Electrical Engineer · RF Systems · Flight Test · Hardware Validation

Aryan Chahardovalee

Electrical engineer focused on RF systems, flight test, and hardware validation, with hands-on work across UAS operations, embedded hardware, SDR, FPGA, CubeSat communications, maritime EMC, and photonics.

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Aryan Chahardovalee
Open to opportunities
B.A.Sc.Electrical Engineering, UBC
5+Years Professional Experience
EITEGBC
RF Design PCB Photonics FPGA EMC / EMI Signal Integrity
Without hope there is nothing.
Personal operating system

How I show up.

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BasedSan Francisco Bay Area
FocusRF systems, flight test, hardware validation
ToolsPython, SDR, VNA, KiCad / Altium, Verilog
Outside WorkPilot training, radio, building hardware
From small systems to bigger ones

Where I work

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Drones
Huawei Canada Zipline
WLAN for Huawei Drone LoRa Mesh Coverage Mapper Drone Telemetry Link Monitor
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Satellites
UBC ORBIT
433 MHz CubeSat Radio Link Antenna Deployer Module SatNOGS Ground Station
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Ships
Seaspan
EMC / EMI Analysis of MPV AIS Marine Receiver Marine Power System Design
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Airplanes
Pilot Training
SDR ADS-B Receiver
About
From small systems to bigger ones.

I'm an Electrical Engineer and University of British Columbia graduate with hands-on experience across autonomous aircraft, satellite hardware, maritime communication systems, photonic integrated circuits, RF systems, and drone platforms.

My work spans R&D flight test operations at Zipline International, the UBC ORBIT Satellite Design Team, an internship at Seaspan, and a year-long capstone with Huawei Canada. I'm also training for my pilot's license. I'm drawn to the boundary between hardware and software, especially where signal integrity, safety, and system-level thinking decide whether something works in the real world.

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Professional Roles
Internships & Capstone
Education & Technical Teams
2026 2024 2023 2022 2021 2018
Responsibilities
    Flight Test Ops Engineer
    Zipline International
    Led and coordinated R&D flight-test execution across multiple aircraft systems, software-validation campaigns, regression triage, safety-critical procedures, and operator-facing test documentation.
    2024 to 2026
    Exclusive Partner Program Member
    TELUS
    Technical customer-facing work focused on requirements translation, device/service troubleshooting, product tradeoffs, and clear explanation of setup choices.
    2024
    Capstone Engineer
    Huawei Canada
    Built and tested a drone WLAN architecture integrating camera, IMU, LiDAR, AI-board communication, sensor power, and real-time prototype debugging.
    2022 to 2023
    Airline and Flight Operations Coursework
    BCIT
    Completed two terms of the Airline and Flight Operations program. I did not finish the diploma, but I still took a lot from the aviation operations, safety, and cockpit-discipline side of it.
    2024, two terms
    Engineering Intern
    Seaspan
    Produced shipboard communication reports, RF/EMC analysis, test agendas, block diagrams, UPS/load analysis, and Python automation for marine electrical systems.
    2021 to 2022
    RF & Hardware, Satellite Team
    UBC ORBIT
    Worked on CubeSat RF communication hardware, antenna deployment reliability, 433/437 MHz link analysis, PCB iteration, and subsystem integration.
    2019 to 2023
    B.A.Sc. Electrical Engineering
    University of British Columbia
    Electrical engineering training across circuits, signals, embedded systems, RF, photonics, digital design, and lab-based hardware/software projects.
    2018 to 2023
    Featured systems

    Projects I am proud of.

    These are the projects that, over the years, I have been most proud of.

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    Archive / Coursework / Experiments
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    Get in touch
    Let's build
    something fun.
    arianchahardovalee@gmail.com +1 (415) 800-3435 LinkedIn GitHub