Sahar Hihath

About Sahar Hihath

Senior Technical Product Leader with 10+ years across academia, industry, government, and the aerospace sector, specializing in AI/ML, data science, semiconductor engineering, digital marketing analytics, and emerging quantum technologies. I combine deep technical expertise with product leadership to drive strategy, build scalable solutions, and deliver measurable business impact.Experienced in leading cross-functional engineering, research, business development, and aerospace-focused teams; managing multimillion-dollar programs; and owning end-to-end product lifecycles. Skilled at translating complex technologies into actionable roadmaps, aligning stakeholders, and executing on high-value product initiatives.Technical strengths include deep learning, classical ML, Generative and Agentic AI, ML for digital marketing (customer targeting, segmentation, attribution modeling), cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), big data systems (Spark, PySpark), Python, R, SQL, and advanced statistics. Semiconductor expertise spans CMOS process flow, device physics, reliability, yield, and failure analysis.The views expressed here are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.Publications:

Experience

1. Staff Data Scientist Ai Engineer

   Northrop Grumman

   Nov 2025 — Present

Education

• Arizona State University

  Master's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Arizona State University

  Master's degree, Solid State physics

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, Finance

• University of California, Davis

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

• Arizona State University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Springboard

  Data Science Fellow, Machine Learning