Summary
Zahid Hasan is a control and systems engineer with 10 years of experience applying advanced guidance, navigation, and autonomy to spacecraft, UAVs, and missile systems at Raytheon and in academic research. He blends hands-on prototyping and field experimentation—leading projects like brain-controlled UAVs, multi-craft networks, and high-altitude balloon missions—with product-focused startup experience as a serial co-founder. Zahid holds aerospace degrees from the University of Michigan and has a track record of turning cutting-edge research into deployed capabilities, negotiating large procurements and winning multiple entrepreneurship grants. Insatiably curious and relentlessly persistent, he thrives on solving problems others call impossible and on teaching and learning throughout the engineering lifecycle.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Engineering (MEng), Space Systems, Master of Engineering (MEng), Space Systems at University of Michigan
General Courses for Transfer, General Courses for Transfer at Oakland Community College