Arun K. Murthi has 36 years of experience in system safety and reliability across multiple domains including aviation, space, defense, and automotive. He has specialized expertise in software, electronics, hardware design assurance and implementing safety standards. Some of his accomplishments include developing techniques to monitor functions over disjoint paths and closed loop monitoring of data links. He has experience performing safety analyses and assessments to demonstrate regulatory compliance for various organizations and projects.

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THIRTY-SIX (36) Years of Experience in Complex, Integrated System Safety and Reliability Design,
Technology, Risk Assessment, Airworthiness, Certification and Regulatory Compliance Domains:
"Unfamiliar Problem Meets Unfamiliar Solution"
Senior Mentor and Specialist in Software, Electronics Hardware System Function, Design and
Development Assurance: Subject Matter Expert, Content Expert and Cross-Functional Technical
Area Expert: Multiple Safety Assurance Standards, Domains and Disciplines:- •FAA •NASA •DoD •UK
MoD •Auto •Rail. NASA/Rogers Commission, 51-L Accident Investigation Team. Contributing Author-
ARP 4754A, Aircraft and System Design and Development. Standard Private Pilot.
Implement Safety Technology: Develop, implement and certify approved Safety Technology into the
design of aviation, space, missile, communication, computers, and weapons systems. Design,
develop and incorporate proven and/or patented safety techniques to increase design capabilities of
safety and mission critical products, across functional domains to reduce regulatory compliance costs
and mitigate certification risk.
Developer, Technical Safety Objectives and Safety Architecture: Functional Hazard Assessment,
decomposition and mitigation. Augment functions for design error detection and correction,
protection, fail-safe/fail-operate alternate independent, dissimilar paths, monitor and control variables,
Safe States, Reset/Restart, Automatic Recovery/ Rejuvenation, processor exception handling,
memory error management.
Accomplishments: "Disparate Function Monitor over a Disjoint Computational Path", Closed Loop
Monitoring and Control of Data Link", "Safety Pilot - Degraded Mode Controller", "Functional Monitor
Pattern Controller for Detection and Correction of Generic Errors". FAA GPS/WAAS Safety
Architecture, Precision Approach Risk Tree.
Design Validation Safety Analysis: "Show Regulatory Compliance":- Construct/prototype and
demonstrate safety approval objectives (minor perturbation to product design/certification basis) with
functional path diagrams and model based safety assessment; Use standards in system theory of
control, forward and reverse engineering guidance and user role/requirements creation and
allocation.
Verification Safety Analysis: Implementer/Practitioner - Derive/Allocate safety requirements, compile
certification basis, Author Plans for SW, HW, System Safety and Certification; Agree and Obtain
approval from regulatory authorities. Perform 2x.1309 safety compliance analysis and assessments,
Produce artifacts and Evidence of compliance. Assess confidence level or the degree of
accomplishment of safety requirements. Senior Mentor, provides standards, guidance, advisory and
technical assistance to developers and users.
Implemented Standards: •FAA 2x.1309 • RTCA/DO-178B&C/254/278/297 •MIL-STD-882E •ARP
4761 •NASA 8719.13 •AMCOM 385-17 •WSESRB SSSTRP 8020.60E •UK DEFSTAN 0055/56 •IEC
61508 •ISO 26262 •EN5012X •AC 23/25.1309 (Arsenal) •Joint Services SW Safety Hdbk-27 Aug
2010 •NATO AOP-52 Weapons SW Safety •EWR 127 •NASA 1700.1 V1-B Range Safety RSM 93,
AFSCPCMAN 91-710.
