Nicolas Lefebvre, Eng. Mgp Email & Phone Number

Montreal, Qc, Ca

Saint-Laurent

Management of Hardware design, ECAD (PCB design) and MCAD (Mechanical design) teams.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Effort estimation for new projects, including work breakdown structure and work package definition.Management of Engineering teams dedicated to design of core blocks within Newtrax offering:- Mechanical- Electrical- Low-level Firmware

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Engineering team management for new product introduction (NPI)Management of projects, resources, schedules, budget, risks, and production support in a fast-paced environmentMultiple simultaneous designs of products and test equipment, designs of fittings on mining vehiclesManagement of certifications (EMI/EMC, RF) and qualifications of products Interface with contractors and suppliersBattery-powered, explosion-proof antenna designs and communication systems operating in harsh environments (Low and high temperatures, high humidity, chemicals), optics, compliance to worldwide industrial norms and standards (CSA, CE, MSHA, IECEx, SANS)

Brossard, Quebec, Canada

Engineering teams management & mentoring (Hardware, Firmware, Industrial design & Mechanical engineering)Roadmaps and budgets for R&DProgram management and resource evaluationSupport on product line-up for the different brands (Vosker, Spypoint) Continuous improvement on products and processes,Suppliers management: critical components, parts for production, tests and certifications

Montreal, Canada Area

Following Waltz Inc. acquisition by WeWork (The We Company):Team management, reporting to San Francisco Upper-management on project executionTechnical requirements and product architecture definitionProduct compliance management (FCC, UL, CE marking)

Montreal, Canada Area

Engineering management for R&D and certification (FCC, UL)Project management for development of Waltz products and custom deployments Suppliers interface (supply chain, industrial designs, mechanical engineering)Cost estimations for productionSupport to Contract Manufacturer for productionSupport to Sales team and Operations team for deployments in the USAExecutives weekly reporting

Montreal, Canada Area

Certification campaign management for railway hardware equipment Coordination with the different teams involved (hardware, software, mechanical)

Montreal, Canada Area

Design of interface board of a LED-based speedometer (Ethernet 10 and 100 base TX) and an embedded CPU for customer Alstom.Compliance to Railway standards.Board schematic edition (Mentor Graphics Expedition), design reviews.

Production floor set-up, team supervision.Supply and BOM management through MRP (Sage X3 ERP). Investigations on failed products, customer interface.FAIs (First Article Inspection) with final customers.

Electrical qualification process set-up to comply with automotive standards (ISO26262)Pspice simulations, FMEA analyses to optimize designsTestbench design and layout for product certificationSupervision of EMC/EMI certification

Toulouse Area, France

Interface with China production team on projects (planning, customer requirement, tests, production) and on electronic issues for automotive sensors.Coordination of France team (electronics, mechanical, quality, software) in matrix organization.Follow-up of Continental Stage-Gate process flow.Weekly meetings with team, reporting with hierarchy.

Toulouse Area, France

Design of automotive sensors.PCB layout and validation/certification coordination (functional tests, environmental tests, EMC tests)Interface and support to other teams (Software, Mechanical, Test, Production, Quality)Customer interface (Nissan, Qoros)

Toulouse Area, France

Validation of A350 aeronautic calculators (Red & black labels), cooperation in design updates. Documentation writing and review.Qualification campaigns (DO-160).

Toulouse Area, France

VHDL coding of FPGA device (Actel ProASIC3E). The product is a Mass Memory designed to fit in a satellite On-Board Computer (OBC).Compliance with aerospace VHDL coding & synthesis rules (ESA - European Space Agency).

Toulouse Area, France

Renewal of programmable logic component (PLC) pool for hydroelectric plants in the French Pyrénées mountains.Simulation of physical environments (tool: Controlbuild).Coding of Siemens automation PLCs (tool: PL7 pro).Platform tests with customer approval, on-site installation and deployment.

Toulouse Area, France

Design and bring-up of a CPU-based board designed for information security, in a start-up context.Layout follow-up, production and tests of product pre-production.

Master'S Degree (Msc), Project Management

Activities and Societies: Project Feasibility; Project & Program risk management; Project Finances; Strategic management of Innovation.

Professional Certificate, Project Management

Activities and Societies: Accounting Elements in Project Management; Financial Mathematics in Project Management; Project Design; Planning.

Master'S Degree (Msc), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Specialty in Electronics, Automation and Computer Science

Scientific Baccalauréat With High Honors (Mention Très-Bien)