Nikhil Pathrabe

Nikhil Pathrabe is an Applications Engineer, Staff at Synopsys Inc, with several years of experience in chip design, specializing in SoC physical design and synthesis. Nikhil's key responsibilities include synthesis, floorplanning, placement, power planning, clock tree synthesis, routing, ECO, and sign-off, demonstrating proficiency in Tool Command Language and timing closure alongside STA. Nikhil has worked with advanced technology nodes, including TSMC-3nm and Samsung 7nm. Prior to their current role, Nikhil served in various engineering positions at Synopsys and worked as a Variable Frequency Drive Engineer at Siemens. Nikhil holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Nagpur University and a Master of Technology in VLSI from Vellore Institute of Technology.