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Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland

Ebikon, Lucerne, Switzerland

- Process owner of the internal Reliability Growth Process.- Support of individual Reliability Growth Process tasks within 2 world regions, in particular for 6 distinct Design for Reliability (DfR) tasks.- Coaching of project and design engineers in DfR tasks, development of a DfR e-learning.

Geneva, Switzerland

- Development of a dependability qualification methodology throughout the life cycle for the custom design Distributed I/O Tier (DI/OT) FPGA/SoC-based front end control crate (see Link1, Link2 below):Requirements definition; top-down & bottom-up analyses (FTA, FMECA), thermal simulations, and reviews of various modules, amongst which a radiation-tolerant PSU design; production specifications; validation testing strategy (environmental/application, EMC, robustness); series production screening and reliability demonstration strategy; maintenance, diagnostics, and failure tracking strategy; integration of radiation hardness assurance.- Dependability support for a mechatronics control crate, SAMbuCa (Link3), and collaboration with an external consultancy company supporting the analysis- Ongoing development of a central dependability analysis and testing service within CERN as well as board member of CERN's Reliability and Availability Studies Group (Dependability mandate: Design, Analysis, Tracking, Risk Assessment, collaborations development, tools/methods development)

Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg

- Preparation of a two-day industry seminar (german + english) on dependable electronic system development, production, testing and operational support in collaboration with the Association of German Engineers (VDI)- Teaching assistance: Preparation of exercises and students supervision

Geneva, Switzerland

- Design and execution of validation, environmental stress screening and reliability tests for a complex PCBA. Temperature and humidity qualification of the board with its 6 optical fiber links (SFP). Temperature cycling to screen for early failures. Run-In to assess the reliability.- Dependability modeling including an FMECA of the LHC Beam Loss Monitoring system, a complex, distributed electronic read out system.- Failure tracking, analysis and repair of electronics.- Development of a methodology for dependable system design, production, testing and operation- Supervision of a Master student including thesis support

Geneva, Switzerland

- Reliability prediction, FMECA, and FTA of a power converter controller- Failure analysis of the predecessor moduleThesis: "Reliability analysis of electronic systems on the example of the new radiation tolerant power converter controller for the Large Hadron Collider"

Alfdorf, Germany

- Image Processing for the airbag folding process (LabVIEW; MVTec Halcon/Merlic)- Developing and integrating a common guideline to execute PFMEAs for the airbag folding process at different manufacturing plants all around the world (APIS IQ)

Geneva, Switzerland

Amongst other activities an irradiation campaign of an ADC and an SRAM: M. Sc. research project "Reliability of the Renesas 16 Mbit SRAM in the radiation environment of the LHC"

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Reliability Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

Thesis (at CERN): "Dependable System Development Methodology and Case Study for the LHC Beam Loss Monitoring System at CERN"

Master Of Science, Automotive And Engine Engineerin, 1.9

Specializations: - Automotive Mechatronics (Motor vehicle mechatronics I + II, Embedded controllers and data networks, Electric motor.

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2.8

Thesis: "Planning and conceptual design of a submarine for tourists" Project "Electro-scooter": Design and construction of an electric.