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Horsham, England, United Kingdom

Led the engineering delivery of customized surveillance and tracking systems, overseeing all technical aspects of the project to ensure successful outcomes. Managed technical risks, ensuring compliance with complex requirements and consistently meeting customer expectations. Conducted and led both internal and external design reviews, ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders throughout the development process. Oversaw system safety management, ensuring that all safety protocols were adhered to and risks mitigated effectively. Utilized Jira to manage and track engineering tasks, ensuring clear progress and accountability within the team. Collaborated closely with the Project Manager to support budget management and maintain the project schedule, ensuring timely delivery.

Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom

Successfully implemented systems engineering within the organization, establishing processes and tools to streamline engineering workflows and enhance project outcomes. Led the development of technical content for bids, ensuring accurate and competitive proposals aligned with business objectives. Developed requirements compliance for two key projects using a requirements management tool, ensuring all customer and regulatory requirements were met.

Shoreham By Sea, England, United Kingdom

Successfully implemented Ricardo’s technology roadmaps into R&D projects, aligning cutting-edge innovations with development goals. Led the integration of advanced technologies into ongoing projects, ensuring strategic alignment with long-term product and market objectives. Facilitated collaboration between R&D, engineering, and product teams to drive the successful adoption of new technologies across multiple development streams.Led and supported R&D projects focused on cutting-edge technologies, including hydrogen engine development, hydrogen fuel cells, battery electric propulsion, and digital twin technologies, for the aviation, maritime, and automotive sectors. Successfully managed UK government grant-funded (Innovate UK) R&D projects as well as internal initiatives, ensuring alignment with technical goals and regulatory standards. Prior to this, developed competitive bids and proposals for the advanced propulsion sector, covering technologies such as fuel cells, battery electric systems, battery management, and internal combustion engine (ICE) to electric conversions. Managed the full proposal lifecycle, including qualification reviews, requirements management, scope definition, deliverables, project scheduling, resource and cost estimation, and engineering reviews, resulting in high-quality, actionable proposals.

Shoreham By Sea

Led system calibration for vehicle emissions, gasoline particulate filters (GPF), and onboard diagnostics (OBD), ensuring full compliance with performance and regulatory requirements. Directed CVO injector and GPF system development, integration, calibration, and vehicle testing, conducting detailed data analysis, design validation, and OBD testing to ensure successful sign-off of all vehicle attributes, including through climatic test trips and rigorous testing protocols. Managed cross-functional teams, providing technical leadership and overseeing the delivery of comprehensive status, test, and technical reports, as well as risk management documentation to ensure project success.Acted as the primary technical point of contact for two vehicle programs, resolving customer inquiries and delivering consistent project progress updates.Supported the chief engineer in coordinating internal and external project status meetings, facilitating stakeholder alignment and ensuring the timely resolution of technical challenges. Served as a technical consultant for Ricardo's strategic projects, offering expert guidance and contributing to high-level decision-making.

San Francisco Bay Area

Delivered an innovative engine system utilizing opposed piston lean burn technology, successfully balancing system constraints to achieve optimal fuel economy and meet stringent emissions standards.Collaborated with suppliers to develop an advanced electronic control unit (ECU) and optimized control algorithms, resulting in significant improvements in system calibration and performance.Led a successful technology demonstration of a new product at the customer site, showcasing its capabilities and ensuring customer satisfaction.Managed all aspects of the project, including planning, cross-functional teams, budgeting, resource allocation, supplier coordination, and customer relations.Conducted management meetings, technical reviews, and customer gateway reviews, ensuring alignment across stakeholders and maintaining project momentum.

Bangalore

Led development, integration, calibration, and design validation of a 2.2L MPFI (Multi-Point Fuel Injection) turbocharged engine system. Resident at customer site, directly overseeing engine performance development and emissions optimization.Managed cross-functional engineering teams, ensuring successful integration and calibration of engine components to meet performance and regulatory standards. Conducted regular customer review meetings, addressing project milestones, technical challenges, and solutions. Prepared detailed status reports for top management, communicating project progress, risks, and key technical achievements.

Chennai

Delivered end-to-end powertrain system development, integration, calibration, and validation for all passenger car applications in the Indian market. Collaborated closely with production and quality teams to support the successful launch of new passenger car models, ensuring alignment with market requirements and manufacturing capabilities. Led value engineering initiatives, driving cost reduction efforts without compromising performance or quality. Resolved two critical field failures using the Global 8D problem-solving method, resulting in significant warranty cost savings and improved product reliability.

Bengaluru Area, India

Developed LPG fuel injection and control systems in collaboration with suppliers for passenger car applications. Delivered comprehensive gasoline vehicle system development, integration, calibration, and validation for 1.0L gasoline-LPG and 1.2L gasoline engines. Led all project phases, including planning, supplier development, system engineering, integration, testing, and validation, ensuring timely delivery and compliance with performance and regulatory standards. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new systems into production, aligning with product development goals and market demands.

Chennai Area, India

Delivered 100cc and 150cc engine systems, including electronic control modules and control systems, for motorbike applications.Led system integration, verification, testing, and validation, ensuring optimal performance and reliability for the two-wheeler market. Managed cross-functional teams to achieve successful project milestones, aligning development efforts with production requirements and regulatory standards.