Consultation Services

Arif joined AeroTEC in 2016 where as Group Lead of Powerplant and Fuel System and more recently Air Management System he has been responsible for development of design requirements, component qualification and certification plans, systems architectures, propulsion system integration, and flight test plans and data analysis on multiple programs including the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and the Aerion AS2 supersonic business jet.

Prior to this, from 2009 to 2016, Arif was project engineer for United Technologies Aerospace Systems representing company’s Nacelle and EBU business at Pratt & Whitney (P&W) and Bombardier Aerospace in Montreal. In this role Arif worked closely with customer led integrated team(s) on Bombardier CSeries (Airbus A220) propulsion system integration and also rig and/or powerplant flight testing for the CSeries, Airbus A320neo and Mitsubishi Regional Jet programs.

From 2002 to 2009, Arif worked on military programs in Canada, at IMP Group Aerospace Division and later with L-3 Communications as principal engineer and project manager. Here he progressively moved to roles with increased responsibility on system upgrades and aircraft life extension programs, and fleet management of C-130, CP140 (P-3), F-18, CT-114 and CH-124.

Arif has also worked in aircraft maintenance and service engineering and has over 25 years experience in Aviation and Aerospace industry. He is well versed with FAA, EASA, TCCA and ICAO regulations having acquired and applied the knowledge during the course of his career and has also gone through Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) delegate engineers training. Arif has a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ottawa Carleton Institute of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Ottawa.