Direj V Patel, M.Sc.

** *********** *****, ******, *******, Canada K2G 6N3, Tel: 613/825

5903(H); mobile 613/890 5803; acg26n@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Design Assurance based System Development and Integration

management

Over 15+ years in Design Assurance based development and integration

of hardware and software in Aerospace/Avionics (Fixed-wing aircrafts.

Helicopters, Satellite Systems), and Armoured Vehicles. In-depth

experience in:

- Hardware and Software Acceptance, Certification, Qualification,

Quality assurance, Configuration Management, Functional Performance,

Airworthiness and Safety;

- European Space Agency Advanced Research Technology and MIPAS satellite

systems;

- Compliance of Avionics Equipment, Software, hardware and Complex

Electronic Hardware to FAR/EASA/TCA/CAR Regulatory requirements for

Airworthiness Certification of Civilian and Military aircrafts

-Bombardier Challenger 604, CRJ 700, CRJ 900 fixed wing aircrafts;

Bell 412 CH146, Sikorsky S92/H92 CH148 helicopters, including Mission

and Flight Control systems; Fly-by-Wire (FBW) EFCS AFCS/PFCS Flight

Control, EGI Navigation, Communication, Flight management. Integrated

mission systems, Rotor and Bladefold systems, EICAS,

Advisories/Caution/Warning system, Nose-wheel landing gear,

Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Simulator, Ground and Flight Testing,

Mission and Flight planning, Electrical, EOIR, RadarIFFI, Hydraulics,

Sensors Actuators and Display systems, RadAlt, EGI GPS, Stall

computer, Flaps and Spoiler electronics, Landing system, Nose-Wheel

Steering systems, Windshield Heater system, CVR/FDR Recording, Fire

protection, Utility power, Health/Usage Monitoring IVMHS systems

- TAPV Tactical Armoured Vehicles: Software Supportability and Logistics

Support Analysis

- Integrated Modular Avionics DO297 architecture for incremental

acceptance and certification credits for Software application

software, modules, and platforms; for aircraft integration;

- RTCA/DO-178A, DO-178B, IMA DO-297, DO-254, ARP 4754A, ARP 4761, FAR

25, FAR 27, FAR 29, FAA Order 8110.49, DoD 2167, DO-160, TSOs, MSOs,

MIL-STD-217,MIL-STD-498,J-STD-016, Mil-Std-55110, MIL-HDBK-454,

AQAP110 etc; applicable Specification, Guidance and issue Papers, CAST

papers;

- System Safety Case Analysis, System Safety Analysis: Common Mode

analysis, Fault Tree Analysis, FTA FMEA, Functional Hazard Analysis,

MMEL Master Minimum Equipment for aircraft dispatchability,

- System Availability, Integrity, Resource management, Safety, Fault

Management and Health Monitoring; of platforms and hosted

applications; Robustness and endurance testing, Reliability and

Maintainability

- Vendor and Supplier OEM Management. Planning/Development/Verification

Lifecycle process Audits, First article acceptance, Source and

Conformity Reviews, product and process artefact reviews;

- Desk-top and Off-site surveys, and Design Reviews of vendor design,

Testing, V&V artefacts;

- System Integration Laboratory testing, Aircraft ground/flt, module.

Platform testing,

- Liaison with Regulatory authorities; Transport Canada, FAA, EASA,

Supplier DERs

- Requirement analysis, design changes, change impact and reusability

analysis

- System y, System Safety analysis,

- Product and Project Management: in multi-project environment, WBS,

Scope, Cost, Schedule

- Results driven proactive self-starter, guiding civilian and military

engineering teams

Canadian Citizen, Security Clearances: Secret level II: Canadian Controlled

Goods Program, NATO; and ITAR security

Relevant Experience & Notable Accomplishments

Feb 2014 to October 2014 (left to have total knee surgeries, full recovery

now completed) Available Jan 2015

Senior Avionics System Airworthiness and Safety Specialist

General Dynamics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Airworthiness, functional, performance and design assurance of hardware and

software in Marine Helicopters.

