CV: Aerospace Engineer

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Date Submitted:	29-06-2009
Last Modified:	29-06-2009 (10:09)

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Current job:	Aerospace Engineer
Employment Term:	Permanent
Job location:	Anywhere
Date available:
Industry:	,
Keywords	System Engineering, Performance Analysis, Optimization, Modeling and Simulation, Algorithm, flight test data analysis

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-2009 ELTA – Radar Systems Division Ashdod (Israel)

RADAR SYSTEMS EngInEer (11 years)

ü Defined new algorithms and system requirements for ground and airborne radar systems, for instance:

· Optimal search and acquisition strategy of ballistic missiles in free-flight phase

· Efficient time resources management for early-warning radars with phased-array, mechanically rotating antennas

ü Designed (Matlab) simulations to validate the proposed solutions

ü Assessed performance and participated in integration and experiments

ü Performed thorough data analysis of test results

1995-1998 THOMSON-CSF Radio Communications Division Gennevilliers (France)

RADIO communications SYSTEMs ENgineer (3 years)

ü Defined system level requirements for a frequency and key management unit to connect VHF portable radios to French Army’s RITA network

ü Specified interface with the other components of this wireless Network: base stations, radio sets, etc.

ü Specified the Graphic User Interface for this system (based on PCs under Unix SCO)

ü Supervised the software development phase (10 persons’ team)

ü Modeled, predicted and validated radio channels performance of the ‘SARIGUE’ surveillance aircraft

1990-1995 THOMSON-CSF - Airborne Radars Division Elancourt (France)

RADAR SYSTEMS EngInEer (1.5 years)

ü Defined system requirements for the radar of French "RAFALE" combat aircraft, in particular the management of electromagnetic compatibilities (EMC) with other onboard systems (counter-measures suite, radio communications, altimeter…)

ü Negotiated trade-offs with aircraft and counter-measures counterparts

ü Supervised hardware modifications and software development (15 persons’ team)

Radar Simulation Project Manager (2 years)

ü Modeled and designed a radar performance offline simulation for the same radar

ü Emphasized the signal processing part: antenna pattern, signal power, noise level, clutter, jamming,...

ü Managed a 3-person software development team

ü Interfaced and started software package at military testing facility

Radar Simulation Engineer (2 years)

ü Designed a family of real time simulations for the same radar

ü Emphasized the data processing part : tracking, filtering, searching, interface with other onboard systems (navigation aides, missiles, avionics systems)

ü Integrated and started software package at French Air Force, DASSAULT and MATRA testing facilities

1987-1988 MAYFLOWER COMMUNICATION Co. Burlington (Massachusetts)

RESEARCH Assistant (during the course of my studies) (1.5 years)

ü Modeled and simulated the transfer of alignment between an Inertial Measurement Unit and a Star-Tracker onboard the Space Shuttle

ü Implemented a KALMAN filter and analyzed the magnitude of errors using Monte-Carlo simulation

1987 SNECMA Corbeil (France)

PROCESS EngInEer (2 month training)

ü In charge of simplifying manufacturing instructions for the CFM-56 aircraft’s powerplant

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

ü Systems theory: filtering techniques, multi-state variables, time/frequency domain representations, linear/non-linear dynamics, with applications to aeronautics, electronics, physics

ü Real-time simulation and performance analysis simulation

ü Man-Machine Interface, modular avionics, man-in-the-loop, multi-sensor data fusion, guidance and control

ü Signal processing and data processing : in particular applied in radar systems

ü Computer Platforms : PC, VAX, SUN, HP

ü Operating Systems : Windows, Unix SCO, VMS, OpenWin, OpenView

ü Languages : Matlab, Fortran, C, Pascal, Basic

ü Tools: Office suite, Explorer, Visio, InterLeaf, TeX, MATRIX-X, PSN6, SADT/SART, Paradox, Acrobat

EDUCATION

1987-1989 Master of Science (MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology

· School of : Aeronautics & Astronautics

· Area of specialization : Control and Guidance

1985-1988 Bachelor of Science « Centrale Lille » (French ‘Grande Ecole’)

· Major in : Electronics And Computer Science

1985-1986 Degree in Economics Université de Lille (cross-registration)

1983-1985 Preparatory School Lycée Henri-IV, Paris

LANGUAGES

ü French : mother tongue

ü English : excellent (TOEFL = 640 + graduate studies in the USA)

ü Hebrew : excellent (11 years in Israel)

ü German : school level

ü Latin : awards winner + some understanding of derived languages (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)

HOBBIES

ü Reading, outdoors activities

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