Pierre-Emmanuel Richard

Principal Thermal Engineer at The Exploration Company - EPFL Engineer

France

About

Experience

  • The Exploration Company (3 yrs 6 mos)
    • Principal Thermal Engineer
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    • Space Vehicle Thermal Engineer
      Jan 2023 - May 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • ArianeGroup (5 yrs 9 mos)
    • Thermal Technical Leader and Work Package Manager
      Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs

      - Leading thermal activites for TELESAT and SpaceInspire Dispensers - Definition of the requirements - Co-engineering sessions with suppliers and customers - Risk analysis - Thermal model and analyses

    • Thermal engineer
      Apr 2017 - Dec 2022 · 5 yrs 9 mos

      - Responsible for thermal loads and environment specification for multiple products of the Ariane 6 Lower Liquid Propulsion Module - In charge of aerothermal covers and rear part thermal shield sizing subjected to highly convective and radiative environments. - Deep Space Gateway: definition of Thermal Control System for crew habitation module - Simulation of ablation and pyrolysis phenomena - Thermal sizing of launcher/ground cryogenic connection system - Drafting of thermal specifications and justification documents for maturity gates - Interface responsible with design offices and industrial department - Development and improvement of simulation tools

  • Engineering intern at Airbus Safran Launchers
    Sep 2016 - Feb 2017 · 6 mos

    - Master' s thesis: optimisation of the radiative fluxes calculation method on European launchers Ariane 5 and Ariane 6, during the ground phase before launch. - Purpose: determine the view factors between the different launcher surfaces and the sky and the ground, as well as the view factors between surfaces due to multireflection. -Ray tracing thanks to Monte Carlo method, considering the Sun position at each time step, during the ground phase. Consideration of the atmospheric radiation extinction phenomenon. - Development of a computer controls system on Fortran 90 and linux, to associate the view factors to the radiatives fluxes acting on the launcher, calculated beforehand.

  • Teaching Assistant at EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
    Sep 2014 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos