David Ngabonziza

• Optimized and improved battery fleet usage life by 30% through improving operations processes efficiencies
• Providing full-life-cycle maintenance engineering and technical support to field operations
• Developed field-facing technical procedures to address deficiencies, mitigate safety risks, implement new repairs and rework procedures, and support engineering design changes to flight systems
• Lead root cause, corrective action, and preventative action (RCCA/PA) analyses and own the development and execution of action plans, including near-term procedural mitigations and longer-term engineering changes
• Working hand-in-hand with engineering teams on the top technical issues occurring in the field, and provide design inputs for next-generation products from an operability and supportability perspective
• Developed and managed complex rollout plans of new hardware and software to the field

• From concept to finish; Developed, managed li ion battery assembly facilities across strategic locations on the continent of Africa, and successfully transferred the ownership to local team
• Built curriculum, trained and grew a team of over 100 battery technicians
• Developed, managed, audited and corrected planning and execution of component manufacturing and assembly techniques and quality control processes to ensure increasing quality and reliability of high voltage li ion battery packs
• Guided design and manufacturing in developing robust processes and procedures to ensure efficient production of high quality li ion battery packs leading to hitting production targets at 90%
• Push quality upstream by ensuring that issues are permanently corrected at the source through root cause analysis.
• Ensure regulatory compliance, while driving systematic problem solving and process-improvement plans.
• Developed strong and positive relationships with all cross functional teams to implement and track design changes, capacity studies and new product validation.

• Built, assembled and tested over 200 high-quality battery packs for use in autonomous aircraft vehicles.
• Authored over 25 battery manufacturing processes, troubleshooting guide, and maintenance travelers

• Conducted more than 60 pre-flight inspections daily; worked with controllers to launch drones and prepared ground equipment to retrieve inbound drones
• Assured the communication with Air Traffic Control (ATC) Kigali International Airport and Drone Control.
• Maintained clear communication with pilots, ground crews, and other controllers to ensure smooth coordination of aircraft movements.
• Managed complex incident response situations under extreme high pressure, demonstrating exceptional leadership and decision-making abilities
• Built strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders through consistent communication and collaboration efforts.

• Tested, adjusted biomedical, electromechanical and medical equipments on a regular basis.
• Inspected malfunctioning medical equipment, filed reports and implemented fixes following manufacturers' specifications
• Performed preventive and curative maintenance. Decreased downtime of medical devices by authoring simple troubleshooting guides for doctors and nurses

• Solar energy product development and management;
• Rapid prototyping and test in real world environment

• Lead a team of technicians, and oversaw daily Installation of home appliances products

Inspected and tested malfunctioning medical equipments across the country using test and analysis instruments.

• Repaired and maintained bakery machinery and equipment, such as ovens, conveyors, and slicing and packaging machines.

• Improved equipment uptime by performing routine maintenance and timely repairs on machinery.