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Shahab
Shahid.

Principal Engineer · Automotive Hardware R&D, Embedded Systems & EMC

I design and test automotive and embedded electronics, from the first schematic through to hardware that passes EMC. I also build the labs and teams that get them there.

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Shahab Shahid, Principal Engineer
About

About

Electrical and embedded systems engineer with an R&D and project leadership background across automotive, IoT and industrial automation.

I work as Principal Engineer at Harman International, where I set up the prototyping lab from scratch and run the in cabin camera program: hiring and mentoring the team, buying and commissioning the equipment, and taking the product from concept through to execution. Day to day that means DMS and OMS camera prototypes, PCB prototype testing, and thermal, signal integrity and eye safety validation.

Alongside that I am doing a PhD at the Silesian University of Technology, applying CNN, CNN-LSTM and Transformer models to real signal processing problems. Earlier I led the design of a battery operated ventilator, ship tracking systems, robotic arms and IoT monitoring platforms. I am PMP certified, and I like getting a design right on the bench before it goes anywhere near production.

Current role and certification Harman International Project Management Professional, PMP
8+
Years in R&D
20+
Systems delivered
1
Patent filed
PMP
Certified
Career

Experience

Sep 2022 to Present

Principal Engineer

Harman International, Lodz, Poland

  • Set up the prototyping lab from scratch and run its equipment procurement and operations: oscilloscopes, VNA, microscopes and precision assembly tools.
  • Built and mentor the engineering team, running the program from concept through to execution.
  • Lead the automation of eye safety measurement, pulling together the mechanical, electronic and software sides to replace a manual bench procedure.
  • Develop DMS and OMS camera prototypes, focused on IR LED positioning and image quality for automotive use.
  • Run PCB prototype testing: thermal analysis, communication signal verification and eye safety compliance.
  • Filed 1 patent (Intelligent Tail Lights, ref P230400) and present prototype progress to stakeholders.
Jul to Sep 2022

Senior Embedded and Hardware Engineer

RaonTec, Gliwice, Poland

Designed test devices for validating industrial components and developed PCB layouts for conveyor systems and automatic pumps. Handled tender documentation and client communication with major accounts including LG and Rosan.

Dec 2021 to Mar 2022

Electrical Engineer

ASR

Delivered an IoT air quality monitoring system that collected live sensor data and showed it through a cloud based web app.

Nov 2019 to Nov 2021

Product Design Engineer

Afiniti

Developed a low cost, API based ship tracking system over HF and VHF for fishermen, with geofencing and live tracking.

2016 to 2018

Embedded Systems Developer

Bluedots (South Korea) and Flora

Built a crane proximity safety helmet from the ground up. No ultrasonic sensor was usable, so it estimated distance from Wi-Fi signal strength and warned the wearer by vibration and sound. Earlier, an IoT device for remote pump control with live soil moisture monitoring.

Selected work

Projects

Six builds across automotive, medical, robotics, RF and IoT, each written as challenge, solution, technology and result.

Drawing of an in cabin driver monitoring camera with an infrared LED array projecting onto a face with tracked landmarks Automotive
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

In Cabin Driver and Occupant Monitoring Camera Program

Harman International / Lab lead and program manager

Challenge
Infrared LED arrays in in cabin cameras have to stay inside strict eye safety limits while still giving the vision algorithms enough light. There was no lab, no team and no repeatable way to measure it.
Solution
I set up the prototyping lab from scratch, hired and mentored the team, and ran the program from first concept to execution. That covered specifying and buying the equipment, building a repeatable irradiance measurement rig, and automating the eye safety test flow.
Technologies
MIPI and GMSL camera pipelines, IR LED arrays, irradiance measurement, thermal and signal integrity checks, test automation
Results
A slow manual bench procedure became a documented, repeatable test suite, and each new prototype is now validated against the compliance targets.

Lab and team built from nothing, and eye safety measurement that used to be done by hand now runs automatically.

Lab build Team leadership Program management MIPI and GMSL Eye safety
Drawing of a ventilator with bellows feeding a lung, an ECG and SpO2 monitor and a battery management indicator Medical and IoT
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

Battery Operated Ventilator

Team lead / electronics, BMS and telemetry

Challenge
During the pandemic there were not enough ventilators, and commercial units were far out of reach for rural and low resource care.
Solution
I led a small team building a battery powered ventilator, with hardware support from ASR. I worked on the electronics, a battery management system for safe charge and discharge, and remote monitoring.
Technologies
Tidal volume control, ECG, SpO₂ and temperature sensing, BMS, mobile app telemetry
Results
A working, calibrated unit tested against an artificial lung with live remote monitoring, aimed at places with no ventilator facilities.

Built for a fraction of the cost of a commercial unit, with full remote monitoring of every parameter.

Embedded BMS ECG and SpO₂ IoT telemetry
Animated drawing of a six axis robotic arm with a gripper moving toward a target marker Robotics
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

6 Axis Robotic Arm (AR4)

Builder and firmware engineer

Challenge
Automate repetitive tasks that need precise, dedicated movement, without paying for an industrial robot.
Solution
I built an open source 6 axis arm end to end: mechanical assembly, stepper and servo configuration, sensor feedback, and motion routines written for specific jobs.
Technologies
Stepper and servo control, sensor feedback, motion programming, 6 DOF kinematics
Results
A low cost automation platform that works for prototyping and small batch jobs, with consistent, accurate handling.

2 kg payload with 0.2 mm repeatability and a wide angle reach.

