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Nantes, Pays De LA Loire, France

Chef de projet responsable des équipes développant de nouvelles chaudières à gaz pour le marché britannique, répondant à la future réglementation à horizon 2028 en particulier en ce qui concerne la modulation de puissance et la compatibilité avec l'hydrogène.- Nouveau module de combustion- Nouvelle interface utilisateur, avec carte électronique associée

Nantes, France

Project manager in charge of the team developping the heat module for the new generation of gas boiler in the UK, in order to fulfill the requirements of the future British regulation in terms of power modulation and hydrogen gas compatibility.12 people team / 5 M€ budget

Nantes Area

Programme manager leading the development of a new integrated solution covering the ship owners needs for the lifecycle of the galley equipment: design of the galley, installation in ship yard, daily usage with energy management and maintenance based on running hours.

Gaydon, UK

• Team leader for the development of interior trim components for the upcoming BEV programmes:
• resource management, CAD and CAE engineers, on site and offshore.
• interface with the Programme team, Body engineering module teams, Manufacturing, Purchasing
• suppliers consultation, nomination and lead for the new components development and validation
• 20 parts, more than £60 piece cost / car, more than £2million investmentsMain achievement:Development of loadspace trim components on 2 programmes up to the end of virtual build.

Gaydon, UK

• Team leader for the New Defender interior climate systems development:
• management of the internal ressources (CAD engineers, protypes validation testing technicians)
• interface with the Programme team, the related engineering areas and the purchasing department
• suppliers consultation, nomination and lead for the new components development
• packaging into the vehicle architecture, validation plan and prototype parts releases
• 20 parts including the HVAC main and auxiliary modules and the centre console fridge, up to £550 piece cost per vehicle

Gaydon, UK

• Project management for the product development and integration of interior climate features for the large SUV platform programmes.Range Rover and Range Rover Sport mid-programme upgrade:
• integration of new top line components: centre console fridge and ioniseur (cabin air purifier)Main achievement:08/2015-02/2016: Running change of the cross-carline climate blower from the 2016 model year production.

Vélizy, France

• Technico-economic feasibility assessment for the climate systems of the new Partner and Berlingo (C-MPV / utility vehicle), programme part of the alliance with General Motors:
• target specification, components and variants selection
• technical decisions based on performance, cost and quality level
• convergence with other engineering areas for the best packaging and performance agreement Validation and integration of innovations impacting the thermal comfort:
• general tests to confirm the innovation contribution to the performance or to the cost reduction
• adaptation on the first programme incorporating the innovationMain achievement: Better provisional HVAC performance level than the previous version of the Partner / Berlingo, despite the loss of cooling potential (new.

Vélizy, France

• Lead of the climate problems resolution and quality improvement for Europe, China and South America:
• performance improvement (customer satisfaction) and failure rate improvement (change of parts during warranty)
• coordination of the project managers, centres of competence experts and suppliersUpdates of the thermal comfort requirements for the core HVAC specification:
• cross-functional role recording the lessons learnt from all the programmes in development and production
• refinement of the technical specification and validation planMain achievement: Improvement of the failure rate during the first 3 months in warranty of 20% in Europe and 50% in South America (meeting the level in.

Compiègne, France

• Development of fuel systems baffles, walls inside the tank used to decrease the noise due to the fuel motion:
• sketch proposals, based on the design rules and the process constraints
• fluid dynamics simulations, analysis and reporting to the project leader

Brussels, Belgium

• Estimation of the noise due to the fuel sloshing inside a tank:
• weak coupling between the software Fluent and Abaqus using interpolated pressure between the fluid volume mesh and the tank surface mesh
• calculating the vibratory response of the tank during a vehicle braking

Engineering Degree

Cursus Msc, University College Of London

French "Classes Préparatoires Aux Grandes Ecoles"