MAHSA KASIRI
Huntsville,AL
Summary
Accomplished engineer with 8+ years of experience spanning the automotive and aerospace industries, with expertise across development, manufacturing, and sustainment phases of the product life cycle. Recognized as a primary technical and programmatic liaison to internal and external stakeholders.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Principal Systems Engineer Production Scaling & Product Support
Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
02.2026 - Current
- Co-authored I-04 Productibility and Affordability Trade Study.
- Co-authored I-28 Integrated Product Support Subsystem Trade Study.
- Authored multiple BOEs and co-led IMS development for Phase 2a proposals, providing technical and programmatic inputs for production scaling and product support domains.
- Led development of Phase 2a work package activities and detailed IMSs for Product Scaling and Product Support, ensuring clear engineering scope, realistic schedules, and resource alignment.
- Led writing of PS&C SRM SSW and reviewed GA SSW, ensuring well-defined technical specifications, deliverables, and performance expectations for internal teams and suppliers.
- Participated on hiring panels for multiple candidates, supporting talent selection and workforce shaping for the production scaling and product support IPT.
Principal Systems Engineer Operations and Sustainment
Northrop Grumman
Huntsville, AL
08.2023 - 02.2026
- Acted as the primary liaison between IDT fielded sites, the IDT product team, and L3Harris to ensure timely resolution of field incidents and 24/7 system availability for deployed systems.
- Developed foundational tools and processes for the newly established Sustainment IPT, earning Bravo to Stars recognition for enabling effective operations and improved sustainment execution.
- Mentored junior engineers in Operations and Sustainment, providing technical guidance, process training, and support for customer and supplier interactions.
- Drove efficiency improvements by developing dashboards and tools, streamlining processes and enhancing tracking capabilities for sustainment activities and call center performance.
- Presented evidence of call center response, reporting, data management, and activity process flow to senior MDA leadership at the Task Order 1 Depot Maintenance Tabletop, contributing to an excellent award fee rating.
- Authored several BOEs for the GWS Re-plan and SCOUT-G proposals; received Bravo to Our Stars for high-quality proposal contributions and support to capture efforts.
- Served as the Sustainment representative on the Supplier Management Team.
- Coordinated and led weekly Sustainment L3Harris Tag-up Meetings, facilitating discussions on topics such as emerging issues, supply support, documentation updates, and field incidents.
- Led replan efforts for L3Harris Sustainment GWS Delivery Order 3, conducting in-depth technical evaluations of SSW, BOEs, BOM, and travel requirements; Navigated complex negotiations to address budget constraints while strategically preserving the full contract scope and deliverables. Identified and closed critical gaps in the contract by adding required deliverables to the SSW and authoring a new SDRL.
- Developed and implemented key GWS processes: GWS Operational Notes (BONs): Led the creation and implementation of the BON process, including authoring the BON PROC, establishing the Jira GWS BON project, and migrating records from DSC to GWS. Enabled addressing software and hardware field anomalies until permanent fixes were deployed. GWS Technical Bulletins (TBs): Collaborated with MDA and internal teams to develop a streamlined process that ensured contractual compliance by completing document updates within the 21-day requirement, successfully earning the Incentive Fee.
Project Engineer Inverter New Product Introduction Lead
Tesla
Austin, TX
08.2022 - 07.2023
- Led a team of engineering technicians and interns for the inverter manufacturing lines, ensuring timely execution of build activities and rapid resolution of production issues.
- Planned, scheduled, coordinated, and led engineering execution from early prototype builds through to the launch of the new inverter products and production lines.
- Planned and led line trials, identified required resources and actions, ensured production line and material readiness, and performed post-trial data analysis using Minitab and SQL; documented and presented findings and recommendations to cross-functional stakeholders.
- Recorded issues found during builds, conducted assessments with cross-functional teams, held recurring issue-closure meetings, and drove decisions on corrective actions and production cutover.
- Accomplishments as Gigafactory Texas Inverter NPI Lead:
- Successfully launched Cybertruck and Semi Truck inverters at Gigafactory Texas within an aggressive timeline, overcoming challenges related to parts, materials, and production line issues.
- Led, managed, and implemented all inverter changes for Semi Truck, Cybertruck, Model Y, and Model 3 at Gigafactory Texas by orchestrating multiple trials and builds per day on manufacturing lines.
- Developed a standardized validation process for Tesla Gigafactories' inverter lines to assess and implement changes to existing inverters. Designed a comprehensive matrix mapping inverter components to manufacturing line stations, detailing required quantities, trial builds, and impacted stations for each component change. Established procedures to analyze trial build samples against production samples. This globally adopted process improved consistency, reduced rework, improved line throughput, and lowered supplier quality issues at production cutover by resolving defects during trials before full-rate production.
Senior Product Engineer
Cummins
Stoughton, WI
01.2022 - 07.2022
- Product Engineer (June 2019 Dec 2021)
- Product Engineer Co-Op (June 2017 - August 2018)
- Planned and led new product development activities in the Architecture & RFQ group, from concept through validation.
- Led concept design, rapid prototyping, and the AD&V (CFD, FEA) and EV&V tests (flow vs. pressure drop, efficiency, environmental, vibration, on-engine) required to validate new designs.
- Identified New Unique or Difficult (NUDs), performed iDFMEA, assessed reliability requirements, and managed associated risks.
- Verified stable design and communicated design capability through an approved cross-functional design review.
- Developed Costed BOM with Purchasing and Manufacturing and drove competitive offering.
- Monitored proposal content to ensure compliance with RFQ/RFI requirements.
- Presented the technical aspects of offerings to customers.
- Owned the Interface Requirement Document, partnering with customers during the design phase to jointly define requirements and formally sign off.
- Communicated and collaborated with a variety of internal stakeholders including, Program Management, Sales, Manufacturing, Purchasing, and other SMEs.
- Accomplishments as Technical and RFQ Lead:
- Led multiple simultaneous projects for Cummins engine platforms such as ACE, L9, B6.7, and X15; and external customers including John Deere, Volvo, and Daimler.
- Led the first-ever gearbox module RFQ project for Volvo Electric Trucks.
- Crankcase ventilation business award from John Deere & Deutz.
- Proved two new crankcase ventilation technologies enabling differentiated offerings.
- Promoted to Global Architecture & RFQ Leader for Crankcase Ventilation, overseeing global offerings and RFQ responses across Europe, India, and China.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado at Denver
05-2019
Skills
- Technical & Programmatic Leadership
- Supplier Management
- SSOW/SSOW Development & Review
- Proposal Development, BOEs, and IMS Planning
- Risk & Opportunity Management
- Production & Manufacturing / New Product Introduction
- Operations & Sustainment / Logistics & Depot Support
- Technical Team Leadership, Mentoring, and Hiring Panels
- Customer & Stakeholder Briefings
- Technical Documentation & Process Development
- Earned Value Management
- Data Analysis & Metrics
- New Product Development
- Testing and Validation
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Integration
- CBOM, EBOM, MBOM
- Fabrication and Assembly
SECURITY CLEARANCE
- Active DoD Secret
- Top Secret in progress
PATENTS
- US20220132948A1
- WO2023039251A2
Timeline
Sr Principal Systems Engineer Production Scaling & Product Support
Northrop Grumman
02.2026 - Current
Principal Systems Engineer Operations and Sustainment
Northrop Grumman
08.2023 - 02.2026
Project Engineer Inverter New Product Introduction Lead
Tesla
08.2022 - 07.2023
Senior Product Engineer
Cummins
01.2022 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
University of Colorado at Denver