Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is an opportunity to showcase Women of Color STEM award winners of APA descent. Indian-born Ragini Saxena received a Career Achievement-Industry Award at the Women of Color STEM Conference in 2014.
During her decade-long career in sensors and optical engineering, she has received six patents and authored 27 peer-reviewed articles. Currently, she is the hardware engineering director and sensor engineering manager for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems and is responsible for directing engineering teams and developing sensors for various navigation applications in space, air, land, and sea.
Previously, Ragini served as chief systems engineer and architect for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Inertial Navigation, Control, and Display Systems, where she received patents for the first 17" diagonal ruggedized display for the all-glass cockpit.
Ragini earned a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's in nuclear physics from Banaras Hindu University in India, and a doctorate in quantum optics from the University of Hyderabad, also in India.
Before starting her career at Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001, she held various scientific and technical positions at Rockwell Scientific Company (now Teledyne Scientific).
She is a member of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE), the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. In 2013, Ragini was presented the Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award by The Engineers' Council.
