System Engineer with professional experience in aerospace domain for safety critical engineering System Design, Integration, Ground & Flight Testing, Validation, Verification and Certification of Aircraft Systems. Hands on experience in creating advanced designs of avionics and expertise in system engineering, risk identification and mitigation, stakeholder relations, cost benefit analysis, avionics engineering techniques and procedures.
Ability to lead, manage and motivate team to achieve product and organizational objectives.
Core Competencies
∙ System Development Life Cycle
∙ Model Based System Engineering, Requirements Capture & Management ∙ Product Design, Test System Development, Technical Documentation ∙ System Integration, Testing, Wiring Harness Design / Systems Cabling ∙ Environmental Testing/EMI/EMC, Verification and Validation ∙ FMECA, Root Cause Corrective Action Methodology
∙ ATA Specification, Aircraft/Product Certification
∙ Communication Protocols, Aircraft Standards and Process
Professional Experience
12/2022 – 02/2026
System Engineer at Umlaut Engineering GmbH, Bremen, Germany • Development of Aircraft Doors Control & Monitoring Systems, creation of system specifications, architecture, functional & non-functional requirements and defining the Interface between systems.
• Development of Test Concepts, Ground Test Requirements, creation of Test procedures and testing of Aircraft Doors Control Systems. • Model-Based Systems Engineering, Creation of system concept, architecture & models (Mission/Operational/Functional/Logical/ Technical), simulation of system/models in Cameo Systems Modeler. • Creation of System Documents (Design/Requirements/Interface), Requirements analysis, Requirements Management in DOORS.
12/2021 – 11/2022
Principal Engineer at Alten, Bangalore, India
∙ Study of Avionics Systems & Aircraft Engine, design of Engine Electronic Control Unit; creation of system architecture, technical documentation; error detection, risk analysis, root cause analysis, problem solving, FMEA.
∙ Technical management support; development of test system, definition of solution concepts & presentation of results in project meetings.
08/2021 – 11/2021
System Engineer at ePlane, Chennai, India
∙ Leading Avionics & Electrical Team for development of Avionics System & Sensor for Electric Plane (eVTOL) and performing V &V.
11/2016 – 07/2021
Senior Consultant at Cyient, Bangalore, India
∙ Leading Verification & Validation Team for Environmental/EMI/EMC tests, test plan/procedure creation, scheduling, market study, test lab selection, performing tests, results review, presentation to customer.
∙ Led team for Wiring Harness Design on Boeing 747 for technical management, creation of functional schematics/harness drawings, technical review of drawings, creation & control of Work packages.
Technical Lead at Airbus Defense & Space, Bangalore, India
04/2011 – 11/2016
∙ Mission Planning System for UAV: Developed system level requirements, GIS software for UAV mission planning, Requirement analysis, certification documents for software qualification.
∙ Developed AIDASS test station, definition of work packages, created system concept, simulated avionics systems to verify the system functions & interfaces, performed system tests, Test Bench simulation.
∙ Developed concept/architecture for Passive Millimeter Wave Imaging Camera, includes system concepts, requirements, component specifications & procurement, integration, testing and demonstration. ∙ Prepared ATA specifications for sections 23, 31, 34, 44 & 46.
08/2001 – 04/2011
Manager at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Nasik, India
• Design, Development, Integration, Testing and Certification of Avionics Systems, Communication Systems (HF/VHF/UHF), IFF system, Navigation systems (VOR-ILS/Marker/RAM), Electronic Warfare Systems & Flight Test Instrumentation on Fighter Aircraft.
∙ Requirement Capturing & Analysis, architecture for Avionics systems, Verification & Validation of systems, Requirements creation, defining interface between systems: data bus interface, analog interface, identified input & output signals, Electrical Load analysis and technical documentation.
• System Integration on Aircraft: Developed functional schematic drawings, wiring diagrams, Electrical harness drawings, Harness routing installation drawings and Interface control document (ICD).
• Systems Testing: creation of Test Concepts, developed test plan, test requirements, Test procedures for ground & flight test, Performance/Functional/Acceptance Testing of Avionics Systems and Test report. • Provided technical support for installation of system/looms, aircraft & harness manufacturing, failure/ problem investigations, root cause analysis, systematic troubleshooting and solutions to problems.
• Prepared Avionics system & aircraft documents include pilot's operating manual/maintenance manuals/service manuals/illustrated parts catalogues, mission data loading/downloading and review.
• Visited customer sites, air force stations for feasibility studies, system testing, introduce modifications at system & aircraft level to improve the system performance and for repair work.
• Provided Technical training on avionics systems to Customers, Pilots and Malaysian Air Force. Education
1999 – 2001
• MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN AVIONICS at Anna University, India
1994 – 1998
• BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING IN ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION at University of Madras, India Languages
∙ English – C2
∙ German – A1
Knowledge & Skills
- Good knowledge on Tools: Mentor Graphics, DOORS, Zuken E³, CAMEO, EPLAN, Siemens Capital, Matlab, AutoCAD
- In-depth knowledge of protocols & standards: ARP4761, ARP4754A, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 629/429, AS50881, DO 160, DO-331, MIL-STD-810, MIL-W-5088, DO-254, DO-178B, MIL-STD-464, MIL-STD-461, MIL-B-5087, ABD100.
- Team work, Strong decision maker, Communication and Leadership.
- Problem solving, Result oriented and Maintain good relations.
Hobbies
- Playing Chess, Cricket, Writing, Photography
Contact and Status
Name: Sivasankar AKC
Address: Scheveninger Str. 30, 28259, Bremen, Germany
Phone: +49 179 1507068
Email: akc.sivasankar@gmail.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/sivasank ar-a-k-c-99759743
Date of Birth: 28.04.1976
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married