Accomplishments:

. System Type Certification Plans to meet certification requirements for

the various systems; ensured concurrence with stakeholders; Type

Certification Reports demonstrating compliance to Basis of

Certification (BoC); applicable FAR/CAR/EASA 29, AMC 29-2 regulation

requirements; Identified and resolved design vulnerabilities, improved

safety and achieved certification objectives for aircraft integration;

. Compliance to Safety, Performance, Functional, Operational, Integrity

and Availability requirements of various systems including Mission

Data Management System, Mission data Computer, Flight Management

Control Display Unit, EOIR, IFFT, Counter Measures, RadarIFFI, ASCD

etc.;

. Audit, Review vendor life cycle artefacts (requirements, design,

coding, Verification data),

. System safety Analysis, Functional Hazard Analysis, Design Assurance,

Certification Maintenance Requirements,, Aircraft operating

Instructions, safety and airworthiness requirements to airborne

RTCA/DO178B/254/; and non-airborne but safety critical systems to DO-

200A /278 requirements;

. Allocation of system resources, hosted function to system

architecture, appropriate design assurance, fault management for

safety and protection of aircraft and aircrew;

. Used Microsoft Project, Excel. Access, DOORS and Clear Quest database

for project management;

. Close liaison with Certification authorities, and the in-house and

Vendor system engineering project teams. Provided support and guidance

to engineering personnel to achieve design assurance objectives.

11/2013 to Feb 2014 Senior Reliability, Maintainability and Safety Engineer

Bombardier Aerospace, Toronto, Canada

Achievements: Q400 Twin engine ETOPS design Reliability for extended

flight operational range

. System Safety Analysis on the Q400 subsystems (Landing Gear systems,

Brake Monitoring, Avionics Cooling, Take-off warning systems, Stall

Protection, Navigation, MFD, FMCDU, Avionics Display system, Take-off

Warning system, SmartMultiFuncDisplay SMD68; Flight Control Systems,

Communication systems etc.) of Legacy (existing) twin engine

aircraft; and evaluating the design changes required to comply with

Design Reliability improvements required for Extended Operations; and

Diversions (ETOPS); identified and resolved design and operational

vulnerabilities, changes required to achieve extended flight time

objectives;

. FMECA, FHA, Common Cause, Fault Tree analysis for ETOPS requirements

for extension of non-stop mission time from 1 hour to the extended 4.5

hours, and 120 minutes of diversions - identified vulnerabilities in

design to preclude in-flight shut down and Diversions; Assessed

reliability growth data, and impact on continued safety for extended

flight hours;

. Minimum System and Equipment list required for continued safe flight;

maintenance and fault tolerance;

. Updated subsystem legacy FTAs based on Risk Spectrum to CAFTA v.6.0;

. Compliance to FAA; Transport Canada TCCA, and EASA requirements,

including compliance ETOPS requirements specified in to FAR 25

Appendix K, FAR25.3, TP6327E, 14CFR part 121, 25.1309, AC 120-42B,

CS 25.1309; for Extended Range of Operation for 2 engine ETOPS

Certification and Operation;

. Review of engineering drawings, wiring diagrams and schematics; and

life cycle artefacts;

. Identification of risks of potential loss of/erroneous detection,

design weaknesses, loss of CAW annunciation, degradation of

performance and impact of degraded operation on aircraft safety.

2/2002-10/2013 Senior Avionics Software and Systems Engineer,

Department of National Defence, Canadian Air Force Engineering,

Ottawa, Canada

Achievements: Bell CH146, Sikorsky CH 148, TAPV armoured patrol vehicle

. Hardware and software certification of various subsystems including

MAGR Navigation, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, SINCGARS communication,

Laser/Missile Aircraft protection, Laser marking & ranging and Flight

Management systems; Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System (FBW/FCS) Flight

control, Communication, Navigation, Monitoring, and Aircraft

management Avionics such as Avionics Management System, Mission

Planning and Data Management, Precise positioning SAASM embedded

Global positioning System and H-764 Advanced Configurable 24 channel

GPS, Integrated Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Flight Control AFCS,

PFCS, RVMS, Flight Director, Air Data Computer, IFF, Advanced Warning

Generator, Data Concentrator, Multifunctional Display EICAS, Flight

Management Control Display, Cockpit voice and Flight data recorder,

Emergency Locator, Electro-optics FLIR, MAWS, CMDS, Utility,

Intercommunication, Integrated Aircraft Health and Usage monitoring,

and Secondary Flight display recorders, Fault monitoring, IVHMS health

management, Senor data collection, Integrated Sensor System, And TAPV

Tactical Armoured Vehicle Control systems'

. Software and hardware compliance planning and determination of means

of compliance with Suppliers and Vendors, and identified

Vendor/Supplier compliance requirements throughout the lifecycle at

various stage covering planning, development, verification, quality

assurance, configuration management for acceptance, qualification and

certification;;

