Aurelien Rousseau

Technical Responsible Officer at Fusion for Energy

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

About

Experience

  • Fusion for Energy (12 yrs 4 mos)
    • System architect - Neutral Beam
      Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

      Transversal technical support for the Neutral Beam team

    • TRO - Neutral Beam
      Jan 2021 - Jan 2025 · 4 yrs 1 mo

      Drift Duct project - preparation and negotiation of the Procurement Arrangement with our colleagues from IO: review of the design inputs, feasibility study, bill of material, weld table,... - preparation of the tender and of the tender documentation: technical specification, management specification, build to print and metrology drawings, financial form, list of deliverable documentation, schedule... PMS and ACC Coils - ad-hoc technical support - cost estimation of the project Miscellaneous - participation to the F4E working group on cost engineering - participation to the F4E GD&T community - participation to the F4E working group on good practices (project, communication...)

    • Technical Responsible Officer - Cryoplant and fuel cycle / Vacuum pumping
      Apr 2014 - Dec 2020 · 6 yrs 9 mos

      Management of projects related to design and manufacturing of cryogenic and vacuum equipment for the ITER project. Manufacturing of the MITICA Cryopump - 5M€ - 2014 - 2020 (forecast date for end of the project): - Negotiation of the Procurement Arrangement with IO - Preparation and management of the call for tender (Open procedure with negotiation); management of the technical negotiations with the industry; evaluation of the tenders received; - Follow up of the manufacturing activities performed by the contractors (SDMS; RAVANAT): schedule and progress, technical topics, contractual aspects, coordination between the teams and the different contracts... Design and Manufacturing of Johnston Couplings - 220k€ - 2016-2018 - Preparation and management of the call for tender (Open procedure with negotiation); management of the technical negotiations with the industry; evaluation of the tenders received; - Follow up of the design and manufacturing activities performed by the contractor (WEKA AG): Procurement of the MITICA Cryoplant- 6M€ - 2015-2016 - Preparation and management of the call for tender (Competitive Dialogue); management of the technical negotiations with the industry; evaluation of the tenders received;

  • Chargé d'affaires at SEIV
    Oct 2012 - Feb 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Pre-Production Cryopump: F4E-IO The RI (Germany)-ALSYOM (France)-SEIV (France) consortium was granted the contract for the manufacturing of ITER's PRE-PRODUCTION CRYOPUMP. Thanks to my past experiences in Vacuum and Cryogenics, SEIV decided that I shall be involved as a technical manager for this project. My role on this project is divided into three main tasks: - Identification and management of the technical issues related to the manufacturing and the functioning of the parts ALSYOM and SEIV are in charge of (The PPC's valve, and the PPC's casing): identification of the manufacturing, installation and testing strategies, identification of design issues and proposal for evolutions, design of tools used for controls during manufacturing … - Management of documentation: write or manage the writing by experts of the documentation related to the project: quality plan, manufacturing & inspection plan, welding plan, control plan, helium leak test procedure, supply specifications,… - Monitoring of the project's cost, and management of the schedule Beryllium reflectors for the RJH experimental reactor: AREVA-TA SEIV is involved with AREVA TA in the design and manufacturing of the Beryllium reflectors that will be installed around the core of the RJH reactor. My role on the project is to analyze the implementation of innovative solutions that will be used for the manufacturing of these parts. These solutions shall be analyzed in term of: - Compatibility with the geometry of the parts, - Compatibility with the mechanical resistance of the system, - Compatibility with the requirements of the RCC-MX code Ice plug maintenance in Nuclear plants: Management of a R&D project dedicated to the production of ice plugs during maintenance operations in nuclear plants: design and manufacturing of the testing tool, design and manufacturing of the freezing tool, …

  • Ingénieur d'études at SDMS la chaudronnerie blanche
    Nov 2008 - Jul 2012 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Design and testing of custom made vacuum and cryogenic devices: - selection of the design concepts in accordance with the customer's specifications (the solutions are chosen with the design department), - mechanical dimensioning of the systems, - calculation of the thermal performances of the systems, - calculation of the vacuum performances of the systems, - redaction of the supply specification for specific components such as vacuum pumps, cryogenic valves, sensors,... - selection of the suppliers and of the equipments to be implemented on the systems, - tests of the systems after its manufacturing by our workshop. The main projects I was involved in are: - ERIOS: 80m3 thermal vacuum chamber used to test satellites in space conditions, - VTC3: 6m3 thermal vacuum chamber used to test satellites' parts in space conditions, - SIELETERS: cryostat used to cool down and support an optical interferometer; the cryostat is installed in a plane, - Helium cryogenic lines for CERN, - Cryostat GRAU, TGRAU, MOPI,... : several cryostat designed and manufactured for CNES, CEA, SUPAERO,...

  • Inspector at APAVE
    Jul 2008 - Sep 2008 · 3 mos

    Inspector concerning the design and the manufacturing of pressure vessel subject to DESP 97/23. I decided to quit this job after my 3 month trial period as I discovered that the job I just started wouldn't use my technical expertise and wouldn't fit me.

  • Labourer at DTBS
    May 2007 - Dec 2007 · 8 mos

    Labourer on the Astor Terrace construction site