Tools/Languages: •OMG •Static Code Analyses •MATLAB/SIMULINK •Real Time Test •DOORS
•BEACON •Imagix4D •SPICE •Chronology •Timing Designer •RTOS •DEOS •ARINC653 •VxWorks
•Integrity •LynxOS •Red Hat Enterprise LINUX (RHEL) •Data Distribution Service (DDS) •ADA•C/C++

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Chronological Summary: Safety Tasks:- 2x.1309 Safety Design Analysis •Safety Design Model •AFHA
•SFHA •PASA/FTA •PSSA/ASA •SSA •FMECA •FFPA •217 Predictions •Safety Review Boards, •Common
Mode/Zonal Analysis •Particular Risk •PHA •SR/CA •SHA •SSHA •O&SHA •SAR •FMET •Robustness Testing
•Safety Critical Property Enforcement •Pentium•Soft Core µProc •FPGA •8086•68000•SofCheck•Doxygen•Understand
2014 – 2016 UAS Design for Certification •Safety Monitor Executive Design for flight and cockpit pilot
controls •End-End Thread Analysis •SysML•MagicDraw Model •Code Static Analysis
2012 – 2014 USA Counter Rocket Artillery Mortar Aircraft • Stinger Missile, Gun, Interceptor •Comm-
and Control Software Full Material Release from WSESRB/SSSTRP
2007 – 2012 USAF SMC GPS OCX •USMC NAVAIR Sikorsky CH-53K•S92 Helicopter,
•BAMS/Shadow UAS, USA Hunter •NAVSEA WSESRB SSSTRP •NASA MSFC
Constellation•Space Launch System Human Rating ARES-1 Control •FTS
2000 – 2009 Honeywell EPIC Business & Regional Jets, Boeing 787 Flight Control, FAA/ICAO GPS
WAAS Aircraft Approach and Landing Certification and Ground Systems Approval
•NASA Orbital Space Plane PRA, Human Rating
2002 – 2007 Modified Boeing 767 Aerial Refueling Tanker STC, USAF SMC GPS-OCX, NASA
Space Shuttle SSME and J2X Engine Human Rating
2000 – 2002 E-Systems Raytheon ASTOR UK MoD Safety Case •Boeing 747 Zonal Safety Analysis
•Bombardier Global Express Software Certification TC/STC •USMC General Dynamics
Amphibious Assault Vehicle Control Software Safety Board Approval
1995 – 2000 USA Lockheed Martin Rocket System/ Patriot Missile •Wilcox Hughes FAA Lockheed
GPS/Japanese GPS, NASA GSFC JPL Satellite Lifetimes, Shuttle Payload KSC VAFB
Launch Approval, Embraer Regional Jet EGNOS
1997 – 1999 Harmon AMTRAK Incremental Train Control System Safety Design to early draft
versions of IEC61508, ISO 26262, EN5012X Functional Safety Standards
1995 – 1998 FAA Wilcox Hughes Aircraft Lockheed GPS WAAS •Safety and Software Certification
1991 – 1995 NASA GSFC WFF ELV Range Safety Officer (Alternate) •Launch and First Stage
Ignition •Flight Software •FTS Certification •Defense Airborne Reconnaissance UAV
Source Selection •Amber•Condor •Pioneer
1989 – 1991 USAF Peacekeeper-MX, Rail Garrison and SHF SATCOM Nuclear Hardening
•Rockwell B-1B Nuclear Effects/HEMP Circuit Analysis •GSFC/VAFB MSPSP ARAR
1988 – 1990 United Space Boosters Solid Rocket Booster Electronics and FTS WCA, KSC Range
Safety and NASA JSC Battaglia Safety Panel Certification
1985 – 1988 NASA STS-51L SRM, SRB, FTS, Shuttle On Board Computer, Redesign/ Rebaseline
•KSC Launch STS-26A RSO Alternate
1982 – 1986 LITTON EA-6B •GTE Digital Switch •NASA GOES Satellite WCA/Radiation Effects
1980 – 1982 USAF Griffiss SAC AFB RADC CMOS Digital Microcircuit Design for 217 Reliability
Safety Culture: Promote "safety objective based certification and regulatory compliance" vision and
culture within organizations. Take formal credit for safety features, re-balance with investments in
safety against "too much level-of-rigor" design assurance based certification.
Why I Do What I Do:
Bring home the hopes and dreams of great successes that are possible: Regulations are thoroughly
understood, supporting guidance is clear, and those in the culture embrace the regulations, abiding
by the requirements and using permissions granted to them to their advantage.
Education: Advanced degrees in Engineering, Math/Physics/Science (Madras and Cambridge
University). Masters in Solid State Science and Technology (Electronics) (Syracuse University).