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Who am I?
Passionate and committed design engineer experienced to lead deliveries of composite material products. Currently designing composite material subsystems and their manufacturing processes for wind turbine blade tooling at Vestas. Educated in mechanical design and materials, I develop products both for the private individual and the industry. Understanding and accommodating, I enjoy putting forward individual’s capabilities and sharing point of views to take the right decisions; this in order to achieve the right level of quality.
COMPOSITE AND MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEER
Nov 2010 – Currently
Lem St, Denmark
Vestas Wind System A/S
Composite Design Engineer
Design and modification of various tools (up to +80m) for wind turbine blade manufacture. Responsible for deliveries of composite material subsystems of tools for manufacturing thermoset components. Knowledge of various processing methods (wet lay-up, infusion, prepreg…), their design advantages, constrains and interactions.
This role covers among others the following competences:
Lead technical engineer
Project/resource planning
Budget definition/supplier selection
Requirement definition
Lead engineering team
Design generation/review/validation (concept, CAD, calcs, lab test…)
Supplier management
Prototyping
Industrialisation
Delivery verification
Composite layup design (structural, thermal, cost effective…)
DFM
DFSS
TRIZ
Technology transfer to production
Production support/problem solving
Handling of multiple projects simultaneously
Feb 2010 – August 2010
Brookvale, New South Wales,Australia
Talon Technology Pty Ltd
Design engineer (Graduating Internship)
Full cycle product design for the private individual and industry
Integration of measurement solutions (strain and accelerometers) with acquisitions on paddle.
Design of thermoplastic and thermoset composite paddles.
Sept 2008 – Feb 2009
North Kingsville, OH, USA
Premix
Assistant Engineer (Internship)
Design of composite parts and testing.
Documentation update.
Quotations.
April – June 2006
Le Bourget du Lac, France
Institut ENSAM de Chambéry
Materials technician
Development work on characterisation and valorisation of a new recycled PVC “PEVECHOUC”. It won the gold medal at “le Concours Lepine” which is the biggest French invention contest.
Looking for new applications and choosing tests in accordance with the procedures of different European companies.
Creation of the sales file for future client.
June – August 2005–08
Chambéry, France
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Microsoft
Windows & Office Suite
CAD
Catia, Solidworks, AutoCAD, Pro/E
Calculation
MathCAD, LAP(Laminate Analysis Program)
Codes
Visual Basic, Fortran, HTML, CSS
Adobe
Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects
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Sept 2007 – Aug 2010
Belfort, France
Sept 2006 – June 2007
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sept 2006 – June 2007
Le Bourget du Lac, France
IUT de Chambéry
International Technical Diploma with honours
This diploma was obtained after a successful year of studies abroad (exchange program).
Sept 2004 – June 2006
Le Bourget du Lac, France
IUT de Chambéry
Two year university diploma in material science and engineering (Equivalent to Bachelor)
This course gave me all the foundations for engineering with materials, particularly concerning my project which was the design and manufacture of a human powered boat. I was team leader in this project.
Sept 2001 – June 2004
Chambéry, France
Lycée Monge
Scientific Baccalaureate option engineering sciences, with emphasis in physic/chemistry (equivalent to A level).
At the same time I was involved in a rugby sport section.
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Languages
Fluent in : English, French
Communicate in: Danish, Spanish
General
French driving licence
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Technical and associative
I constantly express my creativity through engineering projects combining different passion such as sport or industrial design.
I designed and manufactured a carbon fiber longboard which was featured on several industrial design websites such as
Yanko Design and
Core77.
I was team manager and in charge of the design and manufacture of composite and polymer parts of a prototype car for the
Shell Eco-Marathon Europe. The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. We were 27th out of 172 teams at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe 09 with 1082km per litre of gas and we beat the university record for the second year in a row.
Sports
I practice other sports such as rugby, snowboard and surf. During this activity, I am able to practise another hobby which is
filming and video editing
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