Atilla Saadat

Atilla Saadat has held multiple roles in the aerospace industry since 2015. From 2015 to 2019, they were the President, Founder and Lead Systems Engineer for the University of Windsor Space and Aeronautics Team, where they managed a university engineering design team competing in the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge and led the project management and systems engineering of the team's Space Systems division. Atilla also hosted multiple satellite engineering and Amateur Radio Operator certificate workshops. From 2016 to 2017, they were a Space Systems Engineer at Canadensys Aerospace Corporation. From 2017 to 2019, they held the role of Robotic Systems Engineer I and II at Mujin, Inc. In 2019, they were an Astrodynamics Researcher at the University of Windsor's Intelligent Control, Analysis, and Modeling Lab, where they researched and developed a novel ensemble-based machine learning algorithm for fault detection and isolation of fault states for reaction wheels on in-orbit satellites. In 2020, they were a Space Systems Engineering Graduate Researcher at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, where they conducted and automated spacecraft ADCS hardware testing and developed a novel model-based Solar Power Generation Analysis software. In 2022, they will be a Hardware Functional Safety Tools Engineer at NVIDIA and a Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Engineer at Turion Space.

Atilla Saadat obtained a Canadian Amateur Radio Operator Certificate - Basic w/ Honours from the Government of Canada in July 2019. Atilla then attended the University of Windsor from 2015 to 2020, where they earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.) in Honours Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering w/ COOP. Atilla is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Aerospace Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto, which they will complete in 2022.