Maor Assayag

To me, Fourier transform is the most elegant description of nature’s song.

I've dreamt about this song many, many times.

Senior R&D Team Lead, ready for my next challenge.

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Experience

R&D Director

Israeli Navy R&D Center

May 2020 – June 2025
  • Recognized as the most decorated technological officer in Navy history for pioneering innovation and leadership excellence
  • Led the full lifecycle of mission-critical software communication systems, from R&D to deployment
  • Mentored and led cross-functional teams of 15–20 engineers & QA, fostering a growth-mindset culture
  • Sustained 17-hour cycles of leadership and execution, serving as the primary architect and lead contributor to the codebase across all major projects
  • Designed and developed 40+ scalable microservices using a diverse tech stack including Kotlin, Java, Python, Golang, C#, C++, NodeJS, Angular, and various APIs/databases
  • Led algorithmic R&D in DSP problems, utilizing data-driven insights to detect & decode RF in challenging conditions (low SNR, doppler)
  • Designed and implemented custom communication protocols (encoding, compression, parsing, fragmentation, and encryption) over various RF bands/Satellite
  • Engineered robust orchestration solutions for real-time combat environments using HashiCorp's stack (Nomad, Consul/Fabio, Vault)
  • Managed comprehensive CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jfrog Artifactory, Azure DevOps, and Docker
  • Recruited 300+ technical talents for unit-wide engineering, data science, and QA roles

UI/UX Director

Israeli Navy R&D Center

Oct 2020 – June 2025

Led UI/UX design for mission-critical software communication systems, standardizing pixel-perfect design patterns and components across teams and systems to accelerate development velocity

Full-Stack Engineer

Israeli Navy R&D Center

Oct 2019 – June 2025

Education

Master of Science in Marine Technologies

University of Haifa

2023-2025
  • Subjects in the field of DSP and ML/DL
  • Research on predictive models uncovering temporal dependencies in sperm whale communication
  • Supervised by Prof. Roee Diamant at The Underwater Acoustic & Navigation Lab

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering

Ben-Gurion University

2015-2019
  • Developed a communication system for deaf-blind people as the final engineering project

Open Source Projects

transmit-OFDM

Python

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing for acoustic modem transmission

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ngx-beautify-cursor

Angular

Angular package to enhance and customize website cursors

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chartjs-plugin-cyclic-axis

JavaScript

Chart.js plugin for cyclic pan functionality in scatter charts

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morse-deep-learning

Python

Morse code signals detection and decoding using deep learning models (LSTM-RNN & RCNN).

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Awards & Honors

University of Haifa

University of Haifa Master's Outstanding Excellence Award

2025

IDF

IDF Chief of the General Staff Excellence Technological Award

2023

Israeli Navy

Israeli Navy Commander in Chief Award for Creativity, Innovation and Excellence

2022

Israeli Navy

Israeli Navy R&D Brigade Excellence Award

2022

Israeli Navy

Israeli Navy Control Unit Commander Special Contribution Commendation

2022

Israeli Navy

Israeli Navy Computer and Software Development Center Excellence Award

2021

Ben-Gurion University

Ben-Gurion University B.Sc Engineering Project Departmental Representative & Audience Favorite

2019

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