Alina has been involved in technology development projects for very large aperture phased arrays and advanced radar components. She was the Supervisor of Section 334’s Radar Technology & Hardware Implementation Group from 2004 to 2007 and of its RF Radar Electronics Group since 2007. Recently she was the Cognizant Engineer and Contract Technical Monitor for the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) Terminal Descent Sensor (TDS) Frequency Synthesizer Assembly (FSA).