Chris Coppens

Team lead HW at TREMEC

Ghent Metropolitan Area

About

Experience

  • Team lead HW at TREMEC Belgium
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

  • Consultant at ACE ingenieurs- & adviesbureau
    Jan 2017 - Present · 9 yrs 6 mos

  • Electrical platform/set Project manager at TP Vision
    Apr 2012 - Dec 2016 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    Philips changed over to a joint venture between TPV and Philips named TP Vision. Later TPV took the joint venture completely over and TP Vision became a daughter company of TPV. Project responsibility has grown as more activities got outsourced. Responsibility includes; *Managing multisite HW projects (Europe, Asia, US) with delivery towards internal and external stakeholders. *Setting up and maintaining project schedules to meet all project gating points. *Cross disciplinary (HW, SW, industry, suppliers,…) dependency management with internal and external partners. *Steer complex PCB creation & validation from architecture until production phase. *Monitoring and steering on budget, timing, resources,... *Setting up taskforce teams to deal with complex technical problems. *Supporting initial quality issues at start of production + Life cycle technical support *Implement ‘Change Control’ management. *Optimizing processes and WOW (eg. integration and with corporate owner TPV) *...

  • Philips (Brugge en omgeving, België)
    • Electrical platform/set Project leader
      Jan 2010 - Apr 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      My assignment was extended with the electrical development of high-end TV platforms. These platforms are the core of a TV set and contain “state of the art” SOCs. These TV platforms are used in multiple set ranges and also outsourced to external companies. My assignment is to develop/mature/industrialize these platform and provide support to the internal and external teams who make use of these platforms.

    • Electrical set Project leader
      Jan 2007 - Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

      Leading electrical development project-teams (15 to 30 people) in a global and multi-site environment. In this role I took responsibility for the electrical development of high-end TV sets; (TV set = TV platform + power supply + Display + mechanics +…; some parts are buy-in , others in-house development)

    • Electrical designer
      Sep 2002 - Jan 2007 · 4 yrs 5 mos

      Design engineer for ‘first of a kind’ TV/PQ SOCs (buy-in and own design) and ‘Digital video processing ‘ applications. This includes; *Integral design responsibility for the assigned part; Elaboration and optimization (of electrical circuits) towards performance, reliability, marketability, purchase-ability, produce-ability, serviceability and costs. *draw up & execute the evaluation checklist per model round *close cooperation with IC design teams (internal/external) for the application and bring-up of new SOC’s. *analyze and solve the design related complaints from field, production, service. *high speed PCB design including DDR1-2-3 interfaces and high speed video interfaces. *design of filters for digital circuits (eg anti-aliasing, …) *…

  • Summer jobs at Philips, VMA, Kwality, AGORA, De Sutter Paul, Compo
    Mar 1997 - Aug 2002 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Summer jobs during my studies: Company : Compo Location : Deinze Function : worker, forklift driver Company : De Sutter Paul Location : Kruishoutem Function : CAD designer (using 3D CAD program Arkey) + apply strength calculations + documentation management Company : AGORA Location : Deinze Functie : warehouseman Company : Kwality Belgium NV Location : Aalter Function : pack frozen food + warehouseman Company : VMA NV Location : Sint-Martens-Latem Function : Electrician Company : PHILIPS Location : Brugge Functie : TV troubleshooting