. Led FAA specified audits (SOI 1 to 4) verifying Supplier OEM

conformance to DO178B, DO254 and DO 297; FARs 27-1309, 29-1309,

ARP4754A, ARP 4761 objectives; TSO, MSO requirements - ensuring

subsystems complied with applicable regulations and airworthiness;

verification and validation of aircraft level requirements and their

allocation to the subsystems; Traceability and Coverage from aircraft

to test results;

. Verification of Proper vendor implementation of development plans and

standards, quality assurance, configuration control, integration,

verification, and certification activities;

. Compliance of Vendor development processes with DO178B and DO-254,

regulatory supplemental documents at required levels to meet safety

requirements. Included Common Cause Analysis (CMA, Particular and

Zonal risks) and failure analysis; Characterization of top level

failure events, acceptable failure rates, reliability requirements

. OEM SOI findings, vendor surveillance findings, reports on audits and

inspections, quality and configuration management, and adherences

policies/plans/procedures, and issues;

. Reviewed Supplier reliability lifecycle activities from conceptual

phase to acceptance testing, analysed screening and burn-in tests;

monitored and documented reliability growth throughout the lifecycle;

. Validation and verification of Supplier data on components, software,

complex electronic hardware, system/ design, quality and product/

environmental configuration control, tool qualification, change

requests, problem reports, and product Environment/E3 Test results;

. System safety assessments, Functional Hazard Assessment, hazard

mitigation, verified development errors had been identified, and

corrected to satisfy certification basis and its requirements.

Aircraft safety and security requirements allocated to subsystems

satisfied by system design, compliance with design assurance, hardware

design assurance and software levels, and intended level of aircraft

availability and integrity requirements;

. Robust partitioning, resource management and other protection and

safety features

. Environmental qualification testing to specified environmental

conditions;

. Partitioning analysis, verification of protection capabilities and

safety features during aircraft level integration; Fault management,

health monitoring; hierarchy for information reported to flight deck

and maintenance;

. Acceptance reports for certification authority approval; including

plans, requirements and evidence of compliance; end to end pilot in

the loop SIL, flight simulator, ground and flight test reports; and

test of FBW handling qualities; Flight Control SIL for design

validation and formal qualification testing;

. Integration and validation of pilot-vehicle interface, system level

functionality, avionics/electrical/ hydraulic integration and

validation, Hw/Sw I/O, Warning/caution annunciation etc;

. Developed basis for acceptance and Verified Compliance to availability

requirements, design assurance, safety features, fault detection,

design assurance, reliability and maintainability requirements,

control of shared and dedicated resources, allocation of aircraft

functions to system architecture, prevention of unintended

interactions, redundancy, dissimilar design, fault tolerance, health

monitoring; timing and scheduling strategies;

. Ensured systems acceptable for intended use and function. Addressed

safety related requirements allocated in system safety assessments,

partitioning ad protection strategies;

. Demonstrated how objectives of each lifecycle process from

requirements to design, implementation and verification were

satisfied, Reviewed/approve verification and validation data

compliance with requirements specifications, and acceptance criteria;

. Reviewed range of lifecycle data including Plan for Software/hardware

Aspects of Certification, System reqts specification,

software/hardware reqts spec, Development Plan and process, Software,

Design document, Module/platform/system acceptance

plans/requirements/ supporting compliance data; Test Plan/Description,

Performance Verification Test Procedure, Low Level Test Procedure,

Test Reports and Results, Performance Verification Test Reports, Low

Level Test Report, Software Verification Report, Sw Quality

Assurance, Source to Object Traceability Analysis, Sw Configuration

mgmt, Accomplishment Summaries, Source Control documents, Interface

Control Documents, Configuration Index, Version Descriptions, Tool

Qualification, Problem reports, Change requests, Impact analysis for

design, DAL and requirements changes, Issue papers; for compliance to

DO178B, DO297 and DO254 objectives;

. Tool qualification for development and verification;

. Modules and application software compliance with safety requirements,

intended criticality, failures, malfunctions, fault probabilities,

software and hardware design assurance levels, ACWS advisories and

cautions for crews; maintenance checks, installation limitations,

independence/isolation requirements and interface requirements;

. Provided guidelines to Vendors and suppliers that the Supplier OEM has

to meet according to newness, modification, COTS and previously

developed configurations: developed Control plans on applicability of

various DO178B/254 objectives, development standards, policies and

procedures, safety requirements, maintenance, health monitoring and

fault management/tolerance requirements, safety level definition,

means to prevent or limit erroneous feature, details of requirement

and criteria for the various lifecycle processes,

. Developed Standards and procedures manual to be followed by the

Vendors/suppliers; Developed qualification test requirements,

Developed Software/hardware requirement and verification process for

the various systems to show complainer to Do178B/254/4754 etc.

