JAYASENTHILNATHAN BALASUBRAMANIAN

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) / Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is a highly challenging new technology area spanning a wide range of technical, safety, certification, and business issues that will range from technology demonstrators in the next few years out to fully autonomous passenger-carrying vehicles under a whole new type of heavy-density air traffic system in the next few decades

• Lead Systems Engineer and Project Engineer for Textron Nexus Demo Avionics
• UAM IPT Lead for the Flight Management and Flight Controls Function
• Led JDP for Flight Management Function customer Requirements for Lilium Jet
• Lead Systems Engineer for Honeywell Simplified Vehicle Operations (SVO) and Ground Control Systems Development
• Discretionary technical decision authority over the system architecture, design tradeoffs, design decisions, and system interface for Textron Nexus Demo
• Intellectual Property Focal and IPSC Technical Reviewer for the UAM/UAS Portfolio
• Developed technical responses to the RFI/RFQs, developing technical volumes with architecture and estimates, and leading joint development phase sessions to refine customer requirements.
• Led and approved stage-gate design reviews like Technical Concept Reviews, System Requirements Reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews
• Developed project plans, budgets, and timelines to ensure successful completion of projects.
• Conducted risk assessments and created mitigation strategies for potential project risks.
• Collaborated with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvement in the delivery of projects.
• Coordinate meetings with stakeholders, including customers, architects, engineers, and other parties involved in the project.
• Maintained project schedule by monitoring project progress, coordinating activities, and resolving problems.

• Op Ex leader for the Connected Software product lines of $110 million revenue
• Led the EGPWS Obsolescence Product Action Committee
• Defined the Connectivity strategy for the Connected Software product lines
• Managed the obsolescence strategies and directed the Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) team in the execution of the strategies
• Established a streamlined process for roadmap development across the Cockpit Systems GBE product lines that contributes $1.4 billion yearly revenue
• Led the advanced connected Aircraft Personality Module (APM) eCom for delivering the software options directly to the avionics using connectivity expected to increase the market capture by 30% over the STRAP period
• Coordinated with Gulfstream to enable the strategic deployment of the APM eCom for Gulfstream customers
• Developed strategic product roadmaps development and execution for Connected Software Products
• Coordinated with stakeholders such as engineering, customer business team/managers, ISC, and Advanced Technology for connected software product lines
• Managed strategic Advanced Technology product roadmaps for the Cockpit Systems GBE
• Defined the priorities for the Cockpit Systems Adv Tech projects as per the product roadmaps
• Managed funding alignment between cockpit systems and corresponding Advanced Technology research projects
• Led the lifecycle planning and metrics management
• Coordinated with the PAC in market sizing & segmentation, competitive analysis, creation of market requirements, value-based pricing.

Lead Systems Engineer for the Avionics Cockpit Display Systems Products– Electronic Charts, 2D/3D Airport Moving Map, Interactive Navigation (INAV), Data-Driven Charts, Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI), Weather Radar (RDR-4000)

• Led a team of 20 systems/software engineers in design, development, prototyping, design, development, and integration of the Cockpit Display Systems
• Led the Systems Leadership Team with stakeholders, including the Chief Engineers, Human Factors, Program Manager, Project Engineers, and System Module Leads
• Led the team in the development of system requirements, interface control documents, system checkout procedures, and certification documents following ARP4754A & DO178B
• Coordinated with Product Marketing, Advanced Tech, Flight Operations, Chief Engineers, Human Factors, Database suppliers, Certification, and Customers in successfully executing the system development
• Coordinated with the Legal Team in performing the Freedom to Market Study
• Led the integration of the INAV and Flight Management System
• Led the Change Control Board to review, analyze, and authorize changes to the system requirements and designs and controlled the scope of the system
• Led and approved stage-gate design reviews like Technical Concept Reviews, System Requirements Reviews, Preliminary Design Reviews, Critical Design Reviews
• Participated in the flight testing of the systems on various platforms
• Developed the system concept for the Next Generation Navigation Display, which is more Intuitive, Intelligent, Context-Driven, and Connected (IoT)
• Discretionary technical decision authority over the system architecture, design tradeoffs, design decisions, and system interface
• Led the team in upgrading cockpits from classic PFD to PFD with SVS
• Successfully led the systems integration team in integrating the display systems to various aircraft platforms, including Gulfstream, Dassault, Embraer, Pilatus business jets
• Participated in Human Factors evaluations and flight tests
• Managed the system development milestones, assessed risks and mitigated them, and reported system development progress updates to stakeholders in Management Reviews
• Provided technical guidance to other members of the engineering team.

• Led the development of Distance to Go-Radio (DTG-R) and Positive Train Control Systems (PTC)
• Managed a cross-functional global team of 20+ Systems Engineers in system requirements development, design, development, integration, and validation of the satellite communication module for the PTC system to the SIL level 2
• Headed the system engineering team in prototyping, designing, and developing the DTG-EIC system and porting the application from a legacy system to the embedded Linux platform
• Prepared the project report, risk management, and reporting the project status to higher management and the customers
• Met all the challenging milestones of DTG-R and PTC
• Created proposals in response to RFI/RFQ
• Developed project estimation and staffing plan
• Managed the staffing needs and competency needs for the roles and building the team
• Managed teams performance and competency development of the team
• Won Customer Award for successful implementation of the PTC Sat Comm module on time.

• Developed of the Air Data Smart Probe and 777F Cargo Handling System (CHS)
• Led a team of 12 software engineers in designing, coding, and verification & validation of 777F CHS
• Accomplished the development, HW/SW Integration, and System Validation of Dual Channel Air Data SmartProbe - DO178B Level A
• Successfully integrated 777F Cargo Handling System with Maintenance Access Terminal over ARINC429/629 at Boeing Labs, Seattle
• Learned and deployed Lean principles across the domain to reduce waste and improve processes and procedures, resulting in improved efficiency and productivity
• Collaborated with Quality Team for conducting AS9100: B internal audits across the organization
• Managed performance and developed competency plan for the team.

• Responsible for verification and validation of Honeywell NextGen Weather Radar (RDR4000) and Aircraft Environment Surveillance System (AESS)
• Managed verification and validation team responsible for developing test cases for Weather Radar Display Processing module
• Prepared estimation of work, project planning, and resource planning
• Conducted staff evaluations and made recommendations on team members concerning performance reviews
• Prepared management review plan
• Maintained and reported project metrics, including SPI, CPI, and earned value
• Defined the requirement-based test plans and developed processes for system test procedures and scripts
• Participated in SOI and FAA audits.

• Developed Meggitt Avionics Secondary Flight Display (SFD) software meeting DO178B Level A and verification and validation of PW6000 FADEC and Auto Rudder Trim Control System
• Implemented SFD software in Ada 83 for SFD – DO178B Level A
• Performed code review and handled Unit Test Script Development (AdaTEST)
• Conducted unit testing of software on target in compliance with RTCA/DO-178B level A, B & C (PW6000 and Auto Rudder Trim Control System)
• Scrutinized the test scripts developed by the team members and improved quality
• Created Software Verification Matrices and Software Result Summary
• Developed the system test scripts and description documents.

• Developed of the Control Law Module and Air Data Module for Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas) Flight Control System per Mil-Std-1553
• Developed Ada 83 software for Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) FCS
• Accomplished all the milestones on time for the LCA Technical Demonstrator 2 flight
• HW-SW integration at Engineering Test Station
• Developed test schedules for the Computer Software Unit / Computer Software Component
• Developed and executed the system tests in LCA Iron Bird.