The Research and Initiative Center is the administrative research structure at Prince Sultan University that provides faculty members with different research services. RIC is responsible for assisting PSU's researchers and providing them with the appropriate infrastructure to conduct their research activities. It also acts as the mediator between the colleges and higher management. RIC directly reports to the Rector of the University, which makes the decision process fast and effective. Furthermore, RIC is responsible for evaluating the research performance at the University in terms of outcomes and expenditure.

Research Software Engineer

May 2023 - Present

Full-time

I worked at Prince Sultan University under the Research and Innovation Center as a Research Software Engineer in the Robotics and Internet of Things Lab. Specialized in Web designing and development and acted as a Scrum Master to facilitate the project's development. I worked on several projects, the most important of which is PSUGPT, an AI Chatbot developed exclusively for Prince Sultan University's community to help students and faculty members answer their questions. RICGPT is a system that uses artificial intelligence technologies to automate the daily operations of the Research and Innovation Center.

AerBag is a platform that develops and digitizes the automotive services sector, providing several technical solutions that help manage car workshops and make it easier for the customer to repair his car. The customer can make a maintenance request on the application without having to go to the car workshop, while the service provider can estimate that request based on the details and photos provided. Towing service is also available in the application which allows the customer to request a truck to deliver his car to the needed workshop. AerBag provides an ERP system for car workshops, which allows the workshop manager or owner to manage and organize the work.

Full-stack Developer

Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

Full-time

In the beginning, my main job was to analyze and test the AerBag application and make sure it's free of problems by recording all the issues and suggestions in Jira. Later we started with the idea of ​​building a workshop management system which is the ERP system. I've started to collect all the possible requirements required to implement the system, then started to do a preliminary design using Figma to make sure with the non-technical team that the requirements were completed and correct. The development phase started and was highly dependent on the prepared design, and the approach taken was Design Driven Development with the Agile Methodology because we were not sure of the completeness of the requirements. The development was carried out in several phases based on importance, using ReactJS and NodeJS. I was responsible for developing the front-end side.

Shuttle is a platform that provides logistical services for online stores, by delivering orders from sellers to customers through an innovative idea, which is smart lockers. These smart lockers using the Internet of Things (IoT technology) so that customer can open the cabinet to get his order without the need to type any code or scan any code, just by pressing a button that he has got in the SMS message when the order is delivered. the order will be delivered to the nearest smart locker to his home or business.

Full-stack Engineer

Dec 2020 - Mar 2021

Full-time

I've received a job offer after completing the training period from the same company as a Full-stack Engineer, my work was focused on developing the product as a full-time job in addition to working with the embedded system team to periodically maintain and develop the smart lockers in terms of software and hardware. I was checking my duties (tasks) on a daily basis and doing daily meetings with developers to improve the product an maintain the discovered issues and make periodic tests to avoid future failures.

Cooperative Trainee

Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

Internship

During the training period, I've worked in several fields, with the aim of gaining experience and growing skills as much as possible, with a focus on the web development field. Basically, I was working as a product developer (front-end side) with a team of 4 people by using Javascript and React library. As a side job, I was working as a project manager related to Nawafith Company, and the project took more than 6 months to complete, besides that I was working with the embedded system team to install smart lockers.