Forward deployed engineering for the frontier of hardware
Forward Deployed Practices
Across software, ML, and hardware, Arena Physica's forward-deployed engineers embed with your team and work directly in your stack to solve your most critical engineering challenges.
Forward Deployed Software & ML Engineers
Engineers and ML scientists who deploy into your team and work inside your stack. Five things they do.
With experience from
Forward Deployed Hardware Engineers
With Atlas, Arena Physica's Forward Deployed Hardware Engineers accelerate the hardware development cycle from concept to tapeout. Arena Physica's Hardware Engineers are led by Dr. Harish Krishnaswamy, Chief Scientist, and Dr. Arun Natarajan, Distinguished RF Engineer. With over 15,000 combined citations and careers spanning Caltech, Columbia, IBM T.J. Watson, and DARPA-funded programs, they demonstrated the first integrated millimeter-wave phased arrays in silicon, and are now redefining how the next generation of RF systems are built.
Phased arrays (AESAs) are replacing mechanically-steered antennas across 5G, SATCOM, automotive radar, and defense, but designing them, from beamformer ICs to full array integration, means long cycles and heavy upfront investment. We offer phased array design, product development, and IP services at twice the speed.

Columbia professor and Chief Scientist at Arena Physica. Previously IBM T.J. Watson and DARPA-funded programs, and part of the team that demonstrated the first integrated millimeter-wave phased arrays in silicon.

Distinguished RF Engineer at Arena Physica. Caltech, then IBM T.J. Watson, then Oregon State, with a career spent on integrated RF and millimeter-wave systems.
Research and engineering from
Infrastructure
RF & EM Characterization Lab
Calibrated test and measurement infrastructure. Navigation, radar, and communication system development up to 140 GHz. Where simulation meets silicon, and disagreements get resolved with data.
- Measurement ceiling
- 140 GHz
- Location
- New York City
- Traceable calibration
- Full cal

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