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Technical Leader – Automotive Magnetic Sensors TDK-Micronas, Freiburg, Deutschland (www.micronas.tdk.com ) |
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TDK-Micronas is a globally operating manufacturer of semiconductors which develops and produces trend-setting IC and sensor system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics. |
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| 2015-2018 |
Senior Sensor Engineer – Project Leader , ZF-TRW, Radolfzell, Deutschland (www.zf.com ) |
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ZF-TRW - one of the largest automotive suppliers worldwide - is a global leader in electronics and sensors for automotive active and passive safety technology. My responsibilities include: |
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- Specification and Requirements Management: Authored MEMS sensor component specifications and qualification matrices (accelerometers, gyroscopes, pressure sensors) for active/passive safety systems.
- Production Launch & PPAP: Managed development milestones, prototype characterization, and component PPAP deliverables, ensuring seamless ramp-up to high-volume automotive production.
- Procurement Operations and Strategic Sourcing: Partnered with Commodity Manager to author RFQs for sensor components. Analyzed MEMS supplier proposals and evaluated performance capabilities. Supported strategic supplier selection and market awarding for key projects.
- Supplier & Quality Management: Led technical interface with global MEMS foundries/suppliers; supported product development at the supplier and conducted design and process reviews. Partnered with ZF Quality to resolve technical sensor deviations and audits.
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| 2013-2014 |
Technical Project Manager , CEA-Leti, Grenoble, France (www-leti.cea.fr/en ) |
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Leti is a department of CEA, a research and technology organization with activities in energy, IT, healthcare, defense and security. It specializes in nanotechnologies and their applications. My responsibilities include: |
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- Breakthrough R&D Management: Managed end-to-end development of high-performance accelerometers utilizing innovative micro- and nano-electromechanical systems (M&NEMS®) technology (tasks planning and control, risk assessment and technical deliverables management, customer relationship management).
- MEMS Design: Designed of an innovative patented MEMS accelerometer.
- Fabrication & Cleanroom Coordination: Coordinated cross-departmental teams covering mask design and lithography.
- Intellectual Property: Co-inventor on patent US10371711B2: “Damped Linear Accelerometer”.
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| 2012 |
Inertial Sensor Expert , Exail-IXBLUE, Lannion, France ( www.exail.com ) |
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Exail-IXBLUE is a Global Solution Provider delivering Inertial, Motion, Subsea Acoustic, Seabed Mapping and Sub Bottom Profiling Products and Systems. My responsibilities include: |
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- FEM Multiphysics Modeling: Developed comprehensive finite element models (ANSYS) simulating thermo-mechanical packaging stresses and read-out electronic effects on quartz-based inertial accelerometers.
- Industrialization Readiness: Optimized mechanical and thermal sensor behavior, successfully driving development to final industrialization readiness.
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| 2006–2012 |
Senior MEMS Designer – Project Leader, Institute for System Level Integration, Edinburgh, UK, (www.isli.co.uk ). |
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ISLI is an R&D and technology transfer service company that supports the development of electronics systems and MEMS and explores new technologies through research. My responsibilities include: |
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| 2002-2005 |
Doctoral – Applied Researcher , Laboratoire d’Informatique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM), France and University of Catania, Italy |
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- Designed and fabricated CMOS-FSBM 3-axis accelerometers using piezoresistive and thermal transduction.
- Teaching and mentoring experience: Labs on Pspice simulation; Labs on C language; student project advisor “Active damping of resonant accelerometers using electromagnetic forces”, “Test of monolithic MEMS”.
- Authored multiple peer-reviewed papers in IEEE-sponsored international conferences and journals.
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| 2002 |
Intern Researcher , Laboratoire d’Informatique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM), France
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- Created innovative oscillation-based test methods for monolithic MEMS (Cadence, Analog Artist, Monte Carlo simulations, AHDL language).
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| 2001 |
Research Assistant , Institut d'Electronique du Sud - MITEA research group (CEM2), Montpellier, France |
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- Developed an electronic readout circuit and performance evaluation of a thermopile and a vacuum sensor.
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