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Expert in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with 7 years of industrial product design and project management experience. Focused on power, analog, digital, and mixed mode electronics design and development. Proficient in ensuring smooth business operations by following projects from conceptualizing phase to completion, including system design, incorporation of customer needs, and technical support. Excellent interpersonal and communication abilities, and possess a wide range of technical skills. Thrives in high pressure and challenging working environments.

Work experience

20132021

Equipment Development Engineer

R&D Group - Rawabi United Safety Services - Khobar, KSA

Technical Lead of a medium-sized agile team of engineers developing custom technologies for customer needs and novel industrial products; managing, executing, and delivering industrial engineering projects in the O&G sector.

Responsibilities:

  • Designed and developed industrial control systems, subsystems, electronic circuits and firmware/software in the domain of Safety per client requirements.
  • Led and supported the product development engineering cycle from concept development to prototyping, validation, final product, and successful handover to operations. Tested and analyzed system performance.
  • Developed new technical solutions to client and internal projects in order to save money and improve products.
  • Product manager for launching of new technologies in coordination with Sales, Marketing, and Business Development.
  • Mentored Junior Engineers in the R&D group and assisted in their Career Development Plans.

Accomplishments:

  • Led the preparation of a business plan for transforming Rawabi's R&D Group into a separate business unit (now registered as Rawabi Research & Studies, a Branch of Rawabi Business Services). The new business researches, develops, and manufactures novel technologies related to Control and Instrumentation to address industrial needs in the MENA region.
  • Successfully launched a new Digital Confined Space Monitoring technology in KSA, transferred from one of Rawabi's US partners. Product is marketed under the name "Teq Shield" and is now in use by SADARA and SABIC plants.
  • Slashed operational costs by designing, developing and deploying a wireless SCADA network marketed under the brand-name "Bayan", for use in Saudi Aramco VIP compound.
  • Enhanced wireless safety system reliability by leading and managing the project for designing, developing and deploying the world's first multi-gas ISA100.11a perimeter gas detection system marketed under the brand-name "Haris", for use in Saudi Aramco's Haradh Gas Plant.
  • Managed and led the project for designing a wireless Class 1 Div I Gas Detection Sensor for use with Rawabi's gas detection systems.
20122012

DCS Trainee

Yokogawa - Dhahran, KSA

8 week Internship.

Design of control logic, design of DCS/SCADA system graphics, and inspecting, testing and modifying DCS systems in FATs for ongoing projects.

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