May–July 2025
Safran product-update workflow
Following the process beyond the assigned part.
During my May–July 2025 engineering internship, a narrow product-update assignment exposed a wider process problem spanning more than 100 products. I interviewed stakeholders, mapped the handoffs and version rules, and built an internal workflow around the requirements I uncovered.
- My contribution
- Engineering Intern | Product Systems & Automation. Stakeholder interviews, process mapping, requirements, scripts and an internal product-update workflow.
- Current stage
- Completed engineering internship, May–July 2025.
From interviews to requirements
An update needed three clear answers.
- VersionWhich version is current?
- Keep the update tied to a controlled revision.
- RecipientWho may receive it?
- Define permitted recipients as part of routing.
- OwnershipWho needs to act next?
- Make the next owner and notification explicit.
DeliveredAn internal product-update workflow
Requirements summary · Internal systems and product details are omitted.
Expand the problem boundary
I expanded the assignment into an end-to-end diagnosis of a merger-disrupted product-update workflow, interviewing engineers, technicians, compliance leads, and managers to document missed handoffs, export-control requirements, and versioning rules, resulting in software requirements for secure, controlled update distribution across a portfolio of 100+ products.
Make the operating rules explicit
A current file was only part of the problem. I needed to account for which version was controlled, who could receive it, and who was responsible for the next step. Those rules became requirements for routing, version handling and notifications.
What I delivered
I built scripts and software routing updates, replacing manual tracking with version control and automated employee and customer alerts, clearing year-long backlogs and reducing end-to-end update cycle time by approximately 70%.
I launched a secure update portal aligned with export-controlled distribution requirements, brought update workflows to full audit readiness and improved the missed-change detection metric by approximately 75% versus pre-implementation.
The people behind the work
Engineering, technicians, compliance and management stakeholders at Safran Defense & Space, Inc.