requirements;

. Guidance to OEM Suppliers/vendors that reduced product design cycles,

and development costs;

. Updating Basis of Certification (BoC) account for changes in FHA, Type

Design process, statement of operating Intent, provided status on the

certification activities;

. Resolution of Safety, Performance, Integration and development issues

resulting from integration of new capabilities, changes in

requirements & effects on safety and operation;

. Logistics Support for CH146 and TAPV. Analysed fault tolerance, and

fault management strategies implemented to achieve scheduled

maintenance with differed maintenance modes of operation; and verified

relevant configuration control strategies; Supportability, Endurance

and Reliability testing;

. Technical investigation and engineering analysis. Adequacy of

critical features such as Continuity of Functions, Protection of

blended solutions, Robustness of partitions, and High integrity fault

management. Monitored Supplier activities during redesign,

integration and test phases;

. Project management: Provided progress status, identified issues, risks

to scope, schedule and cost objectives. Prepared Work breakdown

structure, and PERT analysis; biweekly telecoms and audits;

. RTCA participated with RTCA in development of RTCA/DO-297 Integrated

Modular Avionics Guidance and Certification guide (ref. RTCA/DO-297,

p.90); and to the development of RTCA/DO178C certification guide;

provided inputs to model based development and certification tasks;

4/01- 12/01 Technical Leader

DY4 Systems, Kanata,

Achievements: COTS engineering and Avionics RTCA software development,

SVME179/180

. Vendor management for Commercial off the Shelf components, overcoming

obsolescence; coordinated component testing at supplier sites;

. Initiated RTCA/DO-178B and D0-254 compliant software and hardware

development processes for Single Board computer SVME179/180.

. Liaison with OEM Vendor, suppliers, customers and in-house groups

3/97- 4/01 Senior Engineering Aircraft System Specialist, Software

Certification, and Product Development

Bombardier Aerospace, Montreal, Canada

Achievements: Challenger 601, 604, CRJ 700, CRJ 900

. Reliability, Safety, Availability, Maintainability, Supportability

analysis, Failure modes effects and criticality analysis, system

safety analysis, development and assessment of Fault Tree analysis,

Common Cause and functional hazard analyses of aircraft hardware and

software systems and equipment in Challenger 600/601/604s, CRJ 700 and

900, and BD100 aircrafts (MilHdbk217) compliance to FAR25.1309

requirement for various aircraft systems including Stall Protection

Computer, Take-off Warning system, Flap and spoiler electronic control

systems and Actuators, Nose wheel steering, Horizontal Stabilizer, and

Wind shield heater

. Certification Maintenance Requirements

. PSSA, SSA, reliability requirements, and assurance level allocation

for system hardware and software, clarification of FHA assumptions,

fault tolerance, fail safe design features and reversion capabilities;

. Suppliers' software and hardware life cycle artefacts review and

approval of Suppliers' artefacts including System safety and Hazard

analysis. Prepared and reviewed hardware and software requirements,

design, coding, integration and test artefacts (PSAC, SDP, HDD, SDD,

SQTD, SQTP, SysRD, SwRD, SCM, SQA, HRD, SwRD, SRD and SDD, SCI, SAS.),

Software Metrics Reports, and verified compliance with safety, and

certification requirements compliance to DO254 and DO178 A and 178B

requirements;

. Implemented software certification strategy, and basis of products,

compliance planning and verification of activities with certification

basis;

. Implemented qualification and certification processes, providing

leadership on airworthiness and promoted adherence in the supplier/in-

house system engineering community,

. Assessed compliance to Certification basis including development

assurance processes;

. Proper documentation of technical data for certification credits,

including compliance data, airworthiness regulations, DO178B and DO-

254;

. Off-site surveys, installation evaluation, ground and flight testing,

installation support;

. System Safety Assessment, safety hazard, safety and protection

features, common cause analysis, failure modes, component failure

modes, and partitioning analysis;

. Technical investigation and engineering analysis of systems based on

field reports, resolved feasibility and risk issues with pusher

hysteresis, actuators, sensors and displays; and items from Field

report and FRACAS; examined and resolve degradation in performance and

detection time etc.

