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Sheffield, UK · Open to opportunities

Nijat Badalov

Control & Systems Engineer, Product Owner, Data & ML Practitioner, IT Support

Postgraduate engineer at the University of Sheffield, completing an MSc in Advanced Control and Systems Engineering. Experienced in product development, venture analysis, data science and IT support — bridging technology and business through data-driven solutions.

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Experience

  1. Information Technology Support Assistant

    Aug 2026 – Present

    The University of Sheffield · Sheffield, UK · On-site

    • Re-image and provision Windows devices, including BIOS configuration, asset labelling and secure data erasure, following established IT procedures.
    • Configure and deploy desktop workstations across university environments — installing required software, configuring devices and peripherals, and ensuring systems are ready for users.
    • Troubleshoot and diagnose hardware, software and connectivity issues across laptops, desktop PCs and peripheral devices.
    • Prepare and deploy IT equipment for teaching spaces, university events and the start of academic terms.
    • Provide user support for university IT services including email, Wi-Fi and VPN, collaborating with the IT team to resolve support requests.

  2. Product Owner & Venture Analyst

    Oct 2024 – Oct 2025

    SABAH.HUB · Baku, Azerbaijan

    • Led end-to-end product development from concept to implementation, defining product vision, strategy and roadmaps aligned with user needs and business objectives.
    • Conducted market research and opportunity analysis using competitor analysis, SWOT and benchmarking.
    • Applied customer segmentation, user personas and Customer Journey Maps to identify pain points and improve UX.
    • Managed and prioritised the backlog — Epics, Features and User Stories — within Agile (Scrum/Kanban).
    • Validated decisions through surveys, interviews, usability testing and A/B testing.
    • Contributed to 8+ startup initiatives across food-tech, insurtech, SaaS, fintech, mobility and edtech.

  3. Workshop Facilitator

    Jun 2025

    European Youth Centre Budapest (Erasmus+) · Budapest, Hungary

    • Supported youth leaders and NGO representatives in identifying career pathways, relevant sectors and required skill sets.
    • Provided guidance on certifications, LinkedIn profile development and professional networking.
    • Developed structured career roadmaps using digital tools and self-assessment frameworks.
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Education

MSc Advanced Control & Systems Engineering

2025 – Present

The University of Sheffield, UK

Fully funded State Scholarship recipient — top 100 global university

Control SystemsSystem IdentificationOptimisation Signal ProcessingIndustrial AutomationCybersecurity for Control ML for EngineeringMATLAB & Simulink

BSc (Hons) Industrial Engineering

2021 – 2025

Azerbaijan State University of Economics

Final grade: 86.2 — First Class Honours equivalent

Business AnalyticsOperationsProcess Optimisation Production SystemsQuality Management
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Selected Projects

Research paper

Physical-ML Air Quality

Tail-aware forecasting of UK PM2.5 episodes: a benchmark, a tight bound on conformal episode coverage, and a physical-ML hybrid model.

PythonFoundation modelsConformal prediction
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AQ-FM-Bench

Significance-tested benchmark of Chronos-Bolt, TimesFM and Moirai vs. classical models for NO₂ / PM2.5 forecasting across 4 UK cities.

PythonXGBoostTime series
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Wind Farm A — Anomaly Detection

ARMAX normal-behaviour model + physics-guided neural network on SCADA data: 12/12 faults detected, 0 false positives, 54-day mean lead time.

PythonPGNNSystem ID
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Wind Farm C — PGNN Pipeline

Leakage-free predictive-maintenance pipeline (MIMO ARMAX + PGNN): 27/27 anomalies detected with 2–60 days early warning, CARE-benchmark compliant.

PythonDeep learningPredictive maintenance
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ISIC 2024 — Skin Cancer Detection

Ranking 401k lesion tiles from 3D total-body photography by malignancy probability under extreme class imbalance (0.098% positive).

PythonComputer visionCI / Ruff
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Lumo — Causal Impact of Rail Entry

Reproducible causal-inference study: did open-access operator Lumo grow the London–Edinburgh market or cannibalise the incumbent?

PythonCausal inferenceOpen data
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MPC for Quanser Aero 2

Constrained Model Predictive Controller tracking pitch and yaw on a 2-DOF helicopter within ±24 V limits — from LTI script to Simulink.

MATLABSimulinkMPC
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False Data Injection Detection

Three-layer detector (residual test, Mahalanobis, KL-divergence CUSUM) for stealthy attacks on an IEEE 30-bus power-system state estimator.

MATLABCybersecurityPower systems
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DoS Attacks on Networked Control

Stability analysis of packet-drop attacks on a TCP-like LQG loop — sensing vs. actuation channels and the exact mean-square stability boundary.

MATLABLQGNetworked control
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Expertise & Skills

Product & CX

Product OwnershipBacklog ManagementUser Stories & Epics Customer ResearchUser PersonasCustomer Journey Mapping Usability TestingA/B TestingDesign Thinking

Data & Analytics

PythonSQLRBusiness Analytics KPI TrackingData VisualisationData Storytelling

Engineering

Control SystemsModel Predictive ControlSystem Identification Signal ProcessingOptimisationIndustrial Automation CybersecurityMachine Learning

Tools & IT

MATLABSimulinkJiraTrelloFigma BPMN & UMLREST / SOAP APIsPostmanSwagger Windows ProvisioningHardware Troubleshooting

Business & Strategy

Agile (Scrum, Kanban)Market ResearchOpportunity Analysis Business Case DevelopmentDigital Transformation Stakeholder EngagementValue-driven Prioritisation
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Certifications

  • Tools for Data Science IBM
  • What is Data Science? IBM
  • Foundations of Business Intelligence Google
  • Plan the Project as a Business Analyst IIBA
  • IT Business Analyst Baku Design Academy
  • Computer Science 50x Coders Azerbaijan
  • Project Management Secret Academy
  • Youth@Work Fair — Youth Employability & Entrepreneurship Erasmus+, Budapest 2025
  • Escape From Addiction Erasmus+, Ankara
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Awards & Volunteering

Awards

  • State Scholarship Program (2022–2028) Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan
  • Technest Scholarship — IT Business Analysis Innovation and Digital Development Agency

Volunteering

  • European Solidarity Corps — "From Forced Labor to a Sustainable Future" Frankfurt, Germany · Aug 2025
  • European Solidarity Corps Workcamp — Compagnons Bâtisseurs Brussels, Belgium · Aug 2024
  • "Young Volunteers" Public Union Baku · Sep 2023 – Present
  • Baku Marathon 2024 Baku · May 2024
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Languages

Azerbaijani

Native

English

Advanced

Turkish

Advanced

German

Intermediate
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Get in Touch

Interested in working together or have a question? Feel free to reach out directly.

Email nijat.badalov.04@gmail.com University Email nbadalov2@sheffield.ac.uk Phone +44 7350 185801 LinkedIn in/nijat-badalov GitHub nijatbadalov04-alt Curriculum Vitae Download PDF