Ben Madden

Ben Madden is a seasoned engineering professional with extensive experience in physical design, particularly in high-performance semiconductor technologies. Currently serving as a Senior Physical Design Engineer at Lightmatter since 2019, Ben has previously held roles such as Principal Physical Design Engineer at Intrinsix Corp and SMTS ASIC/Layout Design Engineer at AMD, contributing to the physical design process from Verilog to final GDSII, notably working on advanced technologies down to 7nm FinFET. Prior experience includes serving as a Physical Design Engineer at LSI Corporation and an Electrical Engineer at GTE Microelectronics, focusing on the physical implementation of digital semiconductors. Ben holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Duke University, earned in 1989.