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Eyneen Altaf
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Eyneen Altaf

Peterborough,Canada

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Desired Job Title

Manager, System Engineering and Configuration ManagementProduct Architect & DesignerSenior FPGA DesignerProject LeadProject Engineer

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Location: Montreal, QCHalifax, NSOttawa, ONKanata, ONAjax, ON
Open to relocation: Yes

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Career advancementCompany CulturePersonal development programs

Summary

Engineering leader with a strong track record in aerospace and defense, managing cross-functional teams to ensure project delivery within quality, schedule, and budget. Expertise in leading complex certification audits and developing engineering procedures that align with industry standards.

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager, System Engineering and Configuration Management

Woodward Canada
Peterborough, Canada
11.2023 - Current
  • Effectively lead and manage a diverse team of engineers, hire and mentor, conduct one-on-one discussions and periodical performance reviews, resource planning.
  • Ensure adherence to quality, schedule and budget in accordance with program requirements and deliverables. Experience with all program phases, starting from bids through requirements negotiations to identifying an optimal solution, full development, integration and certification.
  • Managed design configuration control processes ensuring accuracy and compliance in design configurations and problem reports (PR).
  • Provide critical design feedback in relation to safety and requirements validation/verification; verifying process adherence to ARP4754A, ARP4761, DO-254 of cross-functional engineering team, developing and maintaining engineering operating procedures and standards.
  • Led and closed the DO-178 SOI4 Certification Audit for an Aerospace Customer.
  • Led the DO - 254 SOI2 Certification Audit for an Aerospace Customer.
  • Identify potential risks, prioritize threats and plan mitigation actions. Monitor projects dependencies and evaluate the impact of individual projects on the departmental workload and forecast.
  • Prepared risk matrices, RACI charts, reported on Estimates to Complete, issued change orders and evaluated 'out of scope' work for additional opportunities.
  • Expanded and trained systems engineering team skillset to expedite deliverables.

Product Architect & Designer

Woodward Canada
08.2022 - 11.2023
  • Lead multidisciplinary engineering team through entire development cycle of complex embedded systems starting with technical requirements capture, architecture definition to successful project certification and production transfer.
  • Managed product requirements allocation, baseline and traceability, detailed design, validation and verification activities, integration testing, qualification campaigns, and certification support.
  • Liaised with Program Manager to secure resources and budget approvals, ensuring timely execution of technical activities to meet agreed delivery timelines.
  • Engineering focal point for leading technical activities, communication with customer, internal team, preparing estimates, schedules, and compliance matrices.
  • Participate in detailed system design, safety assessment, reliability analysis, FTA/FMEA.
  • Prepare and review technical documentation including certification plans, design descriptions, Statements Of Work.
  • Led and successfully closed the Customer Preliminary, Detailed and Critical Design Reviews.
  • Led and successfully closed the DO-254 SOI1 Certification Audit for an Aerospace Customer.
  • Investigated and resolved issues at various development stages, overseeing solutions and providing progress reports to senior management.
  • Oversaw actions and change requests to ensure compliance and timely updates., raising exception plans and escalating issues to the appropriate level.

Senior FPGA Designer

Woodward Canada
07.2018 - 08.2022
  • Led formal FPGA verification effort, supervising contract employees to achieve successful completion of DO-254 SOI3 and SOI4 Certification Audits.
  • Validated and verified FPGA requirements by defining and executing comprehensive test procedures and test cases on VHDL test benches, ensuring compliance with specifications.
  • Translated FPGA requirements and architecture into Hardware Description Language, enabling efficient firmware generation.
  • Conducted thorough investigations to troubleshoot issues at FPGA level, analyzing potential impacts on system operations. key issues at FPGA level and assess their impact at system level.
  • Author and review project plans for certification including Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification, Validation & Verification Plan, Product/Hardware Design Plan, and Configuration Management Plans.
  • Facilitated changes to project requirements through detailed analysis and communication with stakeholders., firmware & document release, PR transitions after investigation.
  • Prepare artifacts for customer audit during different Stages of Involvement.

Project Lead

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
India
07.2012 - 06.2018
  • Led cross-functional team, from hardware, software, mechanical and optical engineering, in developing multi-sensor surveillance cameras for ground and airborne platforms.
  • Led and completed the project for the development of Hand Held Target Acquisition Device, which is a surveillance system, 10% under budget through successful contract negotiations with vendors, subcontractors and industry partner.
  • Prepared project proposals and plans, work breakdown structure, project schedule, budget allocation and monitoring plan, expenditure tracking for different Military Systems.
  • Coordinated cross-team activities, facilitating PDR, CDR, DDR, and government audits to ensure project alignment.
  • Authored and validated product requirements, creating compliance matrices to meet General Staff and Air Staff qualitative requirements.
  • Led integration and field trials of electro-optical payload onto UAV Rustom - II, created artifacts for certification from Center for Military Airworthiness and Certification (CEMILAC).
  • Review firmware developed for infrared channel, VHDL test cases and test benches, system test plan (STP) and test procedures to meet environment specifications.

Project Engineer

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
India
07.2007 - 06.2012
  • Liaised with Indian Defense Services to update project progress, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with project milestones.
  • Promoted to Project Lead for the ability to meet technical, time and budget deadlines, and positive interactions with team members and primary customers, the Indian Military.
  • Define FPGA architecture, authored VHDL code and developed firmware, test procedures & test cases.
  • Review ATP and test procedures to meet requirements per MIL STD 810.
  • Generated reports for Maintainability Evaluation Trials and Field Trials to assess compliance with operational requirements.
  • Prepared reports on project and capital expenditure for laboratory and infrastructure development to facilitate informed decision-making.
  • Led the engineering release process and created technical documentation for transferring technology to industry partner, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).
  • Won DRDO's AGNI Award (team) in 2012 for the development of Hand Held Thermal Imager cum Laser Range Finder from conception through to production resulting in over $250 million in revenue. The equipment is the first indigenously developed multi-function sighting system that is manufactured in large numbers, through an industry partner, for the Indian Army.

Junior Engineer

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
India
09.2004 - 06.2007
  • Developed FPGA code for precise motor control in photolithography machine, enhancing operational reliability.
  • Designed and tested prototypes for defense systems and technologies.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams on engineering projects.
  • Assisted in the analysis of testing data for performance evaluation.
  • Fabricated mercury cadmium telluride infrared detectors for advanced research applications at SSPL, an R&D laboratory under DRDO.

Education

Master of Business Administration - Business Development

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

National Institute of Technology
Srinagar, India

Skills

  • Engineering project management
  • Systems engineering processes
  • Team building and performance tracking
  • Requirements management
  • MS Project and SVN
  • Process improvement methodologies
  • ARP4754 compliance
  • DO-254 standards
  • FPGA and VHDL expertise

Timeline

Manager, System Engineering and Configuration Management

Woodward Canada
11.2023 - Current

Product Architect & Designer

Woodward Canada
08.2022 - 11.2023

Senior FPGA Designer

Woodward Canada
07.2018 - 08.2022

Project Lead

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
07.2012 - 06.2018

Project Engineer

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
07.2007 - 06.2012

Junior Engineer

Defense Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
09.2004 - 06.2007

Master of Business Administration - Business Development

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics Engineering

National Institute of Technology

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