Resume_Sandeep Chakraborty

Sandeep Chakraborty
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Phone: +91 9886780346, +91 9886680346 | Present Location: India (Bangalore)
Email: sandeepchakraborty12@gmail.com;
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Senior Level | Techno-Managerial Operations| Avionics System | Defence & Aerospace Domain
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Specialist in Defence & Avionics, Electro Optical Sensors & Control Systems, Image processing and Satellite
Navigation.
 BE in Electronics & Instrumentation having 10 years of experience in aviation and 5.5 years of research
experience as a scientist in Aerospace & Defence Organisation. Currently associated with Honeywell Technology
Solution Lab, Bangalore working in Application Engineering domain (Apps).
 Presently working as a specialist in system Engineering for Aerospace
 Worked as a Scientist in Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO); Associated with Integrated
Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) and worked on Infrared Imaging and Tracking System of
airborne target and Trajectory Data Analysis.
 Strong background on Avionics System Engineering for software development on cockpit display along with the
system testing of avionics products.
 Good understanding of DO-178B objectives including planning and development standards and documents.
Requirements (high and low level) and requirements based tests. Test Cases, Test Procedures and Test Results.
Structural coverage analysis.
 Understanding of ARP-4754 the avionics system development process guideline.
 Model Based System Designing of Safety critical avionics System.
 Adept in designing and implementing the overall software structure of the project and tools to be used for
development and test.
 Ability to lead team(Team Size up to 5) to meet projects and organisationsgoals as wellas work as an individual
contributor.
 Coordinate the development and maintenance of cost and schedule estimates for the project.
 Identify, categorize and avert/explore project risks and opportunities (Risk Management).
COMPETENCIES
Team/People Management ● Process Improvement ● Procedure Management ● Maintaining Documentation ●
Business Case Analysis on Intellectual Property ● Customer Interaction ● Six Sigma ● Engineering Management -
Software Test Execution ● Honeywell Operating System (HOS)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Technology/Domain : Aerospace/Avionics System Engineering, ARP-4754, DO-178B, DO-257A, DO-337,
DO-337, DO-315A, DO-328, DO-299, Infrared Sensors and System, Digital Image
processing, Flight trajectory data analysis, Satellite Navigation (DGPS System),
Interactive Navigation Display (INAV), Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI),
Traffic Collision Avoidance System(TCAS) Display,Automatic DependentSurveillance
– Broadcast (ADS-B), Airborne Spacing - Flight Deck Interval Management (ASPA-
FIM), 2D Airport Moving Map (2DAMM), Enhanced Vision and Synthetic Vision
System (EVS/SVS), Embedded System, RTOS, Software Testing
Tools : Visual Studio(C/C++), MATLAB/SIMULINK, Honeywell Auto code Manager (HAM),
Serena Dimensions, DOORS, Team Centre; Understand Tool, Source Insight,
Beyond Compare. GMD (Graphical menu designer), NDB tool(navigation data base),
ESCAPE (Essential System Configuration and Architecture for Primus Epic), HEAL
(Honeywell ESCAPE Abstraction Layer),PCSIM( PC simulation for aircraft), WINFMS
(Windows Flight management system), AMDB (Airport map data base)
CAREER PATH
Honeywell Technology Solution Lab 2006 – Present
System Engineer III (Application Engg. B777X) 2015 - 2016
System Engineer III (Application Engg. On MBSE) 2013 - 2015
System Engineer III (Display & Graphics) 2012 - 2013
Technical Lead (Display & Graphics) 2008 - 2012
Senior Engineer 2006 - 2008
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) 2001 – 2006
Scientist - C 2004 - 2006
Scientist - B 2001 - 2004

KEY HIGHLIGHTS
Patents/Publications
 “System and Methods for Displaying Degraded Traffic Data on an In-Trail Procedure (ITP) Display” -
Patent No.: US 8,478,513 B1, Jul 2013.
 “System and Methods for Traffic Prioritization” - Publication No. US20140232559 A1, Aug 2014.
