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Bengaluru, Ka, In

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

System Design & Integration: Led the design, integration, and testing of complex UAV systems, ensuring compatibility between avionics, propulsion, flight control, and payload systems to meet performance and safety standards.Requirements Management: Defined and documented system-level requirements, ensuring traceability from concept through development and into final product delivery.Testing & Validation: Developed comprehensive test plans and executed ground and flight tests to validate system functionality, identifying and troubleshooting issues for system improvements.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated with electrical, mechanical, software engineers, and manufacturing teams to drive UAV system development, ensuring cost-effective and timely product delivery.Documentation & Reporting: Authored technical documentation, including design specifications, testing protocols, and user manuals; provided regular project updates to stakeholders.System Optimization: Continuously analyzed and improved UAV system performance, considering factors such as environmental conditions, battery life, and load capacity.Leadership & Mentorship: Provided technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices in systems engineering and development.Environmental Testing for UAV Systems (JSS 55555 & JSS 5855): Conducted and successfully cleared JSS 55555 and JSS 5855 environmental qualification tests for UAV systems, ensuring compliance with rigorous military and industry standards for operational reliability.Test Planning & Execution (JSS 55555 & JSS 5855): Developed detailed test plans for environmental qualification, including vibration, thermal, humidity, and shock testing as per JSS 55555 and JSS 5855 guidelines.Certification & Compliance: Successfully cleared all environmental test phases (JSS 55555 & JSS 5855) to secure necessary certification for UAV systems, ensuring readiness for deployment in challenging environments.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Assembled, Integrated, Tested and Validated developed products.• Development and Execution of Flight test plans for new software features, electronics,sensors and payloads.• Integration of new hardware components mechanically and electrically on the internalfleet of test vehicles for RD and testing.• Coordination & Collaboration with Developers, engineers and customers to resolve issuesidentified during flight tests.• Root Cause Analysis of failures, analyzed data and summarized key takeaways from TestResults.• Developed Standard Operating Procedures and Checklists.• Achieved fully stable autonomous flight of coaxial helicopter from unstable flights.• Analysed flight data using custom build automated flight analyser in MATLAB anddetermined the root cause for the flight snags and shared the corrective measures withdesign team for design iterations.• Modified and tested ardupilot library, swashplate governing and movement to accomplish co-axial heli configuration.• Contributed in developing a better UI/UX for the Inventory Management Page that wasindigenously created for tracking all the activities related to the inventory.• Created the Assembly Document for the Indigenous UAV's according to the TechnicalDocumentation Standards released by NASA.• Created the Inspection and Maintenance checklists for the Indigenous UAV's.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Engaged in daily, weekly and monthly schedule of Quality audits, flight planning, testing and analysis of the snags occurred and documentation of the same on regular basis.• Liaison with regulatory authority in all matters related to Quality Assurance System and associated procedures.• Assisting with the Quality Auditors in the Internal & External Audits.• Verification of QA reports along with measurements such as CMM, Manual readings and prepare them for approvals.• Continuously Checking the Status of tools and Equipment and for their calibration due.• Review of completed tech log pages, work orders and associated paper works received from line and ensure that the paperwork are complete in all respect and meets the regulatory requirement.• Updation of aircraft, engine, radio and component log books.• Under the supervision of senior managers, handled the authorization of all internal blueprints.• Supervised the Non-Destructive Testing of various aircraft structures and parts.• Inventory checks on induction/storage aircrafts as well as tagging LRU’s due for bench check or demodification.• Assisted the senior management in identifying negative quality trends and initiated appropriate corrective/preventive actions.• Maintained Aerospace QMS and SMS in both internal and external.• Assisted senior managers in initiating statistical analysis project that resulted in sound recommendationsadopted by the entire department.• Assisted in handling all regulatory complaints from agencies such as DGAQA and took appropriate corrective action.• Progressive knowledge of the codes of DGAQA regulations as they pertained to HAL.

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Lubricated shafts, bearings and gears to maintain optimal performance.• Analyzed engineering drawings and schematics to troubleshoot systems and diagnose solutions.• Inspected airframes to detect wear and other defects.• Collaborated with AME Technician to coordinate fitting and alignment of heavy parts.• Operated power tools, gauges and testing equipment to adjust, repair and replace faulty components in aircrafts.• Assisted with aircraft and equipment transport and movement.• Maintained, repaired and rebuilt aircraft structures.• Performed scheduled and unscheduled inspections to check flight readiness of aircraft.

B.E, Aeronautical Engineering

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High School Diploma, Mathematical Biology

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