Girish Patel
Phoenix, AZ ***** • *********@*****.*** • 602-***-****
Experienced Engineering Professional
Renowned highly sought-after Engineer with over 15 years experience in the industry
— Key Qualifications —
Highly accomplished and results-driven individual with significant accomplishments, such as having been successful in various Commercial Aircraft Avionics Certification projects, specifically B737 and B787 (Dream Liner), MRR for AEW&C Wedgetail project.
Seek out opportunities for expansion, innovation, and growth, as well as maintain exceptional collaboration and communication proficiencies.
Build teams through collaboration, set the example for excellence, and continue to strive toward company goals, along with maintaining state of the art system development life cycle skills.
Highlights of Expertise
Verification/Validation Testing
Program Analysis/System Requirements Analysis
Software Development (ADA-95, C)
System Safety
D0-178B-Level A
Microsoft Office/Project Tools
Process Engineering
Document Release
Professional Experience
CTS International (Contract) 2018-2020
System Engineer
Providing technical services to the upgrade aircraft warning and control system development of
AEW&C program & ISSC engineering support at Boeing Defense System.
Completed WICS System Design, review and documentation for the Comm System. Reviewed and administered the WICS System SDRL reviews with SME’s at Customer site and Boeing sites.
Evaluated several options, due to COVID-19, to accomplish the ASU Update task at hand on for the customer’s MRR scheduled time line. Monitored EGIs update when Modification required by the Customer.
Completed the mini set up test using SATCOM to facilitate the successful completion of the JITC test at JITC facility and sent test report to the customer on time, using Boeing Export process.
Developed MID Switch Panel Qual Data Analysis report from the customer supplied requirements. and Currently, as team member for the ISSC project involved in mist of resolving several of the Issues reported from the field.
2015-2018
Scored students papers (Math, Science) from 4th grad to 12 with utmost accuracy and reliability as per Pearson scoring guidelines, as per Pearson’s need (Temporary/Seasonal).
Verocel – Westford, MA 2014-2014
Verification Engineer, (Contract)
Analyzed and sought out optimal test outcomes and pursued pertinent trajectory for the Requirements Based Testing (RBT) of the Flight Management System (FMS) for Part-25 (Boeing 737) with emphasis on DO-178B Level-B Specifications guidelines. Fashioned and developed specifications for the Requirements Based Testing (RBT) of the Flight Management System (FMS) as it related to Part-25 (Boeing 737) with emphasis on DO-178B Level-B Specifications guidelines.
Selected Contributions:
Reached TRR milestones through verification and validation.
Conceptualized and integrated test case specifications.
Collabera – Morristown, NJ
2013-2014
Senior Advanced System Engineer
Delivered vital technical support as it related to system development for the Flight Control Project of Business Commuter Aviation System at Honeywell Aerospace, enabling stringent compliance with DO-178B for design assurance Level A and C specifications guidelines.
Selected Contributions:
Improved maintainability and decreased multiple imminent system change requests.
Upheld optimal accuracy, project completion, and system development requirements.
Experis (Manpower Group) – Phoenix, AZ
2010-2012
Senior Test Engineer
Moderated the test review team and provided pointed technical support to the critical Flight Control (FC) Development project for B787 by leading the Oversight Audit activities for the developed tests, as well as smaller scale technical services for B787-9 and Epic FBW system of ARJ21 project at Honeywell Aerospace.
Selected Contributions:
Partnered with colleagues and Honeywell suppliers to obtain FAA Certifications.
Ensured stringent precision and attained objectives.
Ensco Inc. – Endicott, NY
2005-2009
Systems Engineer
Verified activities for aviation projects needed to obtain avionics system equipment goals and FAA certification. Completed tests for more than 50 requirements that encompassed: Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) for the Boeing 787(Dream Liner) Engine Controls to validate the Common Motor Start Controller (CMSC) LRU software as per RTCA - DO-178B specification. Performed system engineering tests for B737-XXX next gen aircrafts, Flap/slat Electronics Unit (FSEU) LRU. Expedited and Facilitated on Time schedule software load delivery by completing the tests of Mission Planning Function system/software requirements of VH-71 helicopter avionics system.
Selected Contributions:
Reached all scheduling and lifecycle goals, which enabled progression to the next phase in the aircraft system certification.
Systematically sought out and garnered client avionic objectives for system development and certification, as well as secure new and current clients for future projects.
Additional Roles:
Project Engineer, General Motors Corp., EMD, La Grange, IL
Software Consultant, TECHNISOURCE, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Software Engineer, Contract Professionals, Inc., Waterford, MI
Retail Sales Associate, SITA Investment Corporation, Tempe, AZ
Senior Software Project Engineer, Honeywell, Inc., Phoenix, AZ
Software Engineer, Lear Siegler/Smith Industries/GE Aviation, Grand Rapids, MI
Educational & Credentials Background
Master of Science – Electrical Engineering • Ohio University, Athens, OH
Bachelor of Science – Electrical Engineering • University of Baroda, Vadodara, India
Security Clearance: DoD Secret Clearance, Currently Inactive
Specialty Expertise:
ADA95, “C”/C++, JAVA, PASCAL, FORTRAN, Assembly Language, Scripting (tcl, VB), Adobe acrobat 11, Microsoft Office, Mat Lab, and window7, frequently used scripts, Excel and Beyond3, ATS195/ETS ATE work station, Program and System Requirements Analysis, Agile SAFe
CASE Tools: Rational Apex, STP, Continues, PVCS-Serena, Beyond Compare 3 and Adobe Acrobat, Grasp, GPS, Tracing Tool, TeamTrac, Project Link, DOORS, JMPs, Cygwin, SVN, Simulator, CMPRO, Sherlock, HMI
Display Processor
Platforms: SUN SPARCstation, Linux/UNIX, VAX/VMS, Univac 1100, Motorola 6800/68000, VAX Workstation, Ti 990/9900 Minicomputer, Solaris 4.5, Windows NT, Windows2000/Professional/XP/7/10, MS OFFICE, Tomahawk Simulator, ClearCase
JMPs, Cygwin, SVN, TeamTrac, Project Link, ATS195/ETS ATE, Beyond Compare 3, MATLAB –Simulink/
State flows, DOORS, Vero Trace, AVAYA-x communicator-online support, Google/chat-HO, eWIP, Workday,
Matter most