Professional Experience

2010-12(18 months)

            Fixed-term contract

• AIT Product Assurance Responsibleat EADS Astrium Satellites (Toulouse, France) for telecommunication satellites (from equipments deliveries to launch campaign):
  • In charge of all quality and assurance product aspects for all AIT activities. In particular in charge to verify and to apply safety and quality rules.
  • In charge to coordinate the clean room quality team during handover.
  • Non-Conformance Reports (NCR) management.
  • Key Inspection Point (KIP) procedures preparation for AIT QA personnel.
• AIT Bid Engineer at EADS Astrium Satellites (Friedrichshafen, Germany) for the Galileo Space Segment (Full Operational Capabilities - Work Order 2):
  • Define detailed workflow activities for the production and tests and describe facilities.
  • Cost engineering for the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE).

2010 (6 months)

            Fixed-term contract

• Project Coordinatorat EADS Astrium Satellites (Munich, Germany)for the Galileo In Orbit Validation (IOV) project.
  • Coordination of the conception, procurement, manufacturing and testing of mechanical thermal equipment.

2008-09(2 years)

            Fixed-term contract

• AIT Bid Engineerat EADS Astrium Satellites (Munich, Germany) forthe Galileo Space Segment (Full Operational Capabilities - Work Order 1).
  • Define detailed workflow activities for the production and tests of the Galileo satellites
    • Workflow analysis using LEAN-manufacturing principles: durations, bottleneck, critical path, robustness and optimisation of handlings.
    • Resource analysis: ground support equipments and manpower optimisation.
    • Supply chain definition to feed the production with on-time deliveries: rolling spares.
• Involvement in the mechanical, thermal and propulsion architecture in order to have a design-to-manufacturing product.
• Cost engineering for the Mechanical Ground Support Equipment (MGSE).
• Direct point of contact for the above topics with subcontractors in UK and Italy.

2007 (6 months)

            Final year project

• Process and Method Engineerat EADS Astrium Satellites (Toulouse, France):

Title: Earth Observation and Science processes improvement.

• Key Performance Indicators (KPI) development and implementation to monitor the process deployments and improvements of the Earth Observation and Science (EOS) division.
• Lessons learned implementation to capitalise know-how and processes of the division.
• Requirements traceability between Europeans standards (ECSS) & the internal quality system (PA Plan & PA Requirements).
• Recommendation for the EN 9100 audit and the AQAP 2110 audit.

2006 (7 months)

            Research trainee

• Assistant Simulation Engineerat the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) (Braunschweig, Germany):
  • Modelling the critical angle of attack and determination of the stall speed of a military transport aircraft with a Matlab / Simulink model.

2006(6 months)

            Engineer trainee

• Assistant Test Engineerat EADS Astrium Space Transportation (Friedrichshafen, Germany):
  • Conception, preparation, and validation of a test bench, in the life support field.

2004(2,5 months)

            Technician trainee

• Mechanical Technicianin the research centre of the Ecole des Mines d’Albi (France):
  • Sizing of silos depending on the mechanical property of powder.

2002-04 (6,5 months)

            Seasonal employments

• Seasonal employments for Michelin (Clermont-Ferrand, France):

Mechanical Operatorin order to remould truck tires: Management of the workflow, maintenance and start of the engine.

Quality Controller: Spotting faults in tires using quality criteria.

German-French Academic Background

February 2008

            2005-2008

            2004-2008

• German-French Double diploma in Mechanical Engineering:
  • Majoring in Aerospace Engineering

University of Technology in Brunswick, Germany, (TU belonging to the TU9).

University of Technology in Compiegne, France, (ranked 2nd school after advanced level).

            2002-2004

• Two-year diploma from the university institute of technology of Clermont-Ferrand in Physical Measurement, majoring in Technical Instrumentations

Language Skills

English

• Fluent (professional practice with international partners during aerospace projects)

French

• Native speaker

German

• Fluent (4,5 years of professional and academic experience)

Italian & Spanish

• Beginner

Methods and Tools

Management skills

• Currently in charge to coordinate the clean room quality team for the ArabSat 5C project.
• Coordination of a team of 5 persons for the conception, procurement, manufacturing and testing of mechanical thermal equipments.
• Strong cooperation skills including communication, teamwork, information exchange and easiness to communicate with the management.
• Participation in a two-day Integrata seminar about “how to manage and lead teams” organised by the EADS Learning Service (ELS).

Methods

• LEAN manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Total Quality Management, Metrics (KPI).

Tools

• MS Project, MS Visio with Process Simulator (Work Flow and Resource Analyse), Sprint.
• Pack MS Office, DOORS (requirement management), CELL (Lessons Learned management).
• Mechanical design / analysis: Catia (V5), Pro-Engineer, Solidworks / Nastran.
• Language: Matlab - Simulink, basic programming in C++.
• Aided design: Dreamweaver, InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator (Galileo project logo).

Other Interests

Social

• Deputy President of the Netzwerk Doppeldiplom association, which promotes and organises events between firms and students of the double diploma (www.netzwerk-dd.net).

• German-French intercultural experiences, participating in several cultural and academic exchanges with Köln 1997, -98, Regensburg 2000, -01 and Braunschweig 2005-08.

Hobbies

• Photography and Pop Art painting.

• Football (11 years: team captain in a regional club), squash, beach volleyball.