PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: C C Ada83/95 Assembly Language NI Lab View
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Chiranjeevi (Chiri) Aradhya
Technical Project / Program Management
Cedar Rapids,IA
Summary
Forward-thinking, highly conscientious, and dynamic professional, offering solid expertise and extensive experience in leading new product development, Project Management and People management. Proven work on highly complex technical projects from $5M to $60M, with earned value management, technical risk management, system/software development life cycle ownership and experience in Safety Critical Avionics Systems Certification following DO-178B/ARP 4754A Standards. Recognized for reputation in identifying strategies, driving cost reduction, optimizing service, strengthening internal & external stakeholders relations along with timely, on-budget and successful completion of projects / commitments.
Overview
17
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
3
Certifications
Skills
Technical Product Management
undefinedWork History
Collins Aerospace - Flight Management SystemCedar Rapids, IA
Principal Project Engineer
10.2017 - Current
Job overview
- Scope, schedule, and budget management by working closely with multiple domain teams, subsystem engineering team, Agile development teams, CCB and program managers
- Risk and opportunity management with Flight Management System department and program management team
- Demonstrated capability of Hardware-Software Integration as per scope and schedule with a clear understanding of Hardware dependencies and timeline.
- Responsible for successful completion of Stages of Involvement audits & Technical Standard Order by working with TCRs / CERT Authorities
- Handling field issues reported from customer / STARS team
- Managing Open problem reports, Draft and Investigates, Work Package implementations
- Active contributor in FMS Agile logistics Management team
Collins Aerospace - Platform SoftwareCedar Rapids, IA
Senior Software Engineer / Project Engineer
07.2013 - 09.2017
Job overview
- Technical Project lead for Network Platform software development
- Managed scope, schedule, and technical risks for product development
- Responsible for software development life cycle including certification
- Performing software conformity checkouts at avionics rig
- Hardware / Software integration.
- Training and mentoring junior engineers for improvement of overall team performance.
HCLA (Kidde Aerospace)Raleigh, NC
Technical Project Lead
02.2012 - 06.2013
Job overview
- Managed team that developed test scripts using NI Test stand, NI Lab view
- Biweekly technical project report to customer
- Reporting the problems and bugs to the Product Development team
- Tracking change request (CR) in synergy
- Guiding global team of engineers for Requirement, Design, Code, Test Case and Test Script effort.
L&T IES (Hamilton Sundstrand)Bangalore & Rockford, IL
Software Project Lead
12.2009 - 02.2012
Job overview
- Software Certification Lead for Digital Generator Controller Unit Project
- Creating and Managing Software Verification standards for Level A criticality Avionics software
- Onsite-Offshore technical coordination for the DGCU Product development
- Guiding Software team with software development and verification process
- Adherence to DO178 Standard process during all the phases of development life cycle
HCLA (GE Aviation)Bangalore & Grand Rapids, MI
Lead Engineer
07.2007 - 12.2009
Job overview
- Integration and Qualification of Software tools with product development environment
- Software coding to implement various Avionics protocols
- Object code analysis for the complete Software.
HCL (Parker Aerospace / Thales Avionics)Bangalore
Lead Engineer
03.2005 - 06.2006
Job overview
- Involved in Software development and System Integration
- Software design / Verification automation
- Investigating and reporting software issues to Systems team.
Education
University of IowaIowa City, IA
MBA
08.2016 - 10.2018
SSIT (VTU)
Bachelor of Science from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
07.1998 - 06.2002
Accomplishments
Books published via Amazon
- Embedded Real-Time System application in Avionics
- Avionics Safety Critical Software Verification
- DO-178B CAST papers for Avionics Software Development
Certification
Certified SAFe Scrum Master
Software
PROTOCOLS: RS422 CAN TTP AFDX/ARINC 664 ARINC 429 1553B LynxOS-178 RTOS VxWorks
CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT: SVN IBM Clear Quest ALM Tool Suite Rational Clear Case DOORS Visual Source Safe PVCS
STANDARDS: RTCA DO-178B ARINC653 ARINC 615 ARP4754A
SCRIPTING LANGUAGES: Perl TCL GEL Python
TOOLS: VxWorks Workbench MPLAB IDE Visual Studio Pathfinder Green-Hills Compiler GNA TI Code Composer CAN Analyzer NI Test Stand
MICRO CONTROLLERS: MPC 555 MPC 5554 PowerPC7447
TESTING TOOLS: LDRA RTRT
OFFICE SUITES: Word Excel PowerPoint Project Visio
Timeline
Certified SAFe Product Owner
04-2019
Certified SAFe Scrum Master
07-2018
Principal Project Engineer
Collins Aerospace - Flight Management System
10.2017 - Current
University of Iowa
MBA
08.2016 - 10.2018
Systems Engineering Fundamentals, Steven's Institute
08-2013
Senior Software Engineer / Project Engineer
Collins Aerospace - Platform Software
07.2013 - 09.2017
Technical Project Lead
HCLA (Kidde Aerospace)
02.2012 - 06.2013
Software Project Lead
L&T IES (Hamilton Sundstrand)
12.2009 - 02.2012
Lead Engineer
HCLA (GE Aviation)
07.2007 - 12.2009
Lead Engineer
HCL (Parker Aerospace / Thales Avionics)
03.2005 - 06.2006
SSIT (VTU)
Bachelor of Science from Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering
07.1998 - 06.2002
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