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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
    Hopital de Chambéry

    Kitchen assistant
    Stretcher
    Pharmacy storekeeper
    Logistics department

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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
    University of Technology of Belfort-Monbéliard
    Master degree in Mechanical Engineering and Conceptual Design

    I have specialized in the field of Product Design and Development. This course covers areas such as design, materials and project management. I am currently working on several projects at the same time covering areas such as mechanical design, project management, value analysis, industrial design, FAST, TRIZ...

    Sept 2006 – June 2007
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Napier University
    Bachelor of Engineering with honours in Polymer engineering

    During this course, my “individual” project for my degree was the design and manufacture of a downhill skateboard wheel which was successful (Press release in Bayer Crosstalk UK & Ireland winter 2007). I got the University medal (top student of the year) for my work in the project.

    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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