Wael Farah
Lead Communication Systems Engineer
San Francisco, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWael Farah is a Lead Communication Systems Engineer with a decade of experience translating astrophysics research into robust RF and DSP systems for radio astronomy and space communications. After a PhD focused on fast radio bursts, he led RF DSP, beamforming, correlation and interferometric calibration at the SETI Institute, pairing scientific leadership with hands-on signal processing and ML for large RF datasets. Now based in San Francisco and leading communications at Cascade Space, he brings a rare mix of telescope refurbishment experience and production-grade engineering for satellite and ground systems. He supervises and mentors multidisciplinary teams, balancing research rigor with delivery timelines and quality assurance. Often "lost in Fourier space," he combines deep domain expertise with practical system design to turn complex observational requirements into operational capability.
10 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Physics at Lebanese University - Faculty of SciencesDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Astrophysics at Swinburne University of TechnologyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Astrophysics, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Astrophysics at Notre Dame University - Louaize (NDU)
Github Skills (49)
telescope9
data-reader8
cas8
hat8
astronomy7
ata7
pythonic7
radio-astronomy7
delay7
reader6
python6
fpga5
stash5
snap5
slurm4
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
wfarah/wfarah.github.io
Aug 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:37 commits, 33 pushes, 1 branch in 21 days
wfarah/guppi
Dec 2020 - Sep 2022
Guppi "multi-antenna", 4bit complex data, reader
Contributions:12 commits, 1 PR, 5 pushes in 1 year 9 months
4bitantennadata-readerreader
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