R&D CAD Support Engineer
Cirrus Logic, Inc. — Milpitas, CA — 1986–1988
Responsibilities
- Engineering support for proprietary Storage Logic Array (S/LA) design system; Quality Assurance, demos, product mgmt, training, docs, and technology files.
Accomplishments
- Defined and executed zero-defect tape-out review process ensuring reliable production releases.
- Authored scripts and C/C++ tools to automate Quality Assurance and regression testing.
- Accelerated microelement release cycle from weeks to 24 hours, significantly reducing design iteration time for engineering teams.
- Improved CAD resources and resolved Apollo GUI flow-control bug.
- Trained R&D engineers in advanced Emacs usage and workflow optimization.
Tool Set
UNIX (Sun/Celerity), Apollo Aegis, Emacs, Shell, Make, SCCS, C/C++, LISP, Storage Logic Array (S/LA) tools