R&D Project Manager (Tape-Out)
Cirrus Logic, Inc. — Fremont, CA — 1992–1995
Responsibilities
- Managed a cross-functional tape-out group bridging R&D, Engineering, and Manufacturing teams.
- Coordinated with CAD/support, circuit design, and mask engineering groups; served as Cadence vendor liaison; and implemented ISO 9000 design control requirements.
Accomplishments
- Maintained 24-hour metal-mask and 3–5 day all-layer tape-out SLAs with zero defects.
- Maintained Sun cluster, backups/DR; led juniors; supported design/test/release tools.
Tool Set
Magic, Cadence DFII, Dracula, UNIX/Sun, Shell, Make, SCCS, C/C++