Ertan Zaferoglu
Team Lead, Human Safety
Eindhoven
Summary
Driven Team Lead offering 7 years of supervising and executing management role in a multidisciplinary and multinational team with 17 years of industry experience. In-depth knowledge of human safety, human factors and human system integration combined with business-oriented perspective. Familiar with all facets of design, and implementation.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education
12
12
Certificates
4
4
Languages
Work History
Team Lead, Human Safety
ASML
Eindhoven
05.2022 - Current
- Focusing on the Human safety development of the organization and leading of a stable team, working in the design process as safety experts.
- Leading team of skilled professionals focused on Human factors, Working at Height, and mechanical safety expertise areas.
- Facilitating team activities such as team meting, team buildings.
- Coached team members in techniques necessary to complete job tasks.
- Managed business request within the team and facilitate tea members workload agenda.
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training, and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
Chief Engineer, Human System Integration
Turkish Aerospace Industries
Ankara, Turkey
01.2017 - 05.2022
- Responsible for management of Human-System Integration team consist of Human Factors Specialists, cognitive scientist, product designers, software engineers.
- Management of Human System Integration (HSI) activities of Turkish national combat aircraft (TF-X) program.
- Development and improvement of usability methodologies, processes and infrastructure.
- Preparation and management of project Human Factors Program Plans, qualification plans, development plans.
- Management of technology research on future technologies such as; on board health monitoring.
- Development of next generation human machine interface design with emerging technologies such as virtual reality, eye tracking, gesture recognition, etc.
Human Factors Specialist
Turkish Aerospace Industries, TAI
Ankara
01.2009 - 01.2017
- Human factors engineering activities of various air platforms listed below;
- Turkish Basic Trainer Aircraft (HURKUŞ) Development Project Worked as cockpit designer and responsible for realization of the cockpit concept from preliminary design to EASA civil certified qualification period
- Produced different layout alternatives and HMI solutions of cockpit controls and displays
- Conduct user (test pilots and Air force pilots) studies and research for usability assessments
- Produced human factors plans, processes and requirements of A/C and support systems engineering activities as human factors specialist
- Generated human factors assessments on mock-ups, ground tests, flight tests of platform
- Turkish Fighter (TF-X) Development Project Worked as human factors specialist to produce HF requirements of the future combat platform
- Conducted several workload and task analysis studies with pilots to capture operational requirements so as to produce operational effective use concept of the platform.
- Produced Human factors program plan, schedule and workforce estimation of program
- Took part in production of future human machine interface concepts with utilizing newly emerging technologies like eye tracking, virtual reality, gesture recognition.
Industrial Designer
PI MAKINE A.Ş
Ankara, Turkey
09.2006 - 12.2008
- Industrial design and cabin design of newly developing construction vehicles
- Homologation Studies of existing, newly developing trucks, and construction machines.
Education
Master of Science - Cognitive Sciences
Middle East Technical University (METU)
Ankara 09.2021 - Current
Master of Science - Media and Cultural Studies
Middle East Technical University (METU), Social Sciences Institute
Ankara 09.2007 - 06.2010
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design
Middle East Technical University (METU)
Ankara 09.1999 - 07.2005
Skills
System integration
Safety meetings
Product development
Budget creation
Project management proficiency
Workplace safety
Safety processes and procedures
Employee Evaluation
Key performance indicators
Complaint resolution
Accomplishments
- Next Generation Fighter Aircraft Cockpit concept (IDEF 2019)
- Real Time Pilot Physiological and Mental State Monitoring (2018-On going)
- Turkish Pilot and Maintainer Anthropometrics Data Project (2018-On going)
- Virtual Reality Cockpit Mock-up Project (2017)
- Initial Cockpit Design of Turkish Utility Helicopter (2014-2015)
- Turkish Fighter Aircraft Conceptual Studies (2011-2013)
- Turkish Basic Trainer Aircraft Development (2009-2013)
- Turkish T38-M Avionics Modernization (2009-2011)
- Turkish MALE UAV ANKA PVI development (2009-2010)
- PI MAKINE Small Class Truck Design (2008)
- PI MAKINE Digger Concept Design (2007)
- Lighting Design for ZER electronics (2005)
- METU Multidisciplinary Domestic utilitarian robotics development project (2004)
- FİAT One Step Ahead Car Design project (2004) ∙ Furniture Design Exhibited in Milano Design Fair (2003)
Certification
Industry Standards
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Team Lead, Human Safety
ASML
05.2022 - Current
Master of Science - Cognitive Sciences
Middle East Technical University (METU)
09.2021 - Current
Chief Engineer, Human System Integration
Turkish Aerospace Industries
01.2017 - 05.2022
Human Factors Specialist
Turkish Aerospace Industries, TAI
01.2009 - 01.2017
Master of Science - Media and Cultural Studies
Middle East Technical University (METU), Social Sciences Institute
09.2007 - 06.2010
Industrial Designer
PI MAKINE A.Ş
09.2006 - 12.2008
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design
Middle East Technical University (METU)
09.1999 - 07.2005
Trainings
- University of York- UK, Safety Engineering Short Course (2019-40 hours)
- University of Michigan - USA, Human Factors Engineering Short Course (2012 –100 Hours)
- ASML leadership development program