arash tehrani

Chair project meetings managing progress including TPMs, HW/SW metrics, risk management, project schedules and budgets. System development, defining and evaluating requirements, functional partitioning, allocate top-level requirements, evaluate candidate architecture, Quality Function Deployment, functional flow analysis, evaluating fault protection (Fail-Safe), redundancy and establishing system baseline.

Leading a team of electrical engineers in design and development of state-of-the-art chemical and trace detection products, including system electrical architecture, schematic and PCB generation of Analog/Digital PCB’s with embedded CPU’s, High Voltage, and low noise amplification circuits in a fast paced, interactive, cross-functional team environment.

Managed and coordinated the activities of a team of 20 senior scientists, design engineers and supporting staff developing the infrared imaging system operating in Cryogenic environment (10 & 37 Kelvin) and data acquisition, control and transmission electronics for SDL/JPL/NASA’s Space Based Telescope the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) (Launch 2009). Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS-IS, DARPA). Architected and led the design efforts of a high speed real time video transmission system (10 Gigabit). Short Range EO/IR Sensor System (SREO) Future Combat Systems (FCS) Payload Integrated Product Team Leader (IPT): Led a team of 25 members, including deputy functional managers and cross functional IPTs and 5 subcontractors.

Responsible for defining, planning, developing, and implementing of electronics systems used in new Servo-Track-Writers to control precision mechanisms. Coordinated the design and development activities between cross-functional engineering groups totaling 20 engineers (Software, Firmware, VHDL, Analog, Digital, ASICs, FPGAs, Mechanics and Control). Managed projects from defining customer requirements and translating them to product specifications and design guides. Supported prototype builds transferring to New Product Introduction (NPI) teams and manufacturing. Traveled to Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Ireland with key team members for new product introduction to manufacturing.

Advances Baseline Imager (GOES ABI, NASA/NOAA). Electronics Integrated Product Team Leader (IPTL): Leading a team of Senior Electrical Engineers at SBRS to arrive at technical consensus and a cost effective architecture for a Space Instrument which consisted of twenty-six Trade Studies that included Data Rate, Fire Detection channel, Spacecraft Interface Protocol/High Speed Data Transmission Bus (Spacewire) and Data Compression Studies (JPEG). Requirements analysis and allocation, design synthesis, risk analysis, and trade-off studies. The Program included eight Progress Reviews, a Mid Term Review, a Delta Mid Term Review and a Final Program Design and Cost Review (FPDCR).

Major: Automatic Control, Electro-optical imaging systems, High Frequency Analog and Digital Design and Electromagnetism

Emphasis: Organizational Analysis and Management Science, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Information Technology, Marketing and Business Strategy Activities and Societies: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) * International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) * American Nuclear Society (ANS) *