Work Experience

June 2012 - December 2014

Systems Integration and Verification

Airbus - On-board Information Systems A350XWB


System Integration and Verification on the FSA-NG Avionics Server Function, a certified (DO-178B DAL C) On-board Information System hosting flight-ops and maintenance applications for the Airbus A350XWB.

  • Integrated hardware modules (developed by Airbus and Rockwell) and software subsets (OS, platform management, file system, dataloading, BITE) in the full system
  • Defined and executed formal verification procedures for the complete system, developed specific test tools and provided support for certification reviews relying on test results
  • Provided technical support for hardware and production teams working on the system development and for end users (Ground and Flight Test teams, Final Assembly Line)

November 2009 - December 2011

Systems and Software Integration

Rockwell Collins - On-board Information Systems A350XWB


Systems Engineering on the FSA-NG Open-world Server Function, an On-board Information System hosting flight-ops and maintenance applications for the Airbus A350XWB.

  • Integrated software modules delivered by Rockwell Collins software teams located in France, USA and India
  • Provided technical proposals to improve system design based on feedback from early integration of software modules
  • Tracked anomalies reported by the customer for Representative Platforms, a simulated environment used to develop hosted applications (ClearQuest)
  • Specified software test means to be used on Integration Test Rigs and Representative Platforms (DOORS)

August 2008 - November 2009

Research & Development

Airbus - R&D On-Board Information Systems


Research & Development activities led by the Design Office and studying On-Board Information Systems. Research project (GEODESIE) aiming at improving management of databases used by avionics systems (navigation, surveillance) and open-world applications (flight-ops, maintenance).

  • Coordinated a team of 5 engineers involved in various research projects and managed relationships with customer
  • Assisted GEODESIE project leader for task management, relationship with project partners (Thales, ONERA) and risk management
  • Brought technical expertise, wrote specifications and presented research findings to Airbus R&D management

September 2007 - July 2008

Software Development

Rockwell Collins - Aircraft Network Server Unit


Upgrade of an “Open-World” Embedded System installed on Airbus SA/LR and hosting applications used by flight crews and maintenance crews.

  • Implemented servers providing avionics data to client applications (C++/Corba) and web clients allowing access to the provided services (Applets Java/Swing)
  • Updated build procedures to integrate automated unit and functional tests and set up a build server to perform Continuous Integration (ANT, CruiseControl)
  • Performed integration testing and produced documentation in accordance with official guidelines (RTCA/DO-178B)

January 2007 - August 2007

Software Development

SCHAPI - Real-Time Hydrologic Database


Design and implementation of a system used 24/7 to collect, process, store and distribute data used to forecast floods in France.

  • Analyzed and formalized/modeled informal customer requirements
  • Implemented distributed components to process data files (Python, PostgreSQL, Linux/RHEL)
  • Implemented SOAP web services to retrieve stored data (PHP, WSDL, Apache)

November 2004 - December 2006

Front End Developer

B2i Toulouse - Early projects


  • Test Resources Management (EADS Test & Services - 12 months): Development of new functionalities and bug fixing on the Test Resources Management product, an application facilitating the management of obsolete testing equipment (Python, C, wxWidgets)
  • AFDX Toolkit (internal R&D project - 5 months): Designed and implemented (C++) a tool for analysis / generation of AFDX communications using standard Ethernet cards
  • Computer-Aided Ground Tests (EADS Test & Services - 6 months): Software Maintenance and Upgrade for the ESAO project used to manage test procedures and results for the A320/A340 Final Assembly Lines (C, HP-UX, Oracle)

March 2004 - October 2004

Master's Degree Internship

LAAS/CNRS - Dependable Intrusion Tolerance


Researched existing works on intrusion tolerance in distributed systems and implemented a prototype (C, Apache, MySQL) of web server tolerant to intrusions.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems


Linux, RTOS (PikeOS), Unix (Solaris, HP-UX).

Programming languages


Python, C, C++, Shell, Java, SQL

Concepts


MBSE/SysML, , Unit/Integration and System Level Testing.

Tools


DOORS, ClearQuest, Topcased, Eclipse, VMware, SVN, Wireshark.

Education

INSA Toulouse (National Institute of Applied Sciences)

Software Engineering Degree

System Doctoral School (Toulouse)

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Language Skills

French

Native proficiency

English

Professional working proficiency (TOEIC: scored 945 in 2003)

German

Elementary proficiency