Summary
Ryan Child is a Principal Member of Technical Staff at AMD with 14 years of engineering experience and a 12-year focus in digital IC design, specializing in RTL synthesis, place-and-route, static timing, power analysis, and design for testability. He combines deep physical-design expertise with tool and flow development using Perl, Python, Tcl and Unix shells to optimize tile construction and verify electrical robustness and equivalence. Ryan’s background spans hands-on firmware, tester hardware, and systems administration, giving him a rare full-stack hardware-software perspective for silicon delivery. He holds a BS and an MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering (4.0 GPA) from the University of Cincinnati and originally trained as a cellist, a detail that hints at disciplined creativity and collaborative performance under pressure. Based in Fort Collins, Colorado, he is known for pragmatically rewriting RTL and re-floorplanning designs to meet aggressive frequency and power targets while ensuring manufacturability.
14 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
BM, Violoncello, BM, Violoncello at University of Cincinnati
English, Chinese