS, GoldenGate, AFS, Symphony and ADS with vendors. Worked closely with vendors’ AE to get simulation issues resolved in timely manners. o Evaluated and deployed new simulation tools to improve design methodology. Wrote customized SKILL script to expedite simulation flow in ADEL/ADEXL/Maestro. o Worked closely with IT and license team to make simulators work smoothly in LSF with license token and memory limit. o Provided key CAD contribute to project teams, wrote automation scripts to enhance design productivity, use CAD expertise to ensure project success and on time delivery. o Created new simulation flows to support new features from virtuoso and simulators. o Worked closely with circuit designers to resolve simulation convergence issue in analog/RF simulations. •Foundry PDK support and native PDK development o Performed QA and installation on foundry PDKs. o Interfaced with Foundry to track PDK deliveries and bug fixes. o Acted as leading engineer on foundry PDKS to support design teams. o Defined native PDK requirements, created devices in Virtuoso. o Implemented tools to enhance productivity using SKILL programming. o Develop CDF, callbacks, symbols, pcell, and technology files. o Design test cases, create regression automation flow and perform QA on all aspects of PDKs. •Day to day CAD support to Design teams o Resolved all kinds of schematic/layout design related problems in Jira system. o Supported design teams tape out. o Provide custom SKILL utility for users to enhance productivity. o Debug and solve EDA tools problems and feedback to vendors. o Maintain and update online design manual Database. Show less



Conexant

• United States
• Semiconductors
• 300 - 400 Employee

• RF CAD Engineer

  • Jul 2006 - May 2007

  • PDK development Defined PDK requirements, created Cadence device. Implemented tools to enhance productivity using SKILL programming. Develop CDF, callbacks, symbols, schematic/layout pcell, and technology files. Design test cases, create regression automation flow and perform QA on all aspects of PDK. • RF/MS CAD tools and methodology development and projects support Evaluated and deployed new EDA tools to improve design methodology. Wrote customized SKILL script to expedite simulation flow in ADEL/ADEXL/OCEAN Created simulation regression/benchmark flows for different simulators Provided key CAD contribute to project teams, wrote automation scripts to enhance design productivity, use CAD expertise to ensure project success and on time delivery Worked closely with EDA vendors to define EDA tools flows/features to meet design team requirements, report and track all simulation bugs Worked closely with foundry for bug fix and improving foundry PDK Supported all kind of tapeout • CAD support to Technology Integration team and Design team Setup Cadence project in OA/CDBA environment Added custom SKILL utility in ADEL/ADEXL/VXL to enhance productivity Debug and solve Cadence related problem Maintain and update online design manual Database Provide key support to global design teams Key contributor to resolve all kinds of simulation problems for global design teams Show less