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I am currently working as an Expert Systems Engineer (Senior), specializing in LabVIEW development across various industrial sectors.During my time at Zühlke, I have had the opportunity to work on projects in GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), medical devices, machinery, and aerospace industries.Since November 2023, I have been working at 100% in a dynamic team developing innovative, cutting-edge technology for a medical application. In this project, I lead the electrotechnical development and play a key role in the software team. We build software solutions using LabVIEW, employing an object-oriented programming (OOP) approach and utilizing the DQMH and Workers frameworks.For this project, I have been involved in developing all the drivers required to interface with the devices we integrated into the system (pumps, movement axes, valves, sensors, etc.). I was responsible for selecting the electromechanical actuators and sensors, choosing the communication technologies for device interaction, and designing the high-level wiring concept.I designed a regulation system for a custom thermal solution utilizing a multi-PID controller to manage multiple heating stages in parallel. Developed high-level logic and a user interface for the device, along with rigorous device testing, software unit testing, and comprehensive documentation.In addition to tackling technical challenges in my projects, I actively contribute to company initiatives that promote language learning, diversity, and inclusion. Alongside my daily work, I am also attending semi-intensive German classes with the goal of completing the C1 level by the end of 2025.

During my high school years, I started to improve my photography seriously, studying photography manuals/books and reading/observing everything about this art on the web.As soon as I enrolled in college in Yverdon-les-Bains (CH), I was hired regularly by two associations to photograph their events. This opportunity transformed my personal passion into a real job that accompanied my engineering studies.After my Bachelor I continued to do photography and I started new projects (landscapes and portraits).I have my own website: www.cb-photography.ch and I am still active in this work environment.In 2017 I founded a photo club in the university where I did my studies, at the HEIG-VD.The Club Photo HEIG-VD gave me the opportunity to be the president of a club for two years.

Stans, Nidwalden, Svizzera

Update of the Electrical Load Analysis Tool of the PC-24. This task included:- learning about the aircraft electrical system- analysing flight test data- performing measurements on the aircraft- upgrading the Excel documents to evaluate the loads of the aircraft- automating documentation export with VBA- documenting the work doneProvide LabVIEW/VeriStand support for the PC-24 System Integration Lab. This task included:- creating programs to simulate the behavior of real components- HIL testing with VeriStand- implementing the LabVIEW programs as RT models to test the reactions of real components of the aircraft- supporting and debugging a laboratory equipped with National Instruments products- evaluating future solutions- documentation of the work doneVBA scripting to manipulate CSV data

Yverdon-Les-Bains

Development of LabVIEW solutions that make possible the acquisition in real-time of the measurement from a Smart-Grid. Programming drivers with different communication protocols (Modbus, TCP/IP, Serial, web services and custom protocols).Scope of work/Tasks:• Programming the data acquisition in Real-Time with the FPGA technology from National Instruments• Programming of different drivers to interface the HMIs with devices (PVIs, batteries and power suppliers)• Design of High-level programs to control more systems.

Boudry, Neuchatel, Svizzera

2 years of experience as project manager in Industrial Vision solutions. Traveling all over the world for After Sales Services and to give trainings to the customers. I used to integrate vision solutions in automated production lines and to manage theproject from A to Z (proof of principle, item ordering, design of the integration, software programming, test on the machine, validation at the customer site, documentation and customer support after sales).Scope of work/Tasks:• Project Management• Research and development for the vision solution (camera, lens, lights, mechanic installation and software)• Documentation• After sales service• Customer training• FAT and SAT support

Sainte-Croix, Switzerland

Design of an acquisition system to be installed in a drone available in the market. Project management, research and development, validation, documentation, and presentation of the solution.Scope of work/Tasks• Study of the working environment of the application (weather, pollution, and flight)• Analyse and choice of the sensors available in the market• Electrical design for the connections between the sensor and the microcontroller • Choice of the movement vector (drone)• Mechanical design of the support to install the components on the drone• Flight tests• Software programming and calibration of the sensors• Energy consumption analysis and choice of the best battery for the application (weight and energy storage)• Data analysis • Documentation

Research and development for a new lift technology. Programming the software for a Texas Instruments Hercules microcontroller and for a ZUB inverter.Scope of work/Tasks:• Texas Instruments Hercules programming• ZUB Inverter programming• Test of the solution with the lift prototype

Bellinzona, Canton Ticino, Svizzera

Research and development of an application to measure, datalog and evaluate the critical parameters of a train during the expertise on the railway. Analyse of the train and its parameters, choice of the hardware solution, programming the software and validation of the software with emulated signals.Scope of work/Tasks:• Analyse of the electrical parameters of the trains Re 420/421/430/436/620• Choice of the hardware solution • Programming the software• Validation of the software

Operator in automation apprenticeship in the railway sector.• Two years learning in wiring, troubleshooting, PLC programming and using machine tools.• 6 months outside on the railways for the intervention and maintenance of railways lines.• 6 months divided into different departments of the company and a final year in the maintenance of the main switches of the Re 420/421/430/436/620 locomotives.Scope of work/Tasks:• Electrical wiring• Electrical troubleshooting• PLC programming• Machine tool• Electric-pneumatic-mechanic maintenance of the train components

Bachelor Of Science Hes-So, Embedded Electronics And Mecatronics

Summer University Real-Time Software Development

Electrotechnics Technician, Electrotechnics

Activities and Societies: FFS

Professional Maturity

Operator In Automation