Ravikanth Suravarapu — Director of Engineering
HIGHLIGHTS 1) 23 years of hands on working experience (20yrs in Austin, USA and 3yrs in Bangalore, India) in Cellular/WiFi/GNSS RFIC system architecture definition and CMOS analog, RF/mmwave IC design with more than 2 billion transceivers shipped into 2G/3G/LTE/5G mobile phones 2) Established and grew the MediaTek Analog/RFIC team in Bangalore from 0 to 25 members, building a high- performing group from the ground up - Mentored, trained, and managed the new team to successfully execute on WiFi 6, WiFi 7, and GNSS wireless transceivers which are now going into high volume mass production 3) Vast experience in product definition, understanding standard documents, developing system budget spreadsheets, architecture definition, deriving circuit level specifications, circuit design/layout and taking an IC from conception to mass production 4) Expertise in leading an IC design/layout team, working with digital and communication algorithm teams for control and calibration definition, lab debug, working with platform team for platform level evaluation and final test characterization 5) Proven track record of managing design/layout resources and working with off-shore teams to execute on tight schedules and delivering first pass silicon success 6) Solid hands on experience with CAD tools (Spectre/SpectreRF/Calibre/EMX/HFSS), MATLAB, ADS, PERL, Verilog
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 22 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Ic Design
- Team Leadership
- Product Development
Career Highlights
- 23 years of experience in RFIC design
- Led team growth from 0 to 25 members
- Proven track record in IC mass production
Work Experience
MediaTek
Director of Engineering (Analog/RFIC Design) (3 yrs 9 mos)
Deputy Technical Director (8 yrs 4 mos)
Senior Technical Manager (1 yr 11 mos)
Senior Member of Technical Staff (1 yr 10 mos)
ST-Ericsson (acquisition of NXP/Silabs Wireless group)
Principal Design Engineer (1 yr 8 mos)
NXP (acquisition of Silabs Wireless group)
Senior Design Engineer (1 yr 3 mos)
Silicon Laboratories
Senior Design Engineer (1 yr 8 mos)
Design Engineer (2 yrs 6 mos)
Education
MS at Oregon State University
B.Tech at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras