Majed Ben-Kalefa

15+ years’ experience in electrical and control engineering. Expert in electrical testing of products. Experienced in using Matlab/ Simulink to model and to test automotive and industrial processes. Experienced in using Veristand and LabView. 10+ year experience in testing of electric motor control system, power electronics on dynamometer. Design component and system level testing methods for the characterization of fuel cell components. Customer Experience in developing requirements, interfaces, test methodology and test plans. Experience in supervisory control for Discrete-Event Systems and its applications: Optimal sensor placement for fault detection, Management processes, communication protocols, and distributed systems. Proven ability to problem-solves and meets deadlines. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and German languages. Organized multi-tasker effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously in fast-paced environments. Team player dedicated to analyzing procedures, planning and organizing experiments, redacting information, and maintaining assigned equipment. Multi-tasker managing complex projects, setting team production goals, leading internal initiatives and completing documented results. Capable professional providing tests and performing failure analysis to determine root cause. Analytical Research Engineer with many years of experience working in laboratories to conduct experiments. Well-versed in monitoring chemical reactions, studying product performance and writing process guidelines. Skillful in using laboratory tests, statistical techniques, and mathematical models to develop and launch new products. Recognized for technical contributions by external peer network. Team collaborator regulatory coordinating tasks and objectives with various internal departments to produce research viability. Goal-oriented Research Engineer committed to delivering quality to customers. Self-motivated and enthusiastic professional with experience optimizing and enhancing material selections and developing models and algorithms. Excellent problem-solving, time management, and communication skills.

• English
• German
• Arabic

• Supervisory control for opacity of discrete event systems, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6120292/, Majed Ben-Kalefa, Feng Lin, 2011, Conference Paper, IEEE
• Opaque Superlanguages and Sublanguages in Discrete Event Systems, Majed Ben-Kalefa, Feng Lin, 2016, https://fatcat.wiki/container/qihouvi5hbflvedve6k4wieu3u
• Opacity Of Discrete Event Systems: Analysis and Control, 06/12/14, Majed Ben Kalefa, Paperback

• University of Wisconsin-Madison, Seminar on AC Drives: Department of Engineering professional development.
• National Instruments, Development Level to LabVIEW and Computer-Based Measurements Exercises.
• Engineering Office Jansen, Training skilled Electrician for specified activities in Automotive High Voltage Application.
• KVA Engineering Consultancy, Functional Safety and the ISO-26262 Standard 'Systems and Hardware'.
• Vector CANtech Training, CANape/eASEE workshop 'Professional Calibration Data Management'.

I am particularly proud to have been involved in multiple inventions that have resulted in successful patent filings and disclosures.

• Control Engineering
• MATLAB/Simulink, Stateflow
• Digital Signal Processing
• CANape/CANalyzer/CANoe
• Planning and Organizational Skills
• Problem-Solving
• System validation and testing embedded systems hardware/software
• Electrical motor calibrations
• Requirements gathering and analysis
• Fuel Cell Testing
• Test stands Control strategies
• LabVIEW
• Veristand
• Windows applications