R&D Technical Manager - R&D Tax Incentive
Callaghan Innovation
Total years of experience :14 years, 6 Months
• Successfully supported and directed team members to achieve agreed objectives and build capability through mentoring, coaching, training and evaluating direct reports’ performances, including recruitment and orientation, performance management and staff development, remuneration, rewards and recognition, motivating staff, energizing positive morale and culture, maintain a work environment that enables full participation and maximizes the contribution of each team member
• Upheld and fostered the integrity of the program embedding a collaborative cross-agency culture between IRD, MBIE and Callaghan Innovation, ensuring all team members worked towards the joint outcomes sought by the policy
• Established and maintained the Inter-agency process flow for the new R&D Tax Incentive regime
• Successfully developed and maintained a risk assessment framework and a risk-based assessment model
• Facilitated and maintained successful inter-agency communications by developing strong and effective relationships across the business and with relevant government departments
• Proficiently managed and provided an environment culture of continuous improvement within the Callaghan Innovation RDTI Team
• Successfully complied with all policies and procedures including HSE, records and document
management, code of conduct for State Services (SSC), and standards and expectations
• Efficiently undertook reporting required to allow the monitoring and management of the team performance
• Contributed to and collectively developed shared resources to improve processes and upskilling team members in technical R & D
• Successfully identified technology gaps required to meet customer’s needs along with emerging innovative technology trends
• Identified specific technologies and integration paths to meet the strategic direction of the Company
• Successfully maintained and fostered healthy and strong lateral relationships with internal and external customers which resulted in new contracts being signed
• Advised in creating a seamless transition between capture and programme delivery for technology integration while developing Strategic Alliances across innovation technology companies
• Supported and spearheaded the company in gaining competitive intelligence for the benefit of the KCS KAL capabilities
• Assisted and advised in the preparation of the Strategic and Business plans for the Company
• Established and lead the research and development department of Martin Aircraft Company, and delivered a certifiable MACL air vehicle modeling and simulation (M&S) device to appropriate fidelity levels to successfully train ab-initio test pilots
• Established and drove the Rapid Integrated System Prototyping (RISP) of MACL air vehicle mission systems, avionics, and human-machine interface engineering solutions
• Collaborated with Flight Test Engineers in test data feedback management to Design Engineering for timely and accurate modeling and simulation updates
• Implemented creative and practical technical solutions based on technical data and deficiencies discovered during ground and flight testing
• Account for Modeling and Simulation and RISP product support from an engineering perspective through the product life cycles
• Collaborated and advised Test Operations, Design Engineering, Maintenance, and other cross functional teams to create, plan, and implement solutions for Modeling and Simulatio and RISP projects.
• Mentored and lead MACL team members on M & S and RISP.
• Championed improvement and standardization of MACL Test Ops processes and policies
• Foster and maintained strong lateral relationships with partners, stakeholders, and certification authorities
• Conceptualized and Designed a full motion Virtual Reality Jetpack Simulator capable of training and maintaining currency for current test pilots, while directly supervising and mentoring the simulator engineers and technicians
• Successfully implemented plans for strategic product development objectives in conjunction with the Marketing Department
• Forecasted, planned, ensured and enforced the Simulation Unit budget within the allocated limits
• Championed quality management practices within the Simulation Business Unit in accordance with the company philosophy
• Successfully delivered Simulators product support from an engineering perspective through the product’s life cycle
• Fostered and empowered healthy relationships with external and internal customers, providing simulation technical advice
•Advanced and maximized the Simulation Business Unit with innovative technical solutions
• Successfully managed and directed the John Deere Waterloo Foundry Works (USA, investment of USD $168Ml), Brembo S.p.A Poland (Poland), Ghagte Patil Industries (India), Torbole Foundry (Italy), Altajvagon (Russia), Yuci (Cina)
• Identified, planned and executed projects objectives in accordance with the contract agreements while managing the relationship with the clients
• Strategized the management and organization of the Engineering activities, supply chain, assembly and installation of foundry plants
• Directed the supervision of project status, in full respect of the contract agreements, and methodical verification of the progress of the planned tasks
• Forecasted, planned and ensured timelines and budget within the constrained of the allocated terms both for prime and subcontractors
• Successfully planned human and financial resources necessary for project fulfillment
Integration of different technologies and multiple engineering disciplines tomeet the need of the clients for the commissioned products, from initialbrainstorming to prototyping and the realization of the final patent.
- Support the Avionics System Engineering team in the definition of high-level system requirements for the integration of the Head Up Display (HUD) in the cockpit configuration of an advanced transport aircraft.