Bassam Al Maleh Al Qahtani

Senior Electrical & Controls Engineer — MV Switchgear Industrialization & Manufacturing Readiness

bassammq.com linkedin.com/in/bassammaleh Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

01 — Summary

Summary

Senior electrical design and industrialization engineer at alfanar’s medium-voltage RMU factory, turning released product data into production-ready switchgear across five MV families (17.5–36 kV; conventional, compact, smart, motorized, SF6-free). Owns Smart RMU control-circuit design and I/O integration — RTU/relay selection, DI/DO definition, CT/VT and sensor interfaces, and hardwired wiring over RS485 with DNP3 / IEC 60870-5-104 — carrying designs through FAT/QC closure and production buy-off. Has delivered multi-million SAR in VAVE savings proven through Production and QC, and is currently transitioning a new 24 kV dry-air / SF6-free line from R&D release into production.

02 — Experience

Experience

Senior Electrical Design Engineer — RMU Design / Industrialization — alfanar Electric Mar 2024 — Present

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · promoted from Electrical Design Engineer

Delivered multi-million SAR in VAVE / material-optimization savings — CT sensor redesign, adaptor removal, spiral tube-wrap optimization, CT ferrule change, RS485 cable reduction and scrap-cable elimination — each change proven through Production and QC.
Transitioning a new product from prototype to production: 24 kV dry-air / SF6-free RMU industrialization — closing gaps in drawing readiness, component data, RTU I/O alignment and BOM readiness ahead of volume build.
Define and integrate Smart RMU control systems — RTU/relay selection, DI/DO lists, CT/VT/sensor interfaces and hardwired control circuits over RS485 with DNP3 / IEC 60870-5-104 — directing programming and settings scope to the Testing team, which owns configuration.

Mechatronics Engineer — Fekra Haditha Foundation Feb 2023 — Feb 2024

Saudi Arabia

Delivered IoT-integration and process-improvement initiatives — sensors, connectivity and data flows — alongside CAD-based mechanical-part design.

Engineering Intern — Saudi Air-Conditioning Mfg. Co. (JUFFALI-CARRIER) & Saudi Refrigerators Mfg. Co. (JUFFALI) Sep 2022 — Jan 2023

Saudi Arabia

Worked line-side on high-volume appliance assembly: production-process and JIT line improvements with shop-floor engineering coordination.
Control-panel rework and wiring modifications; jig and fixture development; sheet-metal design and CAD/CAM with G-code (CNC) exposure.

03 — Education

Education

B.E. Mechatronics Engineering — Bahçeşehir University 2023

Istanbul, Turkey — capstone: bio-material 3D printer · TeknoFest autonomous carbon-fibre fixed-wing aircraft · Autodesk Design Now, 2nd place · Volunteer Technical Manager at LIMAN

Certifications & Affiliations

PTC Windchill PLM Workshop — alfanar · alfanar Engineering Pioneers (orientation across 14 factories)
Autodesk Fusion 360 certification & Design Now (2nd place) · 3D printing & Lean manufacturing training
Saudi Council of Engineers — Member No. 932008

04 — Skills

Skills

Domain: MV switchgear — RMU & MRMU, 17.5 / 24 / 36 kV (conventional, compact, smart, motorized, SF6-free); control-circuit design, DI/DO interfaces, RTU/relay selection, CT/VT & sensor interfaces, interlock schemes; RS485, DNP3 / IEC 60870-5-104; IEC 62271 / 61869, SEC SDMS/TMSS
Tools & Software: SAP (item/BOM & engineering data) · SEE Electrical · PTC Windchill / PLM · AutoCAD/DWG · Excel · Power Query · Power BI · Fusion 360 CAD/CAM
Practices: Prototype-to-production industrialization · design standardization & release support · VAVE / cost optimization · FAT / QC & production support · engineering-change management & product traceability · specification review (IEC/SEC) · technical documentation
Spoken Languages: Arabic — native · English — full professional · Turkish — limited working

05 — Projects

Projects

myalfanar Asset Passport concept & prototype

Digital identity for switchgear: scanning a unit’s engraved QR opens a live asset passport with serial number, product constants and verification status.

RMU Rating Label System & Studio 18 variants · 17.5 / 36 kV

Complete engraved-label family sharing one true-to-manufacturing 210×150 mm master layout, plus an interactive studio for generating every variant.

Myalfanar Product Deck presentation

Presentation-grade product deck with staged reveals, presenter mode (speaker notes, timer) and print-perfect PDF export.

Tip: use the “Print / Save as PDF” button above — the page prints as a clean single-page A4 resume.