OPEN TO RTL / ASIC ROLES
Arunachalam P
RTL DESIGN ENGINEER

I translate architectural concepts into cycle-accurate RTL and drive them through synthesis, placement, and routing. From behavioural description to tape-out ready silicon.

5+Silicon Projects
3Hackathon Awards
90nmNode Experience
RV32I

ECE undergraduate at Saveetha Engineering College (2023–2027) specializing in RTL Design, FPGA implementation, and ASIC physical design. My primary focus is on verifiable correctness, clean synthesizable code, and complete end-to-end silicon execution under strict PPA constraints.

Currently Building & Researching:
RISC-V SoCs FPGA Edge Accelerators Cadence ASIC Physical Design Flows
SYSTEM_CORE — ASIC_ENGINEERING
01
HDL & Languages
Verilog, SystemVerilog, C/C++, TCL, Python
02
Cadence EDA
Genus, Innovus, NC-Sim, Virtuoso
03
Synopsys EDA
Design Compiler, VCS, Verdi, PrimeTime
04
FPGA Tools
Vivado, Vitis HLS, Quartus Prime, PYNQ
05
Physical Design
Floorplanning, Placement, CTS, Routing
06
Protocols
AXI4, APB, UART, SPI, I2C, Wishbone
07
Verification
STA, CDC, Self-Checking Testbenches
08
Embedded & Arch
RISC-V RV32I, ESP32, PCB, LTspice
IF ID EX MEM WB
RISC-V Soft-Core SoC + ASIC Flow

End-to-end implementation of a 32-bit RISC-V (RV32I) 5-stage pipelined processor. Integrated with AMBA/APB interconnect, UART, SPI, and GPIO peripherals. Successfully driven through the complete Cadence ASIC Physical Design flow.

200 MHzTarget Freq
90nmGSCLIB Node
ZeroSetup/Hold Vio.
VerilogSystemVerilogCadence InnovusAMBA APB
MAC ACCELERATOR
Edge-Analytics IP Core (SEAP-1)

Finalist project for SAKEC x ChipMonk hackathon. A highly optimized 5-stage pipelined edge inference engine deployed on Spartan-7. Designed for minimal area footprint while maintaining deterministic real-time processing speeds.

6.8 µsLatency
<5%FPGA Util.
69/69Vectors Pass
VerilogSpartan-7XSim
CPU FPGA AXI-HP DMA
HW-Accelerated CNN Inference

Hardware/Software co-design for AI acceleration. The ARM Cortex-A9 delegates heavy matrix computations to custom FPGA fabric via AXI-HP DMA, achieving massive performance improvements.

6.6xSpeedup
150 msInference
~2xPower Red.
Vitis HLSC++Zynq-7020AXI4
AIR 17
VLSI For All Hackathon
NIT Jamshedpur (2025)
ADAS + FPGA Power Mgmt
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FINALIST
SAKEC × ChipMonk
FPGA Hackathon (2025)
Edge Analytics IP Core
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SELECTED
ARM Bharat AI SoC
National Hackathon (2025)
Hardware Accelerated CNN
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VLSI Design Intern
Nov 2024 – Jan 2025
Codec Technology, Chennai
Tools:
Vivado, Verilog, TCL, XSim
Impact:
Reduced timing debug iterations by 30%
  • Designed and verified an FPGA traffic-light controller from RTL to STA in Vivado, achieving Fmax >150 MHz.
  • Implemented systematic RTL schematic checks and automated TCL timing constraints for rapid synthesis.
  • Performed rigorous CDC (Clock Domain Crossing) analysis across multiple clock domains, eliminating metastability in I/O logic.
Engineering Intern
Jul 2024 – Sep 2024
NSIC Technical Services Centre, Chennai
Tools:
Proteus, C, Oscilloscopes
Impact:
12% Estimated Dynamic Power Reduction
  • Executed mixed-signal circuit design and simulation in Proteus, resolving component faults via structured hardware diagnostics.
  • Applied low-power design techniques and schematic optimization for efficient embedded deployments.
  • Delivered complete PCB layout, schematic capture, and verified hardware prototypes.
Engineering Resume
Comprehensive timeline of RTL projects, EDA tools, and technical experience.
RTL Design
FPGA Implementation
Physical Design
RISC-V Arch
Cadence EDA
Synopsys EDA
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ARUNACHALAM P
RTL Design · FPGA · ASIC
Saveetha Engineering College
Chennai · 2023–2027
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