R&D CAD Support Engineer

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

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