Brieuc Crenan

Superintendent at Reederei F. Laeisz G.m.b.H.

Bremerhaven, Bremen, Germany

About

Brieuc passed Master's degree in electronics engineering (French engineering school "École d'Ingénieur" - ISEN 2011) and has a strong fieldwork background. Since 2011, he worked either on the field or in the office to support science and industry by bringing his engineering skills on different topics: defense, polar research, geophysics, oceanography, underwater acoustics, environment monitoring.

Experience

  • Scientific / Electronics Equipment Superintendent at Reederei F. Laeisz
    Jun 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Superintendent for navigation and scientific equipments for the Icebreaker and Research Vessel Polarstern

  • Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering at Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Zentrum für Material- und Küstenforschung
    Aug 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Working in the team in charge of maintenance and development of Ferryboxes and monitoring stations of Hereon's network.

  • Electronics Engineer for the French Oceanographic Fleet at IFREMER
    Sep 2013 - Jun 2019 · 5 yrs 10 mos

    Working in the vessels and on-board systems department (NSE), in charge of scientific equipment integration on-board research vessels of IFREMER’s fleet (11 vessels). Achievements: - Vessel Modernization: Overall design of wiring diagram between all equipment onboard, acoustic and scientific equipment installation and commissioning: • R/V Thalassa: installation of Kongsberg’s EM304 Multibeam echosounder - (2017) • R/V Europe: installation of Simrad’s ME70 Multibeam echosounder - (2014) - Preliminary studies of POLAR POD Project (study intergration of scientific equipment such as Passive hydrophones, ADCP, EK80, Motion Reference Unit) - (2015-2019) - Integration of a “Ferrybox”, an underway water monitoring system (2016-2019) In charge of: • Preliminary studies of feasibility & consulting of scientists community needs • Technical watch of existing solutions (from sensor to database storage) • Oversee of integration onboard in all skills (mechanical, plumbing, electrical) • Design of data transfer from acquisition on-board to storage in database • Work out of metrology procedure, maintenance procedure • In charge of the operation & maintenance of the system - Development of an acoustic and vibration condition monitoring system: main purpose is to estimate underwater radiated noise evolution of the vessel and perform predictive maintenance of echosounders (2016-2015) - Field work (offshore) / Research Vessels: • Taking part of scientific cruise: survey shift & data acquisition • Kongsberg Maritime & Simrad echosounder calibration • Acceptance tests/Commissioning with scientists & Manfacturer • Training of new implemented equipment to the operationnal team - Field Work (onshore) / shipyards – Dry docks: • During a vessel refit, working at the shipyard permanently (up to 4 months) • Echosounder integration in the dry dock • Supervising subcontracted work • Overseeing the vessel upgrade on the shipyard • Final electronics connections works

  • Geophysics station acquisition Manager at Institut polaire français Paul-Émile Victor
    Oct 2011 - Feb 2013 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Winterover on the scientific base station "Alfred Faure" on Crozet Archipelago, French Southern and Antarctic Lands. In charge of Magnetic and Seismic Survey Station: Achievements: • Absolute measurement of Earth’s magnetic field • Earth’s magnetic field data analysis, Seismogram plotting • Data Processing and dissemination to the international communities • Servicing electronics devices and acquisitions, computers and network, buildings • Linux (bash coding) and Matlab (Data analysis) environment • Workman on the base (Waiter, Working on Helicopter drop-zone, refurbishment, painting) • Volunteer as assistant in biology research: Catch of Antarctic birds, genetic sampling, marine mammal observer Environment : - Isolated environment (6 days of traveling by boat) - Life on base with 22 persons half-year round - harsh weather conditions - 4 boat arrivals per year In such conditions, you have to be autonomous in your work, and also have some good communication and sociability skills. A two month technical training in EOST Geophysical Engineering School, (Strasbourg) came ahead of this year-stay on crozet, and was follwed by a Post-mission data analysis in EOST, Strasbourg (Seismogram plotting to perform the seismology travel-time curve model, Earth’s Magnetic field data processing from Concordia Station, Antarctica ). CROZET Magnetism Station is : - member of International Real-time Magnetic Observatory Network (INTERMAGNET) - used to calculate ISGI (International Service of Geomagnetic Indices), which is the reference for International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy - IAGA. CROZET seismology Station is member of GEOSCOPE and RENASS keywords: French Polar Institute Paul Emile Victor (IPEV), French Southern and Antarctic Land

  • Thales Underwater Systems (1 yr 4 mos)
    • Trainee Engineer at Thales Underwater Systems
      Oct 2010 - Sep 2011 · 1 yr

      Restructuring of file interface system architecture of an Unmanned Autonomous underwater Vehicle used in mine hunting. Development of an embedded software used as a mission planner and supervisor. tag : auv - xml - c - c++ - petri net - automat

    • Internship: Aeronautical System Developer
      Jun 2010 - Sep 2010 · 4 mos

      Upgrading of an INS/GPS simulator: Upgrading and adapting an INS/GPS/ADU software simulating the aircraft behaviour for Meltem program (Maritime patrol aircraft). My assignment was to succeed in installing and debugging this simulator on the test bench in Brest, France. The simulator was based on DataSIMS a software of DDC Company (Data Device Corporation) Acquired knowledge: - DataSIMS: Monitoring, simulation, calculation of data - Visual C++: Developments of DLL libraries for DataSIMS - 1553 & ARINC429 buses