Matt Liberty
VP Of R&D at University of California San Diego
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Top SchoolMatt Liberty is a veteran software and EDA engineering leader with over 30 years of development experience and a dozen years in senior R&D roles, currently serving as VP of R&D guiding the OpenROAD Project from Santa Barbara. He combines deep domain expertise in static timing, parasitic extraction, and signal integrity with practical C++ architecture skills—often focused on refactoring large legacy systems into clean, testable designs. Matt has led technical teams at Intel, Cadence, and Synopsys and now drives open-source ASIC tooling, contributing backend, CI/CD, and database work to prominent projects like OpenLane and OpenROAD. Known for prioritizing well-defined architecture and quality tests, he brings a pragmatic blend of research collaboration (UC San Diego) and product-focused engineering that accelerates complex EDA flows. An understated strength: he frequently surfaces and fixes subtle data-model and indexing issues that materially improve tool robustness and automation.
12 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Github Skills (30)
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c-language10
data-structure10
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automation10
asic10
database-design10
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data-structures10
automations10
cprogramming-language10
tcl10
debug9
gnu-make9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts
Jan 2023 - Mar 2023
OpenROAD's scripts implementing an RTL-to-GDS Flow. Documentation at https://openroad-flow-scripts.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & EDA Tools Specialist
DevOps Engineer & EDA Tools SpecialistContributions:1861 reviews, 72 commits, 1182 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Matt primarily focuses on adapting and refining the continuous integration (CI) environment within the open-source RTL-to-GDS flow project. They have made significant contributions to the nightly CI, adding and configuring various test benches and design examples for automated testing. Furthermore, the user has optimized the flow by addressing issues related to macro placement and power distribution networks, which enhances the robustness and accuracy of the place and route process. They also improved the script execution by adding options, and resolving issues from the make process.
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The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD
Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
OpenROAD's unified application implementing an RTL-to-GDS Flow. Documentation at https://openroad.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:5876 reviews, 2341 commits, 2638 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Matt's contributions focused on removing redundant code, fixing build issues, and enhancing data management within the OpenROAD project. Specifically, the user modified methods for instance management, created database access APIs for the GUI, and fixed indexing errors for efficiency. The user also addressed issues related to constraint handling and introduced optimizations in the storage of information.
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