Analog / Mixed-Signal IC Design Engineer & EDA Automation Enthusiast
Ex Analog Circuit Simulation QA Intern @ Siemens DISW | GP @ Pearl Semiconductor | Senior Electronics and Communication Systems Engineering Student ASU ’27 | ASU Racing Team | USAID Scholar
I am a Senior Electronics and Communication Engineering student at Ain Shams University with a strong passion for analog/mixed-signal IC design, physical verification, and EDA automation. I love combining classical circuit design with modern scripting and agentic AI workflows to build efficient, automated EDA solutions.
- IC Design & Layout: Analog IC Design, Mixed-Signal (PLLs, SerDes), Full-Custom Layout, Physical Verification (DRC/LVS/PEX)
- EDA Tools: Cadence Virtuoso, Siemens EDA (Solido SPICE, Eldo, AFS, Calibre), Silvaco TCAD, Ngspice, QuestaSim
- Programming & Scripting: Python, C/C++, MATLAB, Shell (Bash), TCL
- Hardware Description: Verilog, Verilog-A
- AI & Automation: Agentic AI Workflows (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity)
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Analog Design Automation Tool: (Under Development) An open-source, AI-assisted framework automating
$g_m/I_D$ -based sizing, netlist generation, and Bayesian optimization with SPICE-in-the-loop. Supports 3 open-source PDKs (GF180MCU, SkyWater 130nm, IHP SG13G2) across multiple topologies including OTAs (Miller, Telescopic, Folded Cascode, Fully Differential), Power Management (LDO, BGR), and Oscillators. - Fully-Differential Telescopic Cascode OTA: High-gain OTA design, bias network synthesis, and pre-/post-layout simulation in TSMC 65nm.
- 6T & 8T SRAM Memory Design & Layout: TSMC 65nm full-custom layout, DRC/LVS/PEX verification, and SNM stability analysis.
- 4-bit Full-Custom ALU: Full-custom CMOS arithmetic logic unit in TSMC 65nm, spanning Verilog RTL, Vivado synthesis, Cadence Virtuoso transistor-level schematic, 1 GHz timing closure, and physical layout.
- Electromagnetic Waves - Gaussian Beam Propagation: MATLAB simulation and visualization of Gaussian beam propagation and lens focusing using the Angular Spectrum Method (ASM).
- Thermal & Statistical Physics Simulations: Interactive thermodynamic & statistical physics models with MATLAB GUI.
- Label-Free Double-Gate TFET Biosensor: Designed and optimized advanced TFET biosensors using Silvaco TCAD.
- LinkedIn: Ahmed Sherif
- Email: ahmed0sherif9@gmail.com