Lead Electrical Engineer, Master degree, 12 years in rail industry, 2 years in machine industry.
Electrical Engineer in charge of electric/pneumatic/hydraulic definition for the 701S machine and all the robots (schematics, definition of component, coordination with mechanical engineers...). In charge of 2 new developments : - The 701S2 which is the replacement of the former 701S with up to date technologies and more options integrated in the basis of the machine. - The 808S2, 808MT2, 808PA whic is a new machine in Willemin-Macodel Portfolio, with up to 14 axis, a compact design and innovatives components.
Project manager for few rail projects with customers in Europe, central America and Asia. Product manager for a specific cable product.
Train System Engineer on a R&D project (a new rolling stock concept) with propulsion from batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
Part of the COE-E (Center Of Excellence - Electrical) that ALSTOM newly created to centralize the harness definition through a standard tool and deliverables. In this organization, my roles are: - Provide electrical and mechanical expertise to the different on-site projects. - Review the maturity of the input data provided by other ALSTOM sites, check for discrepancies, bad practices, lack of definition. - Follow up of Open issues Lists by providing definition to designers or pushing for better input data. - Provide technical support to ALSTOM India on harness definition, cubicle definition and global design strategy. - Provide feedback to metier teams on way to improve tools and practices.
Projects : - MTA Baltimore LRV - PATCO Pliladelphia LRV - Toronto LRV My role was different from one project to another, with maturity of projects being different as well, but some of my tasks were: - Lead Electrical design for the project. - Prepare project electrical design gates reviews. - Design electrical schematics at train level. - Define the wire list at train level. - Incorporate the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) wiring recommendations and good practices into the schematics and wiring lists. - Define the bill of materials and support the mechanical engineers by providing the guidelines for the mechanical design of panels and cubicles. - Provide instructions to drafters and designers for the development and preparation of assembly and detail drawings. - Provide engineering support during production and vehicle qualification testing. - Specify and select electrical components to be applied in rail road applications. - Review vendor proposals for compatibility with the specification and program requirements. - Perform validation/commissioning tests on electrical systems locally and on customer and supplier sites. - Site Key-User for the Electrical software tools. - Maintain the battery load capacity during the life of the design.
Projects : - KZ8A freight locomotive - KZ4AT passenger locomotive - RGV2N2 high speed train - Define/Specify electrical apparatus and systems taking into consideration design standards, certification requirements, safety requirements, platform requirements and the customer specification. - Ensure the consistency between the electrical apparatus/systems and the train schematics. - Maintain a tracability for all system revisions. - Technical interface between Alstom ans suppliers. - Ensure the product is compliant to the specification/definition. - Share information (dimensions, weight...) with mechanical designers. - Work on different projects at the same time. - Technical reliability follow-up with the products - Redesign to cost proposal for current projects and bids. Ability to write technical sspecifications Understand the train functionnality Rigourous Autonomous Railway knowledge
- Statistics: Studies to find the best design for a high speed passenger seat. - Accoustics: Developpment of a tool to caracterize the comfort felt from a door closing.