 “System and method for decluttering an image on a cockpit display system”- US 20150169191 A1, Publish
Date 06/18/2015
 “Role of Passive Sensors in Enhanced Vision Systems - Present and Future”. The abstract has been
accepted by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
 Presented the following papers in APCOSEC 2016 – 10th Asia Oceania Systems Engineering Conference
 “An approach to develop a Remotely Operated Integrated Avionics Test Suit”
 “A model based system engineering approach to design Avionics systems: Present and
Future prospect”
Awards & Recognitions
Honeywell Technology Solution Lab
 Merit Award on the idea “An algorithm to Compute Aircraft position from Correlation of EVS and
Synthetic Image of Runway in GPS denied environment” Nov, 2016
 Merit Award on the idea “A METHOD TO COMPUTE THE AIRCRAFT POSITION FROM THE EVS IMAGE OF RUNWAY
DURING FINAL APPROACH OF LANDING” Oct, 2015
 Team Excellence Award - Jun 2013 & Jun 2014.
 Patent Award “System and Method for Decluttering an Image on a Cockpit Display System”, Jan 2014.
 Patent Award "System and Method to Monitor Presiding Aircraft Separations in ATSA-VSA” - Jun 2013.
 Patent Award “System and Method for Traffic Prioritization”, Apr 2013.
 Patent “System and Method for Displaying Degraded Traffic Data on an In-trail Procedure (ITP) Display”, Mar
2012.
 Patent Award “Method and Apparatus to Display RVSM Airspace Annunciation and Alert for RVSM Criteria Non-
Conformity”, Feb 2011.
 Certificate of Appreciation for being a "Prolific Innovator in Driving Accelerated Innovation across D&G” - Jun
2011.
 Spot Award to "Meet HW3 Load 4.0 SCM Milestone 2 Days in Advance" - Jun 2011.
 Patent Award "Method to Depict Symbol and Label for Railway Station in Cockpit Display” - Jun 2010.
 Team Excellence Award - Jun 2010.
 Individual Innovation Award - Jun 2008.
 Team Achievement Award - Jun 2007.
Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO)
 Commendation Certificate for "Post Flight Image Processing System” awarded by Defence Research &
Development Organization (DRDO) in Interim Test Range, Chandpur - Jun 2002.
SKILLS ENHANCEMENT – TRAININGS/CERTIFICATIONS
 Integrated Foundation and Orientation Programme (INFO) - Field of Study: Missile Technology, signal
processing,Microprocessor,“C” Programming Language,Radar technology, Image processing, communication
systems, Digital signal processing(DSP), Telemetry System and Navigation Systems by Institute of
Armament Technology (IAT), Pune (A University by Ministry of Defence, India - DRDO) - 2001.
 Thermal Imaging Technology - Field of Study: Study of Infrared Sensors and System, Image processing by
Instruments Research & Development Organization (IRDE, A DRDO lab), Dehradun – 2001.
 Line of Sight Stabilization Technology - Field of Study: Study and analysis of position control system using
MATLAB, Image Processing by Instruments Research & Development Organization (IRDE, A DRDO lab), and
Dehradun - 2002.
 Design for Six-Sigma (DFSS) (Green Belt Certification) - Field of Study: Familiarization and application of
various tools used for Six-Sigma Certification by Honeywell - 2007.
 Aero Certification Capability Enhancement Series: Software Change Impact - Field of Study: Software
design with Change Impact Analysis by Honeywell - 2009.
 Aero Certification Capability Enhancement Series: Databases - Field of Study: Database Design Concepts
by Honeywell - 2009.
 Aero Certification Capability Enhancement Series: Software Reuse - Field of Study: Software design and
reuse by Honeywell - 2009.
 Aero Systems Training Phase I - Field of Study: Concept ofavionics and its related technologiesby Honeywell
- 2010.
 HOFFE Training - Field of Study: Cockpit philosophy and basicflight operations in-flight simulator by Honeywell
- 2011.
 Aero System Training Phase II (Core Subjects) - Field of Study: Next Generation Air Traffic Management
System, Navigation by Honeywell - 2012.
 Aero System Training Phase II (Display & Graphics Systems) - Field of Study: Next Generation Air Traffic
Management System, Navigation by Honeywell - 2012.

 System Engineering Training L 1 - Field of Study: Next Generation Air Traffic Management System,
Navigation by Honeywell - 2013.
 Ground School Training for Aero Domain - Field of Study: Navigation, Sensors, Flight management System,
Basic concept of aviation and Engine by Asia Pacific ground School (Sponsored by Honeywell) - 2014.
 MATLAB Training - Field of Study: MATLAB features, scripting and modelling with Simulink by Honeywell -
2014.
 A Brief Introduction to OpenGL Graphics Library - Field of Study: Graphic design with OpenGL library by
Honeywell - 2008.
 Software Quality Assurance - Field of Study - Software Engineering by Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 2004.
