Tariq Ahmad

Tariq Ahmad currently serves as the Lead Mechanical Systems Engineer for ECS, Thermal, and Icing at EOS Aircraft since August 2025. Previously, Tariq held the position of Principal Engineer and Team Lead for Ice Protection and Aircraft Integration at Lilium from June 2021 to June 2025, leading ice and rain protection system design and ensuring compliance with aircraft technical and business requirements for eVTOL aircraft. Prior to Lilium, Tariq was a Mechanical Systems Engineering Specialist/Lead at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, focusing on ice protection and thermal system design for M90 aircraft from November 2016 to May 2021. Tariq's career began at Bombardier as an Engineering Specialist in Thermodynamics from June 2010 to November 2016 and included working as an Engine Control Systems Design Engineer at Pratt & Whitney Canada from April 2008 to June 2010. Tariq earned a Master’s of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Microscale Heat Transfer from Concordia University, where a Bachelor’s of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering concentrated on Thermo Fluids and Propulsion was also completed.