Zahra Ashktorab
Principal Hardware Engineer at BlueHalo, an AV company
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolZahra Ashktorab is a Principal Hardware Engineer with 13 years of experience designing and delivering rugged, production-ready electronics for defense and aerospace applications in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has led end-to-end hardware development of compact Counter-UAS systems, owning PCB design, firmware, DFM/first-article testing, and automated QA equipment that sped validation and reduced time-to-market. Zahra combines deep hands-on skills—from soldering 01005 parts on early iPad Pro prototypes to building automated test rigs—with pragmatic supply-chain and vendor negotiation tactics that lowered costs and secured early prototypes. Her background spans startups, government research, and industry leaders (including Apple, UCLA research, and Citadel Defense), providing a rare blend of applied research and scalable manufacturing expertise. Colleagues rely on her to translate demanding product requirements into manufacturable hardware and repeatable test processes that perform in the field.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering at San José State UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Persian
Github Skills (2)
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Github contributions (5)
shirini721/personal_website
Jan 2026 - Jul 2026
Contributions:2 PRs, 7 pushes, 2 branches in 5 months
shirini721/mycloset
Jan 2026 - Feb 2026
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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