Senior System Engineer | 25+ Years Experience | AirC2 & Radar Software

Professional Summary

• I can describe myself as a mission engineer who is well trained in air defense subjects according to NATO standards.
• Until my retirement as a colonel (1993-2022), I served as the National Command-Control Software Section Chief and Radar Evaluation Branch Manager in the Turkish Air Force.
• I worked as a systems engineer on a fighter jet project at Ekinoks Software Ltd (2022-2024).
• I had a NATO secret clearance while on duty. I have a current National Security Clearance. I also have a green passport with EU visa.
• Working in the technical unit responsible for Air Defense System and Software, I gained knowledge and experience in Radar, Command Control (C2) and Tactical Data Link (TDL) in NATO discipline and standards.
• I worked on TDL functions in C2 software, and I know the ADA programming language. I also have TDL Management and Planning certificates.
• I participated in the Technology Management master's program and presented my thesis titled "Technology Readiness Assessment in Defense Projects and Networks of Excellence".
• I took part in the development and maintenance of Defense Software (C2, Radar, TDL) on the customer and defense industry side. I also took part in many defense military projects at technical, tactical and strategic levels.
• I received training on Radar, TDL and Command Control software (USA (L3), Italy (Selex), Belgium (EUROCONTROL)) and attended relevant user meetings.
• Likewise, by undertaking the acceptance and testing of Radar and C2 systems purchased by NATO, I gained experience from the Supplier perspective in transforming military operational requirements into functional requirements of projects.
• I actively participated in the final acceptance processes from preparing the specifications in National AESA and Passive Radars, Sensor and Radio Network and Command Control projects.
• For the last two years, I have gained different experiences on how operational requirements can be met by working in an EW company as a system engineer in mission software related to data fusion and data link of the national fighter jet.