Antwerp Metropolitan Area
Social, young engineer who’s ambitious and always willing to learn. I can work both independently as in a team. I want to gain as many experiences as possible and continue to develop myself. I like professional challenges and I will do everything to solve them in a cost-effective way that will include attention to detail. I am calm and assertive, so I will communicate thoughts and opinions in a direct but respectful manner. As the son of an entrepreneur, I am aware that it is quite a task to keep customers or consumers satisfied. This thought me the importance of having perseverance and flexibility. I’m passionate about cars from an early age and I also like to immerse myself in the various challenges that the energy transition entails.
Job content: - Development and definition of electrical systems for Fuel Cell, other hybrid and electric city buses (from concept phase to delivery to the customer) - Definition of electrical wirings, components and software (electromobility and vehicle electronics) - Testing of new developments - Instruct and support production - Support after-sales services
Job content: - Managing orders / projects for non-standard products - Coordinating multiple projects from start to delivery of the product - Continuous monitoring of budget, quality, technical scope, safety and delivery - Functional leadership to the project team - Follow up production, testing and customer specifications - Frequent consulting and negotiating with suppliers, customer centers, inspectors and (end) customers
Product development projects: implementation of new products in manufacturing *) Responsible of the manufacturing department within the project-team. - Build-up of an adequate production-line, test-installation, filling-installation, etc. - Work with internal and external contractors. - Determine logistics flow - Building prototypes with focus on potential assembly problems/improvements. - Determine production task sequence and balancing . - etc. *) Lead of the project from Pilot Batch phase. *) Project reporting to management. Continuous Improvement Projects: Running improvement projects, these projects aim for improvement in process (Lean), reducing footprint, safety, quality, efficiency or ergonomics. Manufacturing Investment Projects: *) Investigate for suitable solutions, creation of an investment-proposal and business case. *) Responsible for Coordination and implementation of the investment, within planning and budget.
Running production: - Solve daily problems and malfunctions in the production process.. - Improve workmethod, workflow, productionproces, logistical flow and packaging. - Optimization of ergonomics and tooling; the layout of the production-line. Projects: Implement and coordinate new or redesigned products in production. Try to improve products, efficiency or quality by proposing improvements from Production point of view. Additional Trainings: MTM-2, VBA (Excel), Lean Manufacturing
Optimization of a 2CV-gearbox for the circuit of Spa-Francorchamps. Reason: Due to the fact that the Citroen 2CV of this racing team was already running on maximum engine power there had to be another way to improve lap time’s. Because the 24H of Spa-Francorchamps is the most important race in the 2CV-competition we tried to optimize the gearbox especially for this circuit. Solution: By installing a data logger we could log every event during the race. By analyzing these data and the vehicle parameters we were able to start creating a simulation scheme in SimDriveline (Matlab-Simulink). We used this scheme in our optimization program, with this program we calculated the most optimal gear ratio’s. This means an optimal balance between top speed and acceleration.