Kushal R. Shah

About Kushal R. Shah

Physical Design Engineer with 7+ years of experience working in the semiconductors industry. Skilled in Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) flow includes Synthesis, Place & Route, Power Analysis, Optimization, and SystemVerilog. Strong engineering professional with a Master of Science (M.S.) focused on Electrical and Computer engineering from Portland State University, Oregon.

Experience

1. Physical Design Engineer

   Intel

   Mar 2019 — Present · Hillsboro, OR, US

   Member of Block level Power, Performance, Area analysis (PPA) and Co-optimization team for Intel advanced technology nodes.• Design Bring-up on Synthesis/APR/Signoff flows.• PPA studies for advanced node technology definition using flavors of technology collaterals and co-optimization (DTCO).• Lead TFM enablement for multiple projects/blocks.(Enable PPA friendly vendor based Reference Flow/ production based flow and share optimized TFM recipes to design partners - Shift left through DTCO efforts)• Advanced Analysis Metrics construction using Standard EDA tools and Tcl and partner with SWI team for infrastructure improvements. • Ramp up / Mentor new team members and co-lead organization wide Learning Academy for new hires.

Education

• Portland State University

  Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and computer engineering

  2016 — 2018

• L.D. College of Engineering

  Bachelors of engineering, Electronics and communication

  2012 — 2016

Skills

• Power Analysis
• Static Timing Analysis
• C
• Programming
• Synopsys Primetime
• Cadence Innovus
• Design Rule Checking (Drc)
• Python
• Place & Route
• Java
• C
• Systemverilog
• Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (Asic)
• Ic Compiler
• Upf
• Floorplanning
• Tcl
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Parasitic Extraction(Pex)
• Cadence Virtuoso
• Verilog
• Microsoft Office
• Vlsi
• Primetime Ptpx
• Teamwork
• Synopsys Dc Compiler
• C++
• Layout Versus Schematic (Lvs)
• Logic Synthesis
• Social Media
• Very-Large-Scale Integration (Vlsi)
• Management
• Matlab
• Low-Power Design
• Microsoft Word