HUSEYIN KAHRAMAN
METER FIRMWARE TEAM LEAD
Izmir
Summary
Experienced and results-driven engineer with over 18 years of expertise in electricity meter firmware and hardware development, and more than 14 years in R&D team leadership. Proven track record in the full lifecycle of electricity meters — over 30 million devices in the field carry my fingerprint, from concept and design to mass production. Extensive knowledge of firmware/hardware requirements for e-meters, international standards, and production processes. Served as the MID Responsible Person for the company for the past 10 years, ensuring compliance and quality across all projects. Skilled in designing and developing firmware and hardware for a wide range of custom test equipment used in e-meter production environments. Holds dual citizenship (Turkish & Bulgarian) and is fully eligible to travel and work across all European countries.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
R&D Team Lead - Firmware - Meter Technologies
Landis+Gyr / LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2021 - Current
- E-Meter FW Team Management
- Participates in managerial meetings related to areas of responsibility
- Follow up tasks and projects
- Negotiate with customers as needed
- Makes referrals for software requests for production
- Strategic team development in close alignment with LUNA&LANDIS site strategy (skills, bandwidth, recruitment, succession planning)
- Support site strategy creation and skills balancing to optimize overall output
- Continously improve overall team efficiency and output, in closed cooperation with other sites working with the team
- Design and define the meter software architecture comply with the requirements. Suggest and drive improvements in project processes and methods.
- Deliver on committed line management contribution towards projects in overall FW context.
- Organize and participate in new product/project studies, in co-operation with other teams and sites as needed.
- Establish open communication, within teams and from/to management
- Research new technologies/solutions for electricity metering.
- Product On Time & Production Support
- Ensuring staffing and provided skills in line with the projects needs
- Improving requirement understanding and effort estimation
- Supporting in collaboration with PMO work reduced project complexity
- Facilitate and ensure smooth cooperation with other sites and proactively support interaction
- Plan and manage software are needed for production according to production plan
- Support production & quality team according to their requirements and improvement demands.
- Test & Certification Support
- Support certification process for MID
- Support for TEDAS compliance certification process
- Attend to Module D audits as MID Responsible
Electronics R&D Team Leader
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2012 - 01.2021
- Sole FW developer in the last 15 years for related type of meters
- Three Phase Active-Reactive E-Meters LUN4, LUN5, LUN6, LUN20 … Designer of pcb board
- Threephase E-Meters LUN2, LUN3, LUN21, LUN22
- Monophase E-Meters LUN1, LUN10, LUN11, LUN12 Designer of pcb board
- Panel Type Meters FW developer of first version LSM18 & LSM38 meters.
- E-Meter Hardware Well knowledge of each electronic component used in the e-meters.
- Well Knowledge of EMC tests like Radiated Immunity, Radiated Emission, Conducted Disturbance, Conducted Emission, Burst, Surge, ESD
- Attended EMC Tests in ELDAS Test Laboratory many times
- Attended Insulation Tests in SLM located on Košice / Slovakia
- Attended EMC Tests in KEMA located on Arnhem / Netherlands
- SMPS Designs for e-meters Robust, safe and best-price & performance ICs are assessed within the years.
- Many alternative monophase and three-phase solutions integrated to e-meters.
- Magnetic Immune SMPS Designs are developed to overcome the DC magnet intervention.
- MID Responsible & Meter Test Report and Approval Process Management
- Attend Module D audits as MID Responsible person.
- Manage Module B certification process for e-meters.
- Well Knowledge of E-Meter Standards (EN50470, IEC62052-11, IEC62053-21, IEC62053-23, etc.)
- Calibration & Test Equipments FWs for E-Meters
- FW developer of reference e-meter for energy calibration, no-load test, meter battery current consumption test, rs485 test, dosage test equipments.
- Portable Calibration Test Equipment - LKM1 Designed for testing meters in the field, includes virtual energy source inside.
- Fully automatic monophase calibrator equipment Power source is designed to be able to apply different loads and phase angles to e-meter
- More than 40 equipments are produced to be able to achieve the production target as 12k meters in a day.
Electronics R&D Deputy Team Leader
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2011 - 01.2012
- FW developer for LUN series e-meters LUN1, LUN2, LUN3, LUN4, LUN5, LUN6 …
- Combi E-Meter Calibration Test Equipment v2 Three phase fully automatic e-meter calibration equipment design, drawing schematic and pcb, mounting the boards, cable connections etc. all preparation process is performed including the firmware used for calibration.
- Resistive and inductive virtual load is supplied with applying a trick of existing three phase voltage.
Research And Development Engineer
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2006 - 01.2011
- FW developer for LUN series meters LUN1, LUN2, LUN3, LUN4, LUN5, LUN6 …
- Plug-In Power Meter Firmware were adopted according to plug-in power meter requirements.
- Meter with PLC It was supported by T
- BİTAK. The first steps of the company's PLC-based meter solution were taken.
- 3 Phase SMPS Design using Viper12A Understanding flyback smps topology Preparation of smps transformer samples Testing with critical load points
- Combi E-Meter Calibration Test Equipment Implementation of the company's first active-reactive calibration device Design made with real load, resistive and inductive 60 load can be applied.
- Electric Combi Boiler Controller Card Project were taken over and requirements are totally checked again Firmware revised and bugs were fixed.
- Earthquake Gas Shut-Off Unit Firmware developer and designer of pcb board MMA7260QT 3-axis accelerometer Conforms to TS 12884 Earthquake actuated automatic gas shut-off devices Drawing schematic and pcb, sample boards preparation Firmware development, test and confirmation process.
- Meter FW Analyse Preparation of flowcharts which are used in the electricity meter firmware Meter Fw test and confirmation process for different loads and phase angles.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF KOCAELI
KOCAELI 04.2001 -
Skills
- Firmware development
- Hardware development
- Team leadership
- Project management
- Compliance and quality assurance
- EMC testing
- Calibration and testing equipment design
- E-Meter standards knowledge
Personal Information
- Turkish
- Bulgarian
Hobbies
Chess, New technologies, Cars, Travelling
Timeline
R&D Team Lead - Firmware - Meter Technologies
Landis+Gyr / LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2021 - Current
Electronics R&D Team Leader
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2012 - 01.2021
Electronics R&D Deputy Team Leader
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2011 - 01.2012
Research And Development Engineer
LUNA Elektrik Elektronik San. Tic. A.Ş.
01.2006 - 01.2011
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
UNIVERSITY OF KOCAELI
04.2001 -