Rubinstein obtained his bachelor's degree in electronics from Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela in 1982.
Following it, he immigrated to the United States where he attended the University of Florida, graduating from it with Master's and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering in 1986 and 1991 respectively.
[1] In 1992, Rubinstein joined École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne where he studied electromagnetic compatibility and lightning with Swiss Post, Telegram, and Telegraph.
In 2001, Rubinstein joined the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Western Switzerland in Yverdon-les-Bains, becoming a professor in telecommunications and a team member of the Institute for Information and Communication Technologies.
[1] Rubinstein was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2014 "for contributions to modeling lightning and its electromagnetic effects".