The candidate is applying for a Physical Design Engineer position and has over 1 year of experience in ASIC physical design. He has an advanced diploma in ASIC design and his skills include place and route, low power design, timing closure, and familiarity with design tools like Synopsys ICC and Calibre. He believes he can make significant contributions to the employer and looks forward to discussing the role further in an interview.

1. The HR Manager,
Dear Employer,
I am interested to apply for the position of PHYSICAL DESIGN ENGINEER.
I am enclosing my resume along with this cover letter that shows my well-built educational
background in the field of Physical Design. I have 1 year of VLSI industry experience in ASIC
Physical Design & done Advanced Diploma in ASIC Design at RV-VLSI Design Center,
Bangalore .The environment over there helped me a lot in improving my technical skills .I
feel that I can make significant contributions to your firm.
I would like to work with your organization. It would be a pleasure to Interview with you and
I am looking forward to hear from you soon.
• Expertise in Place & Route, Low Power design, STA, Logic Synthesis, Floor-planning,
CTS, Timing closure, DRC, SI issues
• Familiar with all aspects of ASIC integration including Floor planning,
Clock and Power distribution, global signal planning, I/O planning and hard IP
integration.
• Familiar with typical SoC issues such as multiple voltage and clock domains, ESD
strategies, mixed signal block integration, and package interactions.
• Familiar with Power budgeting, timing and physical convergence.
• Netlist to GDSII Implementation
o Floor plan, pin placement & special low power cell insertion , Place & Route,
Clock tree synthesis, Routing and optimization using Synopsys ICC and
SoC Encounter
o Static timing analysis using prime time and eco implementation in PNR tool.
o Signoff includes timing, DRC, ERC and LVS using Calibre and Quartz DRC.
• Good knowledge of TCL scripting.
• Resolving design and flow issues related to physical design.
• Physical & electrical verification, driving the signoff closure.
• Familiar with hierarchical design approach, top-down design.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
USIRIKAYALA SAIDULU