Faz Zaman
ANAHEIM
Summary
Systems engineering professional with strong background in leading cross-functional teams and delivering robust solutions. Adept at managing complex projects, optimizing processes, and ensuring seamless integration of systems. Known for fostering collaboration, adapting to changing requirements, and driving impactful results. Skilled in systems design, project management, and stakeholder communication.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Systems Engineering Manager
Honeywell Aerospace
10.2024 - Current
- Lead, mentor and manage a team of 28 system engineers to deliver and maintain high-quality thermal products and solutions.
- Provide strategic direction for engineering activities, aligning them with the company's goals and objectives.
- Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering projects.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive innovation and achieve business objectives.
- Ensure adherence to engineering best practices, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
- Manage and optimize engineering resources, budgets, and timelines.
- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency and productivity.
- Develop a high-performing engineering team.
- Control Engineering department budget.
- Ensure program cost and schedule adherence (program EAC and milestone performance).
- Identify and mitigate risks.
- Interact with customers (internal and external) at a leadership level.
- Collaborate with GBE teams to develop product roadmaps, STRAP inputs, and customer pursuits.
- Facilitate the development/training of engineering resources.
- Drive management operating systems that ensure project performance in accordance with internal and external stakeholder requirements.
Lead R&D Scientist/Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace
12.2022 - 10.2024
- Experience in aerospace environmental control systems (ECS) engineering including air management systems and vapor cycle systems.
- Led a team of 20 people and managed a $23M program, developing a 75kW vapor cycle system and testing for proof of concept.
- Experience in schedule, budget, and resource planning including tracking metrics.
- Used MS Project, HMR Tool, Excel, MAT loading tool, and SAP to track metrics and budget for all programs.
- Strong management operating system that facilitates communication and drives execution.
- Conducting weekly IPT meetings with the team to communicate and drive execution.
- Reporting out status and metrics of my programs to leadership monthly, during Program Management Reviews.
- VCS-75- SPI: .98 CPI: .94
- 3D Printed Sand Molds- SPI: 1.05 CPI: .95
- Multi-tasking and can manage a variety of complicated tasks and people.
- Leading multiple programs such as VCS-75, MegaVCS and 3D Printed Sand Molds.
- Understand our business objectives and more importantly the ability to interact with our customers.
- Lead biweekly meetings and report financial and program status updates to the customer.
- Work with functional leaders to prioritize resources and implement project objectives.
- Engaged with finance and business leaders to discuss yearly AOP, focus on revenue increase, and allocate proper funding for RDE programs and securing facilities for testing.
- Ability to influence others to accept new concepts, practices, and approaches.
- Led multiple proposals to accept new concepts such as additive manufacturing. Brought in over $2M of revenue.
- Self-motivated and able to work with little supervision, who consistently take the initiative to get things done.
- Put together proposal packages including developing engineering estimates, defining system architecture, completing compliance matrices, and putting together technical response packages.
Lead Adv Manufacturing Engineer/Pursuit Leader
Honeywell Aerospace
08.2021 - 12.2022
- NPI Engineering focal for all new pursuits/proposals (Phase A or Phase 0-2) for the Mechanical Systems & Components SBU. This includes Air & Thermal, Wheels & Brakes, and Mechanical Components. Includes new business with military or commercial customers or working with the program team on contract extensions and meeting cost take out activities.
- Lead complex MS&C ISC Eng NPI programs that are currently in process (Phases 3-5, Phase B-C).
- Lead the implementation of new manufacturing techniques.
- Review conceptual and development designs for cost, quality, manufacturability, and yield.
- Manage Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) items to meet IPDS goals.
- Nate Print Product (UPC) models to meet Flawless Launch and APQP goals.
- Ensure Design benefit from the APQP artifacts of PMap, DFMEA, PFMEA, Control Plan, and PPAP.
- Ensure Product benefit from the Flawless Launch artifacts of DFM Scorecard, Heat Map, PRR, and MRA.
- Interface with Engineering and Sourcing (ESE) to identify Suppliers meeting capacity, cost, and capability goals.
- Identify and manage new product assembly, test, or tooling Capital needs.
- Drive IPDS adherence for all ISC related items.
- Manage Cost Take Out (CTO) efforts and risk mitigation plans.
- Drive DFx (Manufacturing, Assembly, Test, Lean) activities.
- Predict and Manage Product Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY) Efforts to Aero RTY goals.
- Facilitate Product Production Readiness Reviews and associated Phase 5 action closures.
- Interface with Production Cell(s) to ensure smooth Production Transitions.
