
Tarig Eltahir
Team Lead & Drone Systems Engineer

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About me
Senior UAV & Autonomous Systems Engineer | Certified DJI Dock Engineer | Certified UAS 107 Commercial Operator
Education

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals - KFUPM
2017 - 2022Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Engineering
Experience

UAS2030
Oct 2019 - May 2022Team Lead & Drone Systems Engineer• Created a strategy for ongoing projects that consisted of four sub-groups with defined responsibilities.• Guided team through the design and implementation of a high-precision navigation system for UAVs improving accuracy to 0.1 meters.• Developed embedded systems integration modules and hardware components of the autopilot drone system.• Optimized existing code related to navigation, planning, control and common functions of the autopilot.• Responsible for debugging, stress testing, and innovating on the existing codebase. Show less

FIRNAS AERO
May 2021 - Nov 2022Lead Product Architect• Optimized Drone-in-a-Box (DIAB) product performance, capacity and scalability, resulting in increase in customer satisfaction and growth in monthly customer base.• Consulted with business management team to define objectives and functional requirements for new and modified products, creating a streamlined customer experience.• Developed product requirements to address emerging market opportunities, enabling growth in annual sales.• Managed software accounts and conducted familiarization training, enabling operations staff to effectively manage customer service requests.• Facilitated the development of products that meet expectations, allowing efficient operation of production deliveries.• Assisted the technical team in problem-solving with technical expertise and knowledge, ensuring successful customer service inquiries. Show less

NineTenths تسعــة أعشـار
Apr 2023 - nowSenior UAV & Autonomous Systems Engineer
Feb 2024 - nowUAV & Autonomous Systems Engineer
Apr 2023 - Feb 2024
Licenses & Certifications
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Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification
CourseraJan 2023 
Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Commercial Operator Permit)
GACA - General Authority of Civil Aviation - Saudi ArabiaFeb 2023- View certificate

Robotics: Aerial Robotics
University of PennsylvaniaNov 2019 - View certificate

IIBA® Member
IIBAMar 2023
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Tarig EltahirFirst place in KFUPM Senior Design Expo KFUPM May 2022 • Developed a traffic management application for the delivery of packages by drones, which won first place at the Senior Design Expo.• Utilized flight motion and simulation planning tools to optimize route management, increased airspace capacity, and designed a hardware system capable of managing multiple drones simultaneously.• Engineered autonomous navigation functions using a combination of Python, ROS and RTT search algorithm for prescheduling and tactical de-conflict.
- Awarded to Tarig EltahirThird place STC AIoT Hackathon Saudi Telecom Company (STC) Oct 2021 • Developed an end-to-end, AI-based autonomous, sustainable, and intuitive agriculture system, Agri-Doctor, optimized health parameters, analyzed crop data, and manipulated drones to map progress, resulting in an increase of yield up to 30%, aimed to improve the sustainability of farm products.• Employed Machine Learning and artificial intelligence technologies in the framework of an autonomous delivery system, Agri-Doctor, that enables real-time monitoring and analysis of crop health… Show more • Developed an end-to-end, AI-based autonomous, sustainable, and intuitive agriculture system, Agri-Doctor, optimized health parameters, analyzed crop data, and manipulated drones to map progress, resulting in an increase of yield up to 30%, aimed to improve the sustainability of farm products.• Employed Machine Learning and artificial intelligence technologies in the framework of an autonomous delivery system, Agri-Doctor, that enables real-time monitoring and analysis of crop health parameters and aerial data to provide early-warning insights for efficient management and yield optimization. Show less
- Awarded to Tarig EltahirThird place at EEESE 2017 competition EEESE Orgnization May 2017 A team member of quadcopter project, the goal of this project was to build a quadcopter taking into consideration reducing the cost of components.
- Awarded to Tarig EltahirParticipate in EEESE 2016 EEESE Orgnization Apr 2016 Participated in this competition with a mobile application project named "Biblo" to share unused books in people's libraries. The application idea came from the difficulty of finding some books and the raise of books prices in sudan.
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