Elchanan Rushinek leads a team of engineers working on Mobileye’s EyeQ platform, including all of the silicon, hardware and software that comprise the platform. He joined Mobileye in 2001 to lead development of the highly specialized system-on-chip (SoC) that became the successful EyeQ product family. In this role, Rushinek was an early pioneer in the co-development of an optimized hardware/software solution dedicated to advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). More than 100 million EyeQ units have been shipped to date.

In addition to developing and delivering the ongoing EyeQ roadmap, Rushinek’s team is working to open up the EyeQ product to enable customers to develop software on top of the platform for their automated vehicle solutions.

Before joining Mobileye, Rushinek worked as a VLSI designer for Intel Israel and was involved in the design of the first 10MB Ethernet controller product. He then worked at Motorola Semiconductor Israel for 18 years, leading VLSI design group for multiple generations of Digital Signal Processor Motorola Wireless Handset Baseband’s System On Chip products.

Rushinek holds a bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University. Away from work he keeps active with bicycling and skiing, working in the garden, and traveling with his family.