Didier Margairaz

Didier Margairaz has nearly 30 years of experience in the Radio Frequency field and 21 years of experience at managing highly skilled engineering teams, from RF application engineers to RFIC design engineers. He is involved in every step of the IC product life cycle, from the architecture design down to the block level specifications and up to the production and the release to customers. His experience extends to large companies like STMicroelectronics, as well as mid-size companies and startups.

Didier was a co-founder and VP of engineering at Xceive Corporation, a startup delivering the first fully integrated TV Tuner that sold in the PC TV market and later in the High‑End TV markets. He joined Quantenna Communications where he managed the production of several generations of state-of-the-art AP chips for high-order Mi-Mo Wi-Fi Systems. At Quantenna, now ON semiconductor, his expertise as a senior leader was instrumental in building and securing global teams of RFIC Design Engineers. His passion for innovation and perfection allowed his teams to grow as World-Class design teams.

Didier is author or co-author of many patents on circuits and systems. He holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanneis.