Summary
Ahmed Hegazy is an RF and antenna design engineer and full-time PhD candidate at the University of Waterloo with nine years of hands-on experience spanning satellite communications, high-speed analog/RF ASICs, and RF hardware development. He has combined industry roles at Kepler Communications, Ciena, and Palitronica with research positions and internships at Google and Orange Labs, demonstrating a rare blend of academic rigor and product-focused engineering. Comfortable across firmware to system-level RF design, he also maintains active software tool fluency (Kotlin, SwiftUI, Flutter, Python, Spring Boot, Node.js) that he leverages for prototyping testbeds and automation. His work bridges theory and practice—developing deployable RF hardware while pursuing publications and advanced research in microwave engineering. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, he brings cross-border experience from Canada and Egypt and a track record of shipping complex, multidisciplinary systems. An unusual strength is his simultaneous fluency in modern mobile/desktop development and low-level RF hardware, enabling end-to-end solutions from instrument firmware to research-grade prototypes.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Undergraduate Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering, Undergraduate Electrical Electronics and Communications Engineering at Benha University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering , Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Waterloo
Arabic, French, English