Automotive mmWave radar chip design for Chinese vehicle manufacturers
SGR Semiconductors designs millimeter-wave radar chips for autonomous driving systems, targeting import substitution in the Chinese automotive supply chain. The engineering-dominant org (13 of 16 hires) and project list (algorithm porting, embedded software, production coordination) reflect a company in the transition from R&D to manufacturability — yield improvement and quality control dominate their pain list, signaling they're moving prototypes into production.
SGR Semiconductors develops millimeter-wave automotive radar chips and systems based in Jiading, Shanghai. The company uses germanium-silicon BiCMOS process technology to integrate high-density radar circuits, digital buffers, high-speed serial interfaces, and analog-to-digital converters on a single die. The team, led by National Thousand Talents Program experts, includes engineers from the US and China. Products target Chinese OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers as an alternative to imported radar solutions. Current operational focus spans chip design through embedded firmware development, customer site debugging, and scaling production infrastructure.
Design: Cadence, Spectre, Calibre, HFSS, LabVIEW. Firmware: C++, C, GNU Toolchain, FreeRTOS, RT-Thread, ARM Cortex-M. Test: Oscilloscope, Multimeter, Vector Network Analyzer. Prototyping: FPGA, CPLD.
Radar algorithm porting to microcontroller platforms, external communication protocol implementation, embedded software development, automated production line setup, and customer site debugging and support.
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