6 axis Motion control Firmware Sensors
Drawing of a horn antenna emitting radar lobes toward a target marker, with range markings at 20, 35 and 50 metres RF
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

2.4 GHz Horn Antenna Radar

RF and antenna engineer

Challenge
Measure the range and speed of objects using a radar we built ourselves rather than commercial hardware.
Solution
I designed and fabricated two identical horn antennas and checked them theoretically, in simulation and on the bench. The system sends a triangular signal on a 2.2 GHz carrier, filters the return, and works out range and speed from the time difference.
Technologies
Horn antenna design, CST Microwave, FMCW style ranging, low pass filtering
Results
Reliable object detection across the design range, built as the final year radar project.

Detected objects from 20 to 50 m, returning both distance and speed.

Antenna design CST Microwave Radar RF
Drawing of a vessel inside a geofence boundary transmitting over HF and VHF to a shore station with live coordinates IoT
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

Ship Tracking and Vessel Monitoring

Afiniti / Product design engineer

Challenge
Small fishing communities had no affordable way to keep their boats tracked, safe and compliant at sea.
Solution
I developed a low cost, API based ship tracking system over HF and VHF, with geofencing and live tracking.
Technologies
HF and VHF communications, geofencing, real time tracking, IoT APIs
Results
An affordable maritime safety system for fishermen, and a peer reviewed paper on the vessel monitoring work.

Published in IEEE Xplore (2024) as an IoT enabled vessel monitoring system.

HF and VHF Geofencing IoT Published
Read the IEEE paper ↗
Drawing of a substation pylon linked to an STM32 controller, radio modules and a voltage and current monitoring dashboard IoT and Power
Video walkthroughRecording of this build will be uploaded soon.

Substation Monitoring and Control

Embedded and power engineer

Challenge
Monitor and control electrical substations remotely, over whatever communication link a given site could actually support.
Solution
I built a controller on STM32 and Arduino that switches relays for connected equipment and reads voltage and current, working over GSM, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, NRF or Ethernet.
Technologies
STM32, Arduino, relay switching, voltage and current sensing, GSM, Zigbee, NRF, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
Results
Live readings sent to a mobile app and a server for logging and graphs, with remote switching of connected equipment.

One controller, five interchangeable radio links, so the same design fits whatever the site supports.

STM32 GSM and Zigbee Relay control Telemetry

More builds: solar PV with MPPT and sun tracking, hybrid solar, grid and generator switching, real time multi cell BMS (2S to 6S) with temperature monitoring, a 3D printer built from scratch, IoT air quality monitoring, DC high efficiency BLDC fans on STM32, and an uninterruptible power supply.

Research and IP

Research & Patent

2023

Patent: Intelligent Tail Lights of Vehicles

Filed under Harman International, invention ref P230400

Patent
2024

PhD research: machine learning for signal processing

CNN, CNN-LSTM and Transformer models applied to real signal processing problems, Silesian University of Technology

Doctoral
2023

Irradiance calculation for eye safety

Working out irradiance and checking device compatibility so night vision and IR camera systems are safe for the eyes

Applied
2023

Young Science Beyond Borders

Conference organised by the Polish Ministry of Science

Conference
Peer reviewed

Publications

Each paper links to the publisher so you can check it directly.

2024

Internet of Things-Enabled Vessel Monitoring System for Enhanced Maritime Safety and Tracking at Sea

IEEE Xplore
2023

Smart Bridge Inspection Methods using BIM Technology

M. Fawad, M. Salamak, S. Shahid, Young Science Beyond Borders

Conference
Capabilities

Expertise

Hardware, embedded, RF and the delivery side needed to ship them.

Automotive

  • DMS and OMS cameras
  • MIPI and GMSL
  • IR illumination
  • Eye safety validation
  • EMC
  • Prototype testing

Hardware

  • PCB design
  • KiCad
  • Eagle
  • Proteus
  • DC-DC and AC-AC
  • Power electronics
  • BMS

Embedded

  • STM32
  • Arduino
  • Raspberry Pi
  • Firmware
  • Sensors and actuators
  • PLC, SCADA, HMI

RF and Antenna

  • Horn antenna design
  • CST Microwave
  • FMCW radar
  • HF and VHF
  • Impedance matching

IoT

  • GSM
  • Zigbee
  • NRF
  • Wi-Fi
  • MQTT
  • AWS IoT
  • Blynk
  • Home Assistant

Modelling

  • CNN
  • CNN-LSTM
  • Transformers
  • Signal processing
  • MATLAB
  • Python

Programming

  • C
  • C++
  • Python
  • Java
  • MATLAB
  • VHDL
  • Assembly

Delivery

  • PMP certified
  • Lab and team build
  • Project lifecycle
  • PMO and config management
  • Stakeholder reporting
Background

Education & Credentials

2024

PhD, Electrical Engineering (in progress)

Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice

2023

MSc, Electrical Engineering

Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice

2019

BSc, Electrical Engineering

Information Technology University, Lahore

  • Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI2025
  • Project Management Modules 1 to 6, PMO and Configuration Management, Decision Making2023, 2024
  • CST certificate, National University of Sciences and Technology2017
  • Invited Arduino trainer, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University2017
  • Organiser, International Genuino Day team, Lahore2017
  • Chairman's award (Punjab IT Board) and Aitchison College board award, Lego workshops2016
  • Art and Tech Festival certificate, World Bank and Information Technology University2015
Writing

Insights

Notes on eye safety, embedded systems and the PhD work.

July 2, 2026

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Contact

Get in touch.

Happy to talk about hardware R&D roles, collaborations or anything on this page. Email is the quickest way to reach me.

shahabshahidkhokhar@gmail.com ↗
+48 729 656 575 linkedin.com/in/shahab-shahid-khokhar IEEE Xplore publication
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