Professional Experience

Over 21 years of expertise in semiconductor security

Manager of Analog Design Team and Expert Technician

November 2024 - Present XDIGIT | Meyreuil, France
  • Leading and managing the analog design team, supervising all phases of design, architecture, and project implementation
  • Developing strategic technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives and market trends
  • Driving innovation initiatives resulting in improved product performance and competitive advantage
  • Collaborating with executive management to align technical capabilities with business strategy
  • Managing cross-functional relationships with sales teams to provide technical leadership during pre-sales and post-delivery phases
  • Supervising technical evaluations and strategic cost estimates for client projects

Key Achievement: X-Band Receiver Development

Led the development of an X-band receiver with a 50MHz IF frequency and 20MHz bandwidth, managing the design of SAR ADC converters in 22FDX Global Foundries technology. Resolved design challenges related to high-speed sampling requirements and noise management, coordinating design teams to deliver a solution meeting specifications.

Manager, Custom Cells Design Team

June 2021 - November 2024 CORTUS SAS | Meyreuil, France
  • Directed the custom cells design team in a dynamic and growing semiconductor company
  • Led technical initiatives including PLL design for a European multicore system project
  • Implemented approaches to address complex technical challenges, resulting in improved product performance
  • Established technical governance frameworks and best practices for design and development processes
  • Collaborated with executive management to align technology roadmap with business strategy

Key Achievement: Variable Frequency PLL for European Processor Project

Led the development of a variable frequency PLL for a European processor project, coordinating teams across multiple companies and countries, serving as the primary technical liaison. Managed relationships with partners from Germany, France, and the Netherlands, resolving technical challenges to achieve a wide frequency range while maintaining phase noise performance.

Analog Design Engineer, later promoted to Custom Cells Design Team Manager

September 2016 - June 2021 WISEKEY SEMICONDUCTORS (NOW SEALSQ) | Meyreuil, France
  • Directed RF transceiver design in 0.13um/55nm for Type A and Type B communication on the ISO14443 protocol
  • Collaborated with executive management on strategic initiatives related to security solutions for IoT applications and smart cards
  • Progressed from an individual contributor role to a team management role
  • Led the Secured Analog Mixed-Signal, Power Management, and Non-Volatile Memory team in the IoT IC design group
  • Represented the company as a member of the AFNOR certification group for ISO14443 and ISO15693 RF communication standards
  • Developed and implemented security technology roadmaps aligned with emerging threats and market opportunities

Ph.D. Analog Design Engineer

October 2010 - September 2016 INSIDE SECURE | Meyreuil, France
  • Provided technical leadership and design methodology support to internal designers
  • Designed critical security components, including DCDC and communication interfaces (SWP, I2C, GPIO)
  • Developed security blocks, including RNG oscillators, VFO, and DLL for various products
  • Contributed to strategic technology planning for security solutions
  • Designed analog components: contact/contactless interfaces, frequency cells, etc.

Ph.D. Microelectronic Engineer

November 2008 - February 2011 ATMEL CORPORATION - SMART CARD BUSINESS UNIT
  • Worked in the Smart Card Business Unit on secure microcontroller design
  • Provided in-depth dedicated design methodology support to internal designers
  • Deployed and used microelectronic design tools and flows in a broad range of areas
  • Verified and implemented digital, analog, and mixed-signal ASICs
  • Performed semiconductor device modeling with technological CAD

Analog Designer and Ph.D. Student

November 2004 - November 2008 ATMEL CORPORATION - SMART CARD BUSINESS UNIT
  • Designed robust devices with USB specification for smart card applications in the Smart Card BU
  • Worked on doctoral thesis in parallel with professional responsibilities
  • Developed low-power and secure analog circuits for smart card applications

ST Designer

January 2004 - September 2004 STMICROELECTRONICS
  • Final study internship on timing delay modeling in digital design
  • Extended the logical effort model to propagation delay
  • Modeled propagation delays of different gates (MathCAD)
  • Simulated with Cadence and extracted net model with StarRCXT
  • Analyzed crosstalk and modeled the inductive impact of nets

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