Physical Design Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for physical design, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for package methodology and design related technical leadership to GLOBALFOUNDRIES product design, manufacturing, and sales communities.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Solid engineering development and debugging discipline
• Flexible and able to accommodate aggressive working schedule
• Super positive working attitude and team player
• Have knowledge on logic design, verification, synthesis and design for test
• Knowledge on most areas of ASIC methodology and tools
• Practical Engineer
• High self-learning abilities
• Extensive use of Virtuoso IC12.3

I would like to submit my application for the physical design opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for expert guidance to design engineers across the disciplines on problem solving methods and oversees the proposed solutions from other design engineers.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills are critical for working, influencing and collaborating with product development groups and CAD tool teams spread across the globe
• Experience and/or understanding of basic electronic circuit functionality and behaviors passive and active circuit structures
• Strong understanding of SRAM memory operation
• Experience with aging modeling and variation modeling methodologies, preferred
• Understanding of EM and IR drop analysis, preferred
• Requires prior knowledge in electronics or computers or software or electricity
• Can lead, coordinate, facilitate and monitor the daily activities of a small to large group of support resources within their section or project team
• Manage daily operations within their assignments, showing appropriate consideration for established project objectives and standard project methodologies

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the physical design position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for user support of CAD tools, assist with schematic entry and analysis in the integrated circuit design process.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Should have experience on Physical Design Methodologies and sub-micron technology of 28nm and lower technology nodes, also worked on Place & Route, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/Antenna)
• Should have experience on programming in Tcl/Tk/Perl to automate design process and improve efficiency
• Experience in complex SOC integration, Low Power and High Speed Design and Advanced Physical Verification Techniques
• Hands on experience with Synopsys APR tools and methodology for SOC design from RTL to full physical design convergence Design Planner, DC-T, ICC2, Primetime, Signal Integrity, timing constraints, IP sign-off
• Deep understanding of design methodology and tools features for optimal Product/IP Product level Performance/Power/Area
• Strong knowledge design implementation challenges and physical design methodology optimization in advanced silicon technologies FinFet, high resistive interconnect, double patterning, silicon variation
• SOC Chip Level Integration
• Expertise in SOC design Integration for Mobile Market o Standard Cell Library Architectures

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the physical design position.

Previously, I was responsible for feedback and implement enhancements as part of design methodology improvements to improve product cycle times.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Depth and Breath to be able to connect the dots and identify cross-discipline optimal solutions
• Experience in leading backend projects (interface with frontend/package/operations teams)
• Perfect understanding the whole place and route flow (“RTL to GDS”)
• Deep understanding of timing
• Very Large Scale Integration VLSI component design principles
• Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related
• All aspects of Physical Design including Floor Planning, Power Plan, Place and Route, Clock Planning and Clock Tree Synthesis, complex analog IP integration, Parasitic Extraction, Power / IR Drop (Static and Dynamic), Signal Integrity Analysis, Physical Verification (DRC, ERC, LVS), DFM and and Tapeout
• Expertise on Static Timing analysis , constraint development and sign off

I am excited to be applying for the position of physical design. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for methodology solutions for RF design bridging across the system, IC, package/module & PCB design domains.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Clear understanding in resolving issues related to Electro Migration, IR drop, Density, Parasitic Resistance and Capacitance, Noise Isolation, Device Matching and Antenna
• Experienced with UNIX, MS Windows and web based tools
• TCL and Perl mastery are a necessity
• Experience with Synopsys and/or Cadence physical design tools, Design Compiler, ICC, ICC2, Genus/Innovus, Mentor Calibre, spyglass, primetime etc used in the RTL2GDS implementation.Well versed with timing constraints, STA and timing closure
• Good automation skills in PERL, TCL
• Practical Engineer (Handesay) in Electronics/ Software Engineering /Bs.C in Electronics Engineering
• Stong knowledge of digital design, physical verification related checks
• Strong coding background in Perl, Tcl preferred