Anton Lawrendra

About Anton Lawrendra

Semiconductor professional with 13 years experience designing CPUs, GPUs, embedded FPGAs, supercomputers, transformer ASICs, inference chips, and more.

Experience

1. Sr Staff Physical Design Engineer

   Tesla

   Sep 2024 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US

   To ExpectTesla\'s Autopilot AI Silicon Development Team is looking for experienced, highly skilled VLSI engineers who enjoy working across the logic, circuit, methodology, and physical design levels. Our physical design team is growing to tackle a wider range of projects, building on our in-house SOC design expertise. This position entails the design, construction and integration of SOCs, IP, circuits, tool flows, and methodologies into systems using advanced technologies - from definition through characterization.What You\'ll Do-Lead and drive large design blocks and SOCs from early design stage to tape out-Floorplan and partition designs to meet area, timing, and power requirements-Construct high-speed blocks, from synthesis, place, and route, out through timing, physical, and -electrical closure to meet performance, robustness, reliability, and power targets-Read RTL, understand block micro-architecture, perform RTL modifications and prove logical equivalence as neededWhat You\'ll Bring-Engineering degree in a related field, or equivalent experience -10+ years of industry work experience in VLSI/IC design -Knowledge and experience with logic design and synthesis tools and techniques-Proficient in place and route tools and approaches -Proficient in timing and electrical analysis in advanced nodes, including high-frequency design closure, IR drop, power, and reliability -Skilled with CAD tools and scripting languages (Perl or Python)-Understand cell and transistor level digital circuit design, memory and clock structures, and design methodologies -Good understanding of RTL, DFT, and microarchitecture -Good communication skills and a demonstrated team player-Flexible and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment-Experience in any of these areas is a plus: SOC level physical integration and validation, Post-silicon characterization

Education

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

• Valley Christian High School

  High School Diploma

Skills

• Verilog
• Asic
• Static Timing Analysis
• Microprocessors
• Processors
• C
• Electrical Engineering
• Computer Science
• Java
• Unix
• Vlsi
• Computer Engineering
• Cadence Virtuoso
• Computer Architecture
• Linux
• Semiconductor Device
• Fpga
• Cpu Design
• Soc
• Computer Hardware
• Digital Ic Design
• Semiconductors
• Cad
• Integrated Circuit Design
• Rtl Design
• Logic Synthesis
• Python
• Scripting
• Embedded Systems
• Microarchitecture
• Logic Design
• Physical Design
• Hardware Architecture
• Cmos
• Microfabrication
• Analog Circuit Design
• Digital Signal Processors
• Arm
• X86
• Low-Power Design