Mustafa Ajmal

MS CS @ UCSC | Prev. @ NVIDIA, Astranis 🛰️, WD

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Currently, I'm pursuing my M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, where I also earned my B.S. in Computer Science and B.A. in Philosophy. During my education, I've had the opportunity to intern at a diverse set of companies including Western Digital, Astranis Space Technologies, and NVIDIA. I've also contributed to research in social computing, machine learning, and computer science education, co-authoring several papers as both an undergraduate and graduate student. Moving forward, I'm looking for opportunities to solve some of the world's most interesting problems!

Experience

  • Teaching Assistant, Bioethics at University of California, Santa Cruz
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    TA for BME 80G: Bioethics.

  • Social Computing Researcher and Developer at Tech4Good @ UCSC
    Jan 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Research in social computing and computer science education.

  • Software Engineer Intern at NVIDIA
    Sep 2025 - Dec 2025 · 4 mos

    Fall 2025. DriveOS. Internal tools.

  • Software Engineer Intern at Astranis Space Technologies
    Jun 2025 - Sep 2025 · 4 mos

    Summer 2025. Hardware Integration and Production Software.

  • Software Engineer Intern at Astranis Space Technologies
    Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 · 3 mos

    Winter 2025. Hardware Integration and Production Software.