Bastien Continsouzas

Functional Avionics Technical Lead - OneWeb/Arrow Satellites

Airbus Constellations Satellites

Technical Lead for the development of the On-Board Software used on the avionics platform for OneWeb satellites and Arrow satellite bus with over 650 units produced and in operation:

Oversee development of Flight Software evolutions and corrections: identify improvements based on in-orbit feedback, collect technical inputs from architects and technical managers, conduct software Change Control Board meetings
Ensure integration of