Remotely Operated Rotary-Wing UAV
Control a rotary-wing UAV in real time over a network, converting analog joystick input to digital command.
C++ QNX NEUTRINO SOCKET + HIDDI COMMS SIMULINK / QUARC ROTOR SPEED CONTROL
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Tarek Deek — Avionics & Embedded Software Engineer
DEEK / TAREK AVIONICS & EMBEDDED SW · FLIGHT SIM
US CITIZEN · CANADIAN CITIZEN · MONTREAL, QC
ITAR & CLEARANCE-ELIGIBLE
BOEING 757 · 767 · 737 MAX AIRBUS A320 · A330 · A350 · A380
POS N45°28.1′ W073°44.5′ CYUL · MONTREAL
ALT 118 · ON STAND
I build and debug real-time, embedded avionics software in C and C++ — the systems that model how Boeing and Airbus aircraft behave, running on the full-flight simulators pilots train on. I own the hardest cross-fleet defects end to end, from black-box fault isolation to the fix.
In short: I fix the hardest software problems in flight simulators — the kind other engineers escalate.
- EXPERIENCE
- 4 YRS AVIONICS SOFTWARE
- FLEET
- BOEING + AIRBUS · 7 AIRCRAFT TYPES
- AUTH
- US + CANADIAN CITIZEN
- MANDATE
- OWNS CROSS-FLEET ESCALATIONS
CLEARED — ↓
01 TAKEOFF THE ROLE
Avionics & Embedded Software Engineer
EMPOWERMENT AWARD
CAECHAMPIONS RECOGNITION
- CROSS-FLEET OWNERSHIP
- Owns the team's most complex cross-fleet avionics escalations, including an A330 defect spanning six Delta devices plus Air Alaska and A320, driving each to true technical resolution.
- COORDINATION
- Coordinates Comms and Avionics Team Leads and SMEs, and serves as technical interface to Airbus, presenting evidence-based cases (I/O data, traces, configurations) that shorten snag and DIR lead times.
- BLACK-BOX ISOLATION
- Performs structured fault isolation on obfuscated OEM systems, correlating ARINC 429 data, traces, and system states, and benchmarking against pre-standard implementations.
- JUDGMENT
- Raised a DIR early on a 100+ I/O auto-throttle malfunction to cut customer downtime, and resolved a cabin-pressure defect before the OEM responded.
- DEVELOPMENT
- Develops in C, C++, FORTRAN, Python, and Perl across Boeing 757/767/737 MAX and Airbus A320/A330/A350/A380, with qualification support.
- LEADERSHIP
- Mentors interns and authored the Avionics COOP onboarding docs and CAE Wiki guidelines, self-initiated.
- CUSTOMERS
- UPS, Cargojet, Delta, Air Alaska, SF Airlines, and CAE Aviation Training.
02 CLIMB SELECTED WORK
Selected work
- XFLET CASE 01/04 A330 · CROSS-FLEET
Cross-fleet escalation driven to resolution
Resolved across all six Delta devices, Air Alaska, and A320 — one fix, every fleet.
A single defect across six Delta devices plus Air Alaska and A320. Coordinated Team Leads and SMEs, built the evidence case to Airbus.
- TELOD CASE 02/04 B767
Tele-loading failure, resolved against the clock
Resolved under a hard customer deadline; the simulator returned to service without slip.
A B767 tele-loading failure, time-boxed against the deadline.
- QUALF CASE 03/04 B757 · B767
Qualification support through the evaluation phase
Qualification stayed on schedule.
High-priority snags cleared through the evaluation phase of B757/B767 simulator qualification.
- FMSAV CASE 04/04 ENHANCEMENT
Legacy FMS save/recall and custom IOS controls
Designed and delivered as customer enhancements.
Save/recall capability for a legacy FMS, and custom instructor-station controls.
03 CRUISE BUILDS — ORIGIN
Hardware first.
Before the simulators: machines I built and programmed myself. Real-time operating systems, sensor fusion, control loops, and hardware-in-the-loop, the same vocabulary as flight simulation. This is where the systems instinct comes from.
Autonomous Wildfire-Detection Rover — SAE
Navigate and detect autonomously on limited compute, where the vendor SDK wasn't reliable enough. Migrated the nav stack from an immature Isaac SDK to ROS for reliable localization; built the motor and PWM actuation layer and 3D-printed the mounts.
JETSON NANO ROS NAV STACK LIDAR + ODOMETRY + GPS MOTOR / PWM ACTUATION
Autonomous Racing Rover
Autonomous traversal optimized for speed.
JETSON NANO ROS LIDAR + ODOMETRY + GPS SENSOR FUSION
Real-Time Vehicle Health Monitor
Monitor and diagnose vehicle health in real time with periodic and sporadic data.
C++ QNX NEUTRINO PERIODIC + SPORADIC SCHEDULING MULTITHREADING INTERRUPT HANDLING
SYSTEMS STATUS
- STACK
- C · C++ · FORTRAN · PYTHON · PERL
- TOOLING
- VISUAL STUDIO 2005 → CURRENT · VS CODE
- OS
- WINDOWS · LINUX
- PRACTICE
- LEGACY CODEBASE DEBUGGING · BUILD PREP · PERFORMANCE PROFILING
- DOMAIN
- FULL-FLIGHT SIMULATOR OPERATIONS
- DOMAIN
- AVIONICS + AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS BEHAVIOR
- DOMAIN
- SIMULATOR QUALIFICATION WORKFLOW
- EDUCATION
- BENG COMPUTER ENGINEERING — CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTREAL, 2022
- EDUCATION
- FIRST PLACE — CAPSTONE PROJECT (BEARCARE)
- EDUCATION
- FIRST PLACE — CONCORDIA INNOVATION FUND ($60,000 GRANT)
- LANGUAGES
- ENGLISH · FRENCH (FLUENT) · ARABIC (INTERMEDIATE)
04 APPROACH CONTACT