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Independent Contractor R&D Project Manager CAD Support Engineer Field Application Engineer Diagnostic Programmer Manufacturing Engineer Sales Engineer

Cirrus Logic, Inc.
1992–1995
Fremont, CA

R&D Project Manager

Responsibilities:

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Manage tape-out group ensuring timely tape-out processing for Engineering teams.

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Work with R&D CAD and support groups on tape-out related issues and tools.

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Work with the Circuits groups and the Mask Engineering group on tape-out related issues.

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Work with Cadence support personnel on tape-out and design database issues.

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Maintain communications and brief Engineering groups on tape-out requirements.

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Propose modifications to CAD tools to enhance tape-out processing in a heterogeneous design environment.

Accomplishments:

 
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Maintained 24 hour metal mask tape-out and 3-5 day all layer tape-out response times with zero defects.

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Served on the ISO9000 design control implementation team defining tape-out requirements.

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Maintained Sun cluster including backup and disaster recovery procedures.

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Maintained tape-out production design system and cell set environment.

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Provided leadership for  junior engineers.

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Supported Circuits group's design, test and release tools.

Tool Set

bulletMagic layout editor, Cadence DFII, Dracula
bulletUNIX on Sun.
bulletEmacs, Bourne and C Shell Scripts, Makefiles, SCCS
bulletC/C++
bulletProprietary S/LA Design Tools for schematic capture, symbolic layout, net-list generation and physical (CIF) to logical design verification.

 

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