Arun K Rawate
**********@*****.***
U S Citizen
Active DOD Secret Clearance
SUMMARY OF SKILLS
Software Quality Engineering Quality Engineering Software Engineering
Quality Management Inspection Management Earned Value Management
DoD Policies, Procedures, Supplier Quality Management Reliability Engineering
and Regulations AS9100-AS9115 Standard
EXPERIENCE
Contractor TMI, Consultant - Quality Engineering (6/2022- to date)
Review and report senior management quality discrepancies related to the Software product(s) being delivered.
Perform data trend tracking analysis to identify and eliminate any issue that is having a negative effect on product quality.
Perform deviation investigations into software quality issues.
Analyze problems and strategize for better solutions.
Review contract deliverables for accuracy and compliance with contract requirements.
Work with SCRUM Master on AGILE/SCRUM processes improvement and optimization.
Review and perform automation, continuous testing, HIL testing, PIL testing and write recommendation for improvement.
Team with managers of supplier products to monitor and evaluate supplier development performance.
Review and approve Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCAR) and determined effectiveness
Conduct CMMI process audits.
Northrop Grumman, Weapon Systems, Advanced Weapons Northridge, CA
Senior Principal Engineer Software Quality (10/5/1998-3/31/2022)
Established Software Quality Department reporting to Director of Quality and Mission Assurance, Director of Systems Engineering, and Program Manager.
Lead and supported all System and Software Quality engineering functions in support of meeting all contractual, functional, program, AS9100-AS9115, and DO-178 requirements to support multiple, diverse customer deliverables.
Participated in CDRs, PDRs, IDRs, internal software requirement reviews, architectural design reviews, Peer reviews, and code reviews.
Reviewed and approved HW/FW/PLD design, specifications, test plans, and test procedures.
Actively participated in Software and System Validation. Participated in Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), Testing, and Consent to Ship (CTS).
Lead a team of SQEs in establishing software supplier appraisal, training, and approval.
Reviewed and approved Supplier Corrective Action Reports (SCAR) and determined effectiveness.
Lead development of continuous improvement projects focused on internal and supplier quality.
Prepared CMMI /AS9100 process training program and conducted training for software quality engineers, system engineers, and software engineers.
Participated in CMMI appraisals and AS 9100/ISO9001-2016 certifications.
Conducted scheduled CMMI (PPQA) audits to company/program requirements and industry standards.
Wrote Proposal and Basis of Estimates (BOE)for multiple program Request for Proposals (RFPs)for Software Quality Assurance.
Developed metrics and reported to senior management and customer per Contract Data Requirements List (CDRL).
Participated in identifying Critical Safety Item (CSI) and led DFEMA, PFEMA, and FEMACA effort.
Reviewed software safety significant, safety critical software requirements traceability, design, coding, and testing.
Participated in Change Control Boards, CAPA Boards, and supported root cause investigations and corrective actions implementation.
Reviewed and analyzed corrective action reports to reduce and eliminate defects.
Interacted with peers / Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)/ customers / vendors to interpret information and improve cross-functional processes and programs.
Interpreted statistics and explained root causes by data analysis.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Certified AS9100 D Auditor 2017 Axeon Corp.
Certified CMMI Auditor 2013 SEI
Polyspace Certificate in C/C++ Programming – 2010 Polyspace
Certified CMM PC-DIMS Advanced Programmer Hexagon Metrology for quality assurance L.S. Starrett 1990
Doane College, Nebraska courses in Industrial Management 1988-1989
University Of Nebraska, College of Engineering 1985-1987 Undeclared Post Graduate Studies
Southeast Community College, Lincoln Ne 1981-1984 AS degree Electronics and Computer Programming
University Of Nebraska, College of Engineering Courses in Industrial Engineering 1978-1979
Agra University Agra India- 1973-1975 M.A
R.V. College of Engineering, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India 1963-1968 B.E (Electrical/Electronics) degree
TRAINING
StarTeam, MATLAB, ePIC, TipQA, PILGRIM, COSTPOINT, DELTEK ERP, SAP ERP, Kronos, WINDCHIL, ARTISAN, MathWorks, Rational Rhapsody, Jira, Python, & AGILE/SCRUM