- Provide Proposal ISC artifacts in IPDS Phase 2 as required.
- Completed over 100 proposals efforts totaling over ~$2.03B of revenue.
- Used MS Project for scheduling and SAP for budget and resource labor management to Program Management as required.
- Understand, manage, and achieve AME HMR hardware delivery program milestones.
- Achieve ISC Program Milestones, maintain required IPDS metrics and provide status presentations.
Sr. Advanced Project Engineer ISC NPD NPI
Honeywell Aerospace
02.2020 - 08.2021
- Led cross-functional engineering teams to develop new products or systems to be best-in-market under strict schedule constraints. Provided leadership for all APQP functions related to schedule, budget, fabrication cost, technical attributes, requirements validation and verification, direct maintenance cost, and qualification.
- Led design and development activity of the component level or engine system through all aspects of the APQP process on schedule, on budget and in compliance with all technical requirements. Key aspects include requirements validation and verification, resolution of key technical challenges, acquisition of development hardware, management of fabrication cost and execution of qualification tasks using the scrum method in Agile.
- Provided strong commitment to customer satisfaction.
- Implemented design-to-cost and unit price cost analysis by creating AT-0033s and using lean thinking methodologies to come up with cost reduction strategies.
- Implemented Agile/Jira to accelerate progress on a program which included daily tag ups with the team and reporting out monthly to leadership the status of the program.
- Promoted and built strong team working relationships.
Robotics-Automation Engineer/Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Aerospace
07.2018 - 02.2020
- Performed (Electrical/Hydraulic/Mechanical) troubleshooting on industrial injection molding machines and 6 axis robots. Performed engineering and integration task of controls for Industrial Automation System such as Parker and TDE Inverters. Created and/or modified existing programming code of PLCs / HMIs / Safety controllers. Designed industrial communication networks and I/O. Provided advanced programming of industrial robots (mostly FANUC, Kawasaki, Comau, etc.) and vision systems (Keyence). Integrated automated systems at Honeywell's manufacturing plant.
- Led a team of 7 maintenance technicians as direct reports. Worked with HR to interview and hire new technicians.
- Enrolled in a management development program and lead a team of 3 engineers: Plant Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, and Manufacturing Engineer at the site while applying cost-effective means to improve production control output and continuous improvements using Lean-Six Sigma methodologies. Drove the strategic direction and initiatives that ensures projects are coordinated, monitored and completes project cycle according to schedule. Also, working closely with the Maintenance Supervisor as a system administrator for our CMMS software for maintenance planning and scheduling while prioritizing experience.
Robotics Engineer
Guyson Corporation of USA
02.2018 - 07.2018
- Programmed a variety of robots and applications, communication set up, troubleshooting, cycle time optimization, and auto debug with controls. Programming and installing robotic systems to customer’s specifications. Creating system electrical /mechanical CAD design, programming simulations, testing and startup. Some of our clients were Tesla, Boeing, Apple, GE Aviation, Honeywell and Northrop Grumman, etc.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering Management
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York Institute of Technology
New York, New York01.2017
Skills
- Autodesk Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical/Electrical, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Solid Works, Digital Electronics/Robotics, Arduino, Java, Matlab, Logisim, PSpice, Microsoft Office, SAP, CMMS Software, MS Project
- Lean Six Sigma
- Engineering Reports, Lab Reports, Standard Operating Procedures/Work Instructions
- Systems engineering
- Project management
- Team leadership
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Budget management
- Risk mitigation
- Resource allocation
- Customer engagement
- Agile methodologies
- Training and mentoring
- Requirements management
- Systems integration
Accomplishments
- Lead, managed and mentored a team of 28 systems engineers.
Certification
Fanuc Operating and Tooling, Lean-Six Sigma Green Belt
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Urdu
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional
Timeline
Systems Engineering Manager
Honeywell Aerospace
10.2024 - Current
Lead R&D Scientist/Engineer
Honeywell Aerospace
12.2022 - 10.2024
Lead Adv Manufacturing Engineer/Pursuit Leader
Honeywell Aerospace
08.2021 - 12.2022
Sr. Advanced Project Engineer ISC NPD NPI
Honeywell Aerospace
02.2020 - 08.2021
Robotics-Automation Engineer/Engineering Supervisor
Honeywell Aerospace
07.2018 - 02.2020
Robotics Engineer
Guyson Corporation of USA
02.2018 - 07.2018
Bachelor of Science - Electrical and Computer Engineering
New York Institute of Technology
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering Management
Ohio University
Clearance
Secret