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, Kolkata
BE - Electronics & Instrumentation - 1st
Class with Honours July 1998
REFERENCES
 Available on request.
PROJECT DETAILS – As per Annexure - I
PROJECTS – CONTRIBUTIONS (Annexure - I)
Honeywell Technology Solution Lab
Project : Modelling Optical Navigation System by data Fusion of Infrared image,
Synthetic image and Inertial sensor data in GPS denied environment
Domain : AERO - Application Engineering(Apps)
Designation : System Engineer III
Project Scope : Defining an Optical navigation system to generate aircraft own position from EVS
image (Fused Infrared images) Synthetic images (SVS) from stored on board Data
base.
Technologies/Tools : MATLAB(Image processing tool box) , C
Roles /
Responsibilities
:  Literature study and explorations of various vision based systems.
 Developed an algorithms to Compute Aircraft position by a method of data fusion
of EVS (Fused image of Infrared image in different wavelength band), Synthetic
Image of Runway and
 Developed a mathematical model to compute aircraft position based on aircraft
on board sensor data.
 Performing system simulation and analysis by developing a MATLAB model on
synthetic aircraft trajectory data.
 Train the co members about the different Image processing algorithm
 Guided other co members to understand algorithms and generation a quick proto
type.
Project : Runway detection and guidance for vision based landing system from
Enhanced Vision System(EVS)
Project Scope : Defining an Optical navigation system to detect runway for navigation and guidance
from sensor image
Technologies/Tools : MATLAB(Image processing tool box) , C
Roles /
Responsibilities
:  Analysed image fusion mechanism and implemented fusion algorithm to merge
EVS and SVS image and generate Composite Vision (CVS) image.
 Explored an efficient image processing algorithmfor runway detection fromsensor
image .This algorithm could be utilised to generate the error signal to drive
Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS).
 Performing System Simulation to verify the performance of runway detection
algorithm.
 Train the co members about the different Image processing algorithm
 Guided other co members to understand algorithms and generation a quick proto
type.
Project : System Integration for BOEING (B777x) programme
Project Scope : System Integration for BOEING 777x aircraft
Technologies/Tools : AFDX,ARINC 629,ARINC 429, ARINC 818,Common Core
System(CCS),AIRSIM,PSIM,SSL scripts, DOORS

Responsibilities : Leading B777X system Integration activities by doing following:
 Driving FMS, CNS, and Maintenance and Hardware team for System Integration
activities.
 Coming up with an efficient System Integration strategy for B777x programme.
 Capturing customer’s input in Joint Program review meeting (JPR).
 Designing the Integration Test Environment
 Understanding different road blockage from multiple domains and coming up with
appropriate solutions blockages for seamless integration.
 Participating in ICD discussion, time to time Joint programme meeting with
partners and customer for status/milestone updates.
Project : Ground Based Augmentation System(GBAS) Data Analysis for Chennai
Airport
Project Scope : Honeywell GBAS data analysis for Chennai Airport
Tools/Technologies : MATLAB, Cygwin tool, LTIM
Roles /
Responsibilities
:  Study and analyse of ‘Atmospheric scintillation phenomena for GPS data loss
 Binary to RINEX format conversion for the data from each GBAS data receiver’s
station
 Used RINEX file format in LTIM, TEQC, and adaptive filter algorithm
 Generating the graphical plots in MATLAB
 Presented in front of other Apps team member and explain the atmospheric
scintillation phenomena with graphical data
Project : System Model development and Integration for Dassault F5X Aircraft
Project Scope : System Model design, code generation, Hardware in loop (HIL) testing, Integration
Testing.
Technologies : MATLAB/SIMULINK with HAM (Honeywell Auto code Manager), Team Centre, PVCS,
TBOX,DOORS
Roles /
Responsibilities
:  Capturing OEM’s requirement
 System Model development in SIMULINK environment using HAM library and code
generation
 Came up with appropriate test strategies for Testing in Integration bench
 Mentoring new joinees in the team
 Came up with a strategy for efficient review activities ofModelbased development.
Project : Prototyping for ‘Voice Enabled traffic Identification System’ to generate the
proof of concept(POC)
Division : AERO - Application Engineering(Apps)
Project Scope : Generating a prototype for validation of proof of concept (POC) on Voice Enabled s
cockpit system
Technologies : C/C++, Intent Processor
Roles /
Responsibilities
: Performed the following task for successful prototyping
 Developed the algorithm of traffic prioritization.
