Al Kharj, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
RF & Microwave Engineer with 9 years of experience spanning RF system design, systems engineering, and defense electronics
- Leading multidisciplinary section of RF, FPGA, DSP, software, antenna, and mechanical designers across multiple projects including AESA radar, Direction Finding system, and Jammers - System architecture definition and baseline requirements management for phased array radar, ensuring traceability from project requirements through to subsystem-level specifications - Oversee subsystem testing, system integration, and field qualification of defense electronic systems, including mechanical platform integration and operational handover - Led system integration and field testing of drone mounted RF sensor, coordinating interface verification across RF, antenna, and signal processing subsystems through to deployment - Hold procurement authority for program-critical components and capital equipment, applying selection criteria based on system performance and qualification standards - Author and review technical proposals and program reports, presenting system maturity, design rationale, and risk status to senior leadership and stakeholders
- Conducted user and customer requirements analysis, translating operational needs into system architectures and subsystem-level specifications - Led trade-off studies and COTS solution evaluations, selecting RF subsystems and components for integration into airborne platforms - Achieved MIL-STD qualification and Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) of multiple airborne receiver systems through structured integration and test campaigns - Developed MATLAB-based tools to analyse test and measurement data, driving design improvements that supported successful system qualification
Worked on: - Electronically polarization reconfigurable metasurface design - Additive manufacturing of RF and Microwave dielectric substrates - Dielectric material characterization of 3D printed substrates - Microfluidically controlled frequency and polarization reconfigurable antennas - Microfluidically controlled beam reconfigurable metasurface antennas - Design, testing and efficiency enhancement of rectifiers for energy harvesting using multisine input signals
- Translated subsystem-level requirements into hardware designs across RF chains, filters, multiplexers, amplifiers, and signal conditioning circuits, ensuring alignment with system-level performance budgets - Designed and validated RF power dividers, hybrid couplers, and RF detectors by verifying performance against subsystem interface specifications - Characterised and debugged RF subsystems using VNAs, spectrum analysers, and signal generators, resolving measured-vs-simulated performance gaps to meet qualification criteria
- Design of Transmit/Receive Module (TRM) using ADS, with thermal analysis using ANSYS Icepak - Fabricated and tested MMIC modules for TRMs, LNAs, MPAs, and RF switches in a cleanroom environment - Designed Vivaldi antennas and arrays using HFSS, fabricated using LPKF ProtoMat S103 and far-field measurements in an anechoic chamber - Evaluated vendors and COTS components during the procurement bidding process, assessing technical compliance against system requirements to support component selection and contractor down-selection