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Mehdy Barekatein

Senior Consultant
Electrical Power Systems

Experience:

Retired at The Boeing Company, P.O. Box 3707, Seattle, WA  (2/2020)

Technical Fellow- 787 Electrical Power Systems (2015-2020)

787 -8-9 EE-Subsystems Chief Engineer, Responsible for the overall technical design, requirements, certification, and testing. AR for 787 Power Conversion (PCS), Primary Power Distribution (PPDS) and Remote Power Distribution (RPDS) Boeing representative to RTCA SC-211 and SC-225 committee.

Associated Technical Fellow- 787 Electrical Power Systems (2007-2015)

787 -8-9 EE-Subsystems, Responsible for requirements, certification, and testing. AR for 787 Power Conversion System (PCS), Primary Power Distribution System (PPDS) and Remote Power Distribution System (RPDS) Boeing representative to RTCA SC-211, steered the development of requirements and road maps for testing and validation of safety for Lithium-Ion batteries.                                                                      

Lead Engineer - 787 Power Conversion System group (2004-2007)

Lead Engineer and Authorized Representative (AR), 787 Power Conversion System (PCS), AR Primary Power Distribution System - Responsible for the overall technical design, requirements, certification, test and certification, procurement and development of PCS equipments. Responsible for certification of Power Conversion System and Primary Power Distribution System.

Lead, DER 777 DC & Standby, Flight Control DC, ELMS DER (1998-2004)

Responsible for customer introduction releases (functional tests, Electrical Load Analysis, Schematics), certification of 777-300, -300ER&LR as well as ELMS system upgrade, resolution of in-service problems with Power Supply Assembly and battery overheat and failure.

Lead & DER, DC, Standby and Model Focal 767-400 (1997-1998)

Responsible for development of requirements, interface control documents, test requirements, test procedures, test reports for build and installation. Responsible for certification of the DC & Standby Sys.

Lead & DER, 747-500/600 DC and Standby Power (1996-1997)

In addition to the 777 responsibilities, led a group of engineers to develop requirements, interface control documents, test requirements, test procedures.

Lead & DER, 777 DC and Standby Power (1990-1997)

Responsible for development of requirements, interface control documents, test requirements, test procedures, test reports for build and installation. Also responsible for certification.

System Engineer, 747-400 DC and Standby Power (1986-1990)

Responsible for architectural development of DC and Standby Systems including: Battery, Battery Charger, Transformer Rectifier Units, and Static Inverter.

System Engineer- 767, 747 Power Distributions (1985-1986)

Responsible for power distribution drawing releases for customer introduction, incorporation of customer options, and preparation for functional tests of the distribution system.

Education:

Washington State University - Pullman Washington

Bachler of Science in Electrical Engineering

Mehdy Barekatein
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