User:Khalidfayed9

I'm Khalid Fayed, a Smart PV Operations & Maintenance Engineer at Huawei, based in Cairo, Egypt (available to relocate). I provide technical support and troubleshooting for Huawei SUN2000 series solar inverters and LUNA2000 energy storage systems across the Middle East and Africa region—working through installation, commissioning, and live operations; diagnosing equipment and performance issues through DSP log analysis and system alarms; and validating fault diagnosis, RMAs, and escalation paths.

I hold a bachelor's degree in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Engineering from Mansoura University (Oct 2020–June 2025, GPA 3.46/4.0) on a fully funded USAID scholarship. As part of that scholarship, completed an exchange semester (Aug–Dec 2023) at the J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville, USA (GPA 4.0/4.0), taking coursework in Energy Science & Engineering, Biomass, Engineering Economic Analysis, and Power System Analysis.

• Remote Research Assistant (Sep 2024 – Apr 2025) with Prof. Basem Badr, University of Victoria, Canada. Experimental and simulation-based analysis to determine optimal battery configuration for enhanced performance and reliability; contributed to writing sections of research papers [1]

• Huawei (Jan 2026 – Present) — Smart PV Operations & Maintenance Engineer, MEA region
• TotalEnergies (Aug 2024) Evaluated renewable energy project phases: Project Potential, Option, Online Refinement, Implementation, and Financial Schemes
• New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) (Aug 2024) — Analyzed solar and energy storage systems within authority projects; applied occupational health and safety procedures
• Giza Systems (Sep 2022) Designed grid-connected and off-grid solar energy systems using PVsyst (simulation/performance analysis), SketchUp (3D layout), and AutoCAD (technical drawings)
• Schneider Electric (Aug 2022) Assessed operation and sizing of solar systems, including inverters, DC/AC cables, and battery storage

Solar-Powered Biodiesel Unit Using Waste Cooking Oil [2](Graduation Project, Grade: A+). Led the PV system sizing and design and contributed to the chemical formulation and optimization, running over 10 lab experiments to determine the best reaction ratios and catalysts.

• UNFCCC Secretariat at COP27 (Nov 2022)—organized two main halls in the Green Zone, overseeing 123 events
• Entrepreneurship, School of Business at AUC (Jan–Feb 2024)—team placed 3rd of 25 teams in the Grand Challenge competition
• Social and Green Entrepreneurship, Nahdet El-Mahrousa x AUC (Jan–Feb 2023)
• Leadership training, Aspire Training Solution (July 2021 – July 2023)
• Volunteering: Graphic Designer at Mansoura Motorsport and TEDx Mansoura University; PR specialist at TEDx Mansoura University and Turning Point 3 Conference; Scholar Leader at USAID Scholars Activity winter camp; Organizer at Scholars to Community "S2C"

PVsys, SketchUp, MATLAB, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office. Familiar with Lean Startup, Design Thinking, and Babson entrepreneurship methodologies. Native Arabic speaker, English (IELTS 6.5).

I'm here to connect with the Solar and Open source hardware communities, and I'm applying to join the FAST research group. I'm especially interested in distributed, open-source approaches to solar PV—practical, field-tested systems rather than purely theoretical ones, which lines up with the diagnostics and O&M work I do day to day.

Email: kayedkhalid9@gmail.com.