 Interface output of Speech analyser with INAV code
 Testing with Voice input
 Demonstrate the prototyped model in front of review panel
 This concept has been logged in WIDSand ultimately has been approvedfor patent
filing.
Project : Integration of Airport moving map (AMM) feature with Interactive
Navigation (INAV)
Project Scope : System Integration of 2DAMM (2D Airport Moving Map) with INAV, Hardware in loop
(HIL) testing.
Tools/Technologies : C/C++, Team Centre, PVCS, TIU (Test Interface Unit), GMD, DOORS, Team Centre.
Roles / : Leading AMM integration activities as a system specialist by doing following:

Responsibilities :  Analysing high level system requirements and generating low level software
requirements.
 Regular Interaction with Apps Engineer to understand high level requirements
 Proposing an efficient systemarchitecture through which 2DAMM can interact with
multiple process simultaneously as per Honeywell EPIC architecture
 Identifying the I/O, APIs from existing code ofINAV and AMM software and guiding
junior members to write integration code.
 Analysing and allocating the system memory to bring the 2dAMM features in
display unit
 Generating the test strategies for Integration testing of INAV Software for
displaying the airport moving map
 Mentoring coders to write the code for successful integration
Project : Implementation of aeronautical layers , terrain alert, situation awareness
terrain in INAV system
Domain : AERO - Display & Graphics(D&G)
Designation : Tech Lead
Project Scope : Navigation Display System Development for INAV.
Tools/Technologies : Visual Studio C/C++, OPENGL, ESCAPE (Essential System Configuration and
Architecture for Primus Epic), HEAL (Honeywell ESCAPE Abstraction Layer).
Roles /
Responsibilities
:  Participating PDR for HW3 programme
 Analysing high level system requirements and generating low level software
requirements.
 Generating the test strategies for INAV software.
 Developing INAV code for implementing aeronautical layers in INAV.
 Generating certification documents (like PSAC,SVP,SDP )for HW3 programof INAV
Project : Cockpit Display Software Testing
Designation : Senior Engineer
Project Scope : Coordinated the software Testing activity guided other team members for test script
development, RFS (Run for score) and SC (structural coverage) for display software.
Tools/Technologies : Visual Studio C/C++ , OPENGL, ESCAPE (Essential System Configuration and
Architecture for Primus Epic), HEAL (Honeywell ESCAPE Abstraction Layer)
Roles /
Responsibilities
: Worked a focal for Testing activities from INAV by doing the following
 Mentoring new joiners in the team about the testing methodologies.
 Allocating the tasks to the other team members.
 Reviewing the test artifacts.
 Working for test bench set up.
 Participating Run for Score and Structural coverage analysis.
 Helping junior members in team by trouble shooting in bench
 Generating TRR (Test Readiness review)
 Communicating issues with development teams
Project : Idea incubation for new product development on cockpit navigation display
Project : Integration of Common XM software with Gulfstream (GVII) INAV Software
Designation : Tech Lead
Project Scope : System Integration of common XM module with Interactive Navigation Display
Software for Gulfstream (GVII) aircraft.
Technologies : Visual Studio C/C++ , OPENGL, ESCAPE (Essential System Configuration and
Architecture for Primus Epic), HEAL (Honeywell ESCAPE Abstraction Layer)
Roles /
Responsibilities
: Leading XM integration activities as a system specialist by doing following.
 Analysing high level system requirements and generating low level software
requirements.
Identifying the I/O, APIs from existing code of INAV and XM software and guiding
junior members to write integration code.
 Proposing an appropriate source selection algorithmto access data fromASCB bus
Which are consumed in INAV software and generating I/O code.
 Guiding the junior team members to write integration code as per INAV
architecture
 Generating the test strategies for Integration testing of INAV along with XM
module.

Technologies : MATLAB/Simulink, C
Roles /
Responsibilities
: Individual Contributor as a Research Expert and Guide Co-members by doing
following:
 Developed a productivity toolin MATLAB using the concept ofOpticalCharacter
recognition (OCR) which automatically recognize the specific CAS (Crew Alert
System) messages from CAS window by implementing image correlation
algorithm.
 Studying the existing patents/papers of various inventions along Honeywell
Business path
 Came up with multiple invention disclosures and out of that five disclosures
got approval for filing patent.
 Trained other co-members about various algorithm of Image processing to
come up with ideas on vision based landing.
