Lobat Ardalan

About Lobat Ardalan

As a Systems Engineer with hands-on experience in testing and troubleshooting advanced…

Experience

1. System Engineer

   Raytheon

   Dec 2022 — Present · McKinney, TX, US

   Executed AESA system testing, circuit card testing, and troubleshooting in a lab environment, identifying root causes through schematic analysis, signal probing, and test point creation—restored 100% functionality. • Diagnosed and resolved failures on hybrid boards involving FPGA, MMIC, and ASIC components using JTAG, logic analyzers, and signal measurement techniques. • Performed front-end and back-end system validation, including return loss (RL) measurements, S-parameter testing using PNAs, and antenna/circuit card verification. • Conducted focused beam testing in the time domain to evaluate radome beam quality and verify system timing accuracy. • Led technician training on troubleshooting procedures and test execution; collaborated across software, firmware, and quality engineering teams to resolve integration challenges.• Authored technical documentation and test procedures; presented findings to internal stakeholders and customer engineering teams to support production and delivery.• Demonstrated strong verbal and written communication in team discussions, contributing to effective technical decision-making. • Performed far-field radome testing, executing boresight error and axial ratio measurements.• Served as primary point of contact for recommending radome and antenna rework based on test results optimized tuning.• Developed documentation workflows to record and track gold-standard radome test iterations.• Collaborated with test partners and internal stakeholders to ensure radome performance met final delivery specifications.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Bachelor's degree

  2020 — 2022

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master's degree

  2022 — 2025

• Azad University (IAU)

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemistry

  2009 — 2013