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California, United States

Irvine, Ca, Us

Cupertino, California, Us

Redwood City, California, Us

Menlo Park, Ca, Us

Lead design of the power electronics system ; main responsibilities included : - motor inverter design - >10kW isolated DC/DC converter design - grid-tie inverter specification/test/integration - close work with cross-functional teams (reliability, test, mechanical teams)

Design of unconventional motor inverter, with focus on redundancy, cost, and reliability. Responsibilies include : - power stage design ; optimization w.r.t. cost and system performance - IGBT losses and junction temperature modeling, prediction of efficiency and wire-bond reliability - gate driver design - accessory power supply design - control circuitry design (ARM-based) - single-handed hardware and software development of a redundant, sensor-less, emergency stopping mechanism (patent pending). Now used everyday on all prototypes, it ensures safe shutdown of an unstable system (free piston engine) in any failed condition. Recognized by the CTO as " a true enabler of the free piston engine technology, which has scared engineers for years". - EMI mitigation design, in a system comprising large motors and sensitive sensors in close location. - System and sub-system test and bring-up.

Rueil Malmaison, Hauts De Seine, Fr

• Designed, prototyped and tested a scalable, low-cost, and high efficiency battery coupling converter for telecoms applications• Ran system simulation and ROI calculation prior to power electronics design, leading to price/losses compromise for the power converter design (simulation translates marginal ROI target into €/W and €/mΩ guidance for the entire design)

Rueil Malmaison, Hauts De Seine, Fr

• Developed and deployed a highly flexible simulation platform for fuel-economy estimates, with minimal configuration parameters and no calibration requirements, supporting electric, hybrid, and conventional vehicles. Extensive use of the platform to support powertrain optimization in various applications (from conventional cars to military vehicles).• Successfully used this platform to provide technical powertrain design recommendations to achieve the French ministry 2L/100km fuel consumption goal, within 24h, to IFP's Director of Transportation.• Simulation of multi-cylinder diesel engine airloop, providing boundary conditions for mono-cylinder test bed measurements• Modeled Rankine cycle for exhaust heat recovery. Developed an optimization tool to select working fluid and optimal operation point to maximize efficiency under constraint (e.g. fluid flammability, max operating pressure, ambient temperature, ...).

Rueil Malmaison, Hauts De Seine, Fr

• Assisted Project Leader for plug-in hybrid demonstrator project (budget: € 3M). Addressed large-scale system issues, concerning battery, power electronics, electric motor, drivetrain and internal combustion engine design constraints.• Led successful and fruitful concurrent design sessions with simulation engineers and integrators to optimize vehicle performances.• Built first thermodynamic model of piston Rankine expander (Matlab), and optimizing tool for expander sizing.

Munich, De

• Developed a generic cylinderhead gasket fatigue model (automated launch of 3D thermal and mechanical models, and automatic 0D model reduction and calibration for any engine)• Analyzed end-customer behavior's impact on gasket fatigue, matched track test procedures for proper sizing of the gasket• Developed Matlab code compliant with existing BMW automated analysis toolchain

Paris Cedex 15, Cs 21623, Fr

• Designed a Shock-response Spectrum (SRS) calculation algorithm for several defense applications• Identified the needs of several users• Developed an signal processing algorithm. Z-domain digital signal processing. Delivered Matlab code.• Implemented the algorithm into a .dll pluggable in several environments. Delivered C code.

Master'S Degree, Double Major In : Electronics – Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Internal Combustion Engine

Power Electronics

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