 Preparing Organizations Line of Business (LOB) deck.
As a DRDO Scientist for Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP)
Project : Flight trajectory analysis by Multi-Sensor Data Fusion
Division : OPTRONICS
Designation : Scientist ‘B’
Project Scope : Successfully generation of 3-D flight trajectory from multiple passive sensor data.
Technologies : C/C++, MATLAB
Roles /
Responsibilities
: Worked as a Junior scientist by doing the following:
 Interaction with senior scientist to understand algorithms to generate flight
trajectory and also in depth study and analysis algorithms.
 Proposed an algorithm to fuse tracking data from multiple passive sensors
 Came up with a mathematical models to compute accurate flight trajectory using
multiple sensors which are deployed in various location in test range
 Simulation of algorithms in MATLAB using flight data from previous missions
 Implementing the algorithm in ‘C’ and interfacing the same with existing Video
Data Analysis Software.
Project : Supporting various missions and pre - mission activities as a system In
Charge of Electro Optical Tracking System (From SAGEM , France)
Designation : Scientist ‘C’
Technologies : MATLAB, Video Data Analysis Software(VDAS), C
Roles /
Responsibilities
 Weekly link Check of the Video tracking Systems.
 Sensor calibration before starting of every mission.
 Tracking of Airborne targets during real time mission scenario
 Attending technical problems during mission time and providing solution for
successfully tracking.
 Analysing the recorded images and generating flight trajectory by multiple sensor
data fusion methods.
 Missed distance calculation for Multi target Mission.
 Participating Post Mission Analysis (PMA) by presenting the mission data in front
of senior scientist.
 Controlling the technical staffs during Mission time
Project : Implementation of Control Algorithms for automatic tracking of airborne
target INFRARED/THERMAL CCD images
Project Scope : Analysis and implementation of control algorithm for Gimbal movement
Technologies : SIMULINK/MATLAB
Roles /
Responsibilities
 Interaction with senior scientist to understand control algorithms for position
control system.
 Generating a SIMULINK model which represents the automatic and as well as
manual control of Gimbal system.
 Analysing the output response for various inputs conditions.
 Came out technical specification of Gimbal system, angular encoder for precise
control system
Project : Implementation of Image Tracking Algorithms from INFRARED/THERMAL
CCD images

Project Scope : Analysis and implementation of tracking algorithm by various image processing
operations.
Technologies : MATLAB, Visual Studio (C Language)
Roles /
Responsibilities
 Interaction with senior scientist to understand various algorithms of Image
processing.
 Detail study and analysis of Correlation, Contrast, Edge mode of tracking
algorithms
 Simulation by MATLAB to understand the performances of those algorithms
 Implementing image tracking algorithm in ‘C’
 Extracting the movement of the target image (ΔX and ΔY in pixels) which is useful
for Gimbal Control System
Project : Implementation of filtering algorithms for post mission flight trajectory Data
analysis
Project Scope : Generating the final trajectories of the airborne targets
Technologies : MATLAB, Visual Studio (C Language)
Roles /
Responsibilities
 Interaction with senior scientist to understand various signal processing
algorithms.
 Detail study and analysis of Kalman filter, least mean square estimator, Moving
average and Alfa-Beta filter filters.
 Simulation of filtering algorithms in MATLAB.
 Interfacing Kalman filter with triangulation algorithm for extracting the final
trajectory.
 Generating a post processing software tool by implementing least mean square,
moving average and alpha-Beta filter.
 Extrapolation flight data to identify touch down point
Project : Pre-mission DGPS Data Analysis for Range bias Estimation
Project Scope : Surveying with “Leica” GPS system for the mobile instrument stations and DGPS
system configuration and logging data during Helicopter Sortie in pre mission.
Technologies : In built Leica Software with GPS receiver(Leica GPS), MATLAB
Roles /
Responsibilities
 Survey range instruments stations and generating co-ordinates of range
instruments
 Installing & configuring the GPS receiver and VHF antenna with correct mode
before starting Helicopter Sortie to use in DGPS mode (Differential GPS).
 Participating Helicopter Sortie to log the real-time Sortie Data.
 Downloading Helicopter Sortie Data in the proper format.
 Generating the trajectory of Helicopter Sortie data
 Computing the instruments offsets (bias) in various legs of the sorties.
 Comparing the DGPSdata with Radar tracking,Electro Opticaltracking and Inertial
Navigation data to compute the range bias which is used during real time mission
scenario.

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