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Mohamed Zakaria
Engineering Director
Cairo,C
Summary
Dynamic Engineering Director at Valeo Automotive with a proven track record in technology integration and strategic planning. Spearheaded the Mars project, enhancing HIL setups for global teams. Expert in project management and coaching, driving efficiency in software testing across multiple divisions. Recognized for developing innovative solutions that optimize resources and improve team performance.
Overview
22
years of professional experience
3
Languages
Work History
Valeo
Engineering Director
01.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Lead the design, implementation and deployment of the Mars project. Which has become the new group standard for HIL Farms. As it enables SW R&D engineers to remotely access their project’s HW that is located in a central location through the state-of-the-art & secured cloud based solution. This ensure best utilization of the very expensive HIL setups and best experience for the engineers whatever their work location is (home, office, customer, ..etc)
- Co-managing the AI4ALL program for Valeo. This is a program that focuses on introducing AI technology in all Valeo areas (R&D, Finance, HR, …etc). With the aim of improving the efficiency of all these areas
- Managing the development of the latest in-house HIL bench named CASTLE 6. In collaboration with teams in Valeo Bietigheim & Wuhan. This HIL bench is an efficient & low cost solution that fits the testing needs of most Valeo products. And is being used in several
testing areas including: SW testing, System testing, EOL Testing & Environmental testing across all Valeo divisions (Brain, Light & Power) - Managing the virtualization team that focuses on the development of virtual ECUs and deploying them in projects for making use of SIL solutions.
Valeo
Department Head
01.2018 - 12.2021
Job overview
- Head of ADAS Testing Excellence: Lead a cross-functional team of 75+ engineers as Deputy Director and Department Head for ADAS Tools & Testing Excellence. Direct strategy for software validation, simulation, and lab operations across major automotive programs (BMW, Daimler, PSA, VW), consistently achieving high-performance ratings for operational excellence and team transformation.
- Built the CI/CD framework for Valeo: Spearheaded the "CoE SW Foundry" program for the development of the Continuous Integration platform for Valeo SW Development worldwide.
- Team Development: Built and stabilized high-performing teams during periods of rapid growth, maintaining
Valeo
Software Testing Department Head
12.2014 - 12.2017
Job overview
- Managing a software testing department of 210+ engineers distributed between Cairo/Egypt & Chennai/India. Responsible for HIL, MIL & SIL software testing for automotive driving assistance (ADAS) products
- Testing software developed at local & remote Valeo sites (Egypt, USA, Germany, China, Ireland & Czech Republic)
- Developing HIL test benches & SIL testing solutions for several Valeo product lines in several different locations within Valeo
- Setting the strategy for software testing within the ADAS testing department in Cairo
- Participate in setting the testing processes with the rest of Valeo ADAS sites
- Hiring test engineers and team leaders to build a continuously growing testing team at Cairo and Chennai
- Building relations with universities and promoting software testing as an excellent career for computer engineers.
- Valeo Cairo top management member, participating in setting site strategies and objectives. Follow-up on their implementations and operations.
Valeo
Software Testing Manager
05.2011 - 11.2014
Job overview
- Managing a software testing of 70+ engineers responsible for HIL, MIL & SIL testing for driving assistance (ADAS) products developed at several Valeo sites (Germany, Ireland, USA, China & Egypt)
- Products being tested by the team were mainly:
o Ultrasonic park assist systems
o Surround viewing camera systems
o Rear viewing cameras
o Radar systems
o Laser scanner systems
o Front cameras - Managed to introduce updates in the HIL testing environment originally developed by Valeo Germany.
- Started a China (Shenzhen) based testing team for testing Chinese Automotive OEM projects.
IBM
Software Testing Team Leader
04.2008 - 04.2011
Job overview
- Leading a software testing team of around 20 engineers. Responsible for HIL testing of the Ultrasonic Park Assist products developed by Valeo Germany
- Structured the team in an efficient way and ensured all team members have the needed skills to perform their tasks
- The team great success awarded Cairo site much more work in testing and even started development activities.
IBM
Software Testing Specialist
05.2005 - 04.2008
Job overview
- Designed and executed test cases for several Valeo automotive projects.
- Review and support engineers working under my supervision in Valeo projects.
- Conduct trainings on CAN protocol, CANoe/CAPL & UDS diagnostics protocol and was considered the main reference in issues related to all three topics
- Automated the execution of all the test cases in the radar blind spot detection projects using CAPL code. This decreased the execution and analysis time from two weeks to 3 days.
Advanced Information Management (AIM)
FPGA Testing Engineer
12.2003 - 05.2005
Job overview
- Testing products of Aptix Corp. [supplier of System-on-Chip (SoC) prototyping software and hardware]
- Creating VHDL & Verilog designs as test cases
- Executing, analyzing failures and reporting defects
Education
Information Technology Institute (ITI)Giza, Egypt
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma from Very-large-scale Integrated Circuits Diploma
04.2001
University Overview
- Graduated as 1st of my class
Ain Shams UniversityCairo, Egypt
Bachelor of Science from Communication & Electronics Engineering
04.2001
University Overview
- Overall Grade: Very Good
- Graduation Project: Design and Implementation of an Analog Phase Locked Loop circuit at 28MHz (Grade: Excellent)
Skills
Technology integration
Additional Information
Title: Monitoring road surface conditions
- Publication date: 28.May.2013
- Filing date: 17.Dec.2008
- Description: Method and System for Monitoring Road Surface Conditions
- Publication number: US8451140 B2
Interests
Volunteer Work: ● Member in Al-Boraq charity organization (2003-Present) ● Al-Boraq responsible for upper Egypt projects (2010-Present) o Supplying houses with clear water source o Building proper roofs for houses o Building and running education facilities.
Languages
Arabic
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Elementary
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Timeline
Engineering Director
Valeo
01.2022 - Current
Department Head
Valeo
01.2018 - 12.2021
Software Testing Department Head
Valeo
12.2014 - 12.2017
Software Testing Manager
Valeo
05.2011 - 11.2014
Software Testing Team Leader
IBM
04.2008 - 04.2011
Software Testing Specialist
IBM
05.2005 - 04.2008
FPGA Testing Engineer
Advanced Information Management (AIM)
12.2003 - 05.2005
Information Technology Institute (ITI)
Post-Baccalaureate Diploma from Very-large-scale Integrated Circuits Diploma
04.2001
Ain Shams University
Bachelor of Science from Communication & Electronics Engineering
04.2001