. Supported vendor certification activities with Regulatory authorities;

. System Integration verification and validation of test cases and

procedures, test environment, coverage analysis and traceability

analysis. Verified correlation between requirements, design,

implementation and verification data and special installation

information including load procedures, separation and isolation

provisions, EMI/HIRF, indirect lightning shielding requirements etc.

. Ensured new modules and platforms continued to safely perform intended

functions without adversely affecting existing systems; on and off

aircraft V&V testing; towards overall aircraft certification;

demonstrated each aircraft function, compliance to safety objectives

and regulations; using ground and flight testing; verification of

interactions, interfaces and connection between modules;

. Verified proper interactions between software and AEH applications,

robustness testing, impact on performance of individual applications,

satisfaction of safety, health monitoring, fault management,

partitioning and protection requirements;

. Evaluated impact of specific anomalies, loss of or erroneous

functions, malfunctions, addressing effectiveness of backup and

mitigation means; reusability of previously developed/certified

software;

. Evaluation of problem reports, corrections and impact analysis on

safety, function and performance;

. Resolution of potential failure conditions, parametric exceedances,

Functional and operational requirements under each mode of operation

(Taxi, take off, cruise, landing), take off warning systems;

. Updated MMEL Minimum Equipment List for Challenger and CRJ aircrafts

based on system assessments.

3/95- 3/97: Project Engineer

Litton Systems, Toronto, Canada

Achievements: Inertial Navigation System, Technology Transfer

. Successful technology transfer of INS product design, manufacturing

and component technology from General Motors in Milwaukee, USA. To

Litton Assessed Product architecture, Redesign requirements due to

technology obsolescence, Components engineering, and developed

training requirements;

. Worked 6 months with engineers at GM's Milwaukee USA plant on product

design, and Component Engineering and Reliability aspects.

2/93- 3/95 Senior Member of Technical Staff for Satellite Subsystem

COM DEV, Cambridge, Canada

Achievements: ARTEMIS, MIPAS satellites for European Space Agency, Rome,

Italy

. Design, development and qualification of the ARTEMIS and, MIPAS

satellite subsystems for Alenia Spazio. Achieved compliance to

stringent ESA reliability specifications, product assurance and

quality requirements, and software compliance to RTCA/DO-178B

requirements,

. Managed Components, PCB, Microwave circuit cards and assembly

qualification. Conducted Vendor qualification, management and audit;

product V&V, Environmental and Mechanical testing per IPC and RTCA/DO-

160;

. Presented reports on risks mitigated in design, manufacture, and

reliability to ESA Alenia Spazio; system reqt traceability, and

performance as specified at readiness and delivery;

. Managed preparation and checking of documents prior to release to

customer;

. Provided status reports and summary of accomplishments and compliance

activities;

. Reviewed vendor and in-house engineering drawings, schematics and

wiring diagrams.

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Education

University of London (UK) B. Sc. Hons

Aspen University (USA) M. Sc. (Grade Point Average 3.97/4)

Professional Development

? MBA: Finance, Personnel Management, Organization Behaviour,

Managerial Accounting, and Intl Marketing

? FAA Functions and Requirements for Airworthiness certification, JAA

JAR145

? Reliability and 1309 Design Analysis for Aircraft Systems

? Technical Airworthiness Accreditation and Design Approval Courses for

Avionics for CRJ aircrafts

? Software Intensive Course in Software engg, Software Testing and

Quality Assurance Techniques, Practical Software Testing Methods

? DOORS Dynamic Object Orientated Requirements System, Primavera

? Human Factors and Modelling & Simulation

? VAPS 6.4/AT Rapid HMI prototyping and design

? Aircraft Certification Courses

? Maintenance Steering Group MSG-3

? DND Technical/Operational Airworthiness Management

? PFPS FalconView Electronic Map based Flight Planning System

? System Software Analysis

? DND Technical and Operational Airworthiness Management

? CAFTA/Relex Fault Tree Analysis Reliability Software; FMEA & Hazard

Analysis Course

? Software Project Management

? ARINC 429/ MIL-STD-1553B

? Integrated Logistics Support Analysis

? Six Sigma / Air Force 9000+

? Goal Structuring Notation

? LSAR Logistics Engineering, Software Support Analysis,

? Information Technology Projects Management, Integrated Information

Environment, IETM

? Microsoft Suite Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, MS Project; Outlook,

Visio, AutoCAD, FMECA Relex/CAFTA, UML, prototype building APB, VAPS

Application prototyping, DOORS, PFPS FalconView, Navitrak Moving Map

display, AF9000, Performa, RDIMS, DRIMS Information Management System

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