Kashif Siddiq

Radar Systems Design Engineer

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About me
Tech Entrepreneur | Radar Technology Expert | Founder & CEO at Oxford RF
Education
- Ashorn Hill Management College
  2014 - 2014
  Business Management, General
- Army Burn Hall College
  1998 - 2000
  F.Sc. (HSSC) Pre-Engineering A+
- Sir Syed College, Wah Cantt, Pakistan
  1990 - 1998
  SSC Science A+
- University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
  2014 - 2014
  Practical RF/Microwave Design Week Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
  2019 - 2019
  Management and Business Skills Week Business Administration and Management, General
- National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
  2001 - 2007
  Bachelor and Masters Electrical Engineering A+
- University of Bath
  2014 - 2017
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electronic and Electrical Engineering
  Doctoral dissertation: The impact of oscillator phase noise on the design of millimetre wave continuous wave radar systems.
Experience
- Microwave Research Laboratory
  Jul 2004 - Mar 2007
  Radar Systems Design Engineer
  Responsible for system-level development of ground-based radar systems, including modelling and simulation, test/measurement, hardware-in-the-Loop simulations, and radar signal processing algorithm development including Clutter modelling and CFAR algorithm development.
- FAST-NUCES
  Jan 2007 - Jan 2012
  Assistant Professor
  Responsible for teaching undergraduate courses of Microwave Engineering, Radar Signal Processing, and Electromagnetic Theory. Research work focused on Detection algorithms for ground-based microwave systems, Synthetic Aperture (SAR) Imaging System, and Microwave Circuits.
- Navtech Radar Ltd
  May 2013 - Jan 2014
  Hardware Engineer
  Systems engineer for the ClearWay automatic incident detection millimeter-wave radar systems.Key responsibilities included Microwave & millimeter wave Radar physics, Radar signal processing, Radome design, Stabilisation of monostatic MMW radar noise floor, and Lab & field test & measurement.
- University of Bath
  Feb 2014 - Jul 2016
  KTP/PhD Associate
  Responsible for the project management and technical development of the HDR300 series of 3 km millimetre-wave radar systems.Key challenges addressed include RF/Microwave/Millimetre Wave Systems Engineering, RF system integration, low-phase noise design techniques as applied to long-range radar systems, and mutual MMW radar compatibility studies contributing to CEPT/ECC legislation.
- Navtech Radar Ltd
  Aug 2016 - Jun 2018
  Senior Radar Engineer
  Technical lead and project manager for new RF/Radar product development.Responsible for leading projects on a miniaturised radar solution for Autonomous Vehicles, and the KTS-350X traffic sensor for non-77GHz markets. Technical responsibilities include circuits and systems modelling, RF/Microwave PCB Design, Low phase noise frequency synthesis, Matlab Modeling/simulation, and Signal processing algorithm development.
- Raymarine
  Jul 2018 - Jan 2019
  Radar Systems Architect
  USP feature design for new radar products
- Navtech Radar
  Feb 2019 - Oct 2019
  Senior Radar Engineer
- Oxford RF
  Oct 2019 - now
  Founder & CEO
- Entrepreneur First
  Apr 2020 - Jul 2020
  EF LD14 Cohort Member
- National Highways
  May 2023 - Mar 2024
  Radar SME (Subject Matter Expert)
Licenses & Certifications
- CAPM
  Project Management Institute
  Nov 2016
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Automotive Systems Innovation Award Techworks, UK Dec 2024 Award won for designing a new centralised networked automotive radar systems architecture based on Oxford RF's proprietary wide FoV solid-state radar technology that provides at least bifocal/bistatic vision all around a vehicle. The award selection was made through a competitive process.
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Self-Driving Industry Awards Cars Of The Future Nov 2024 Award won in the Launchpad (Hardware) category for innovative ADAS/ADS sensors design and early traction.
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Winner of British Engineering Excellence Award British Engineering Excellence Awards Oct 2015 The 'Design Team of the Year' Award was won for the development of Navtech's 'Clearway' product - a radar based traffic monitoring and incident detection system. http://www.securitynewsdesk.com/navtech-win-at-the-british-engineering-excellence-awards/
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Nominated for the award 'Business Leader of the Future' Innovate UK (Technology Strategy Board, UK) Jul 2015
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Top Honours in Masters in Engineering - Jun 2007 CGPA of 4.0/4.0
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Gold medal for best senior undergraduate project in Bachelor of Engineering - May 2004
- Awarded to Kashif Siddiq
  Gold medal for standing first in High School. Also placed on the roll-of-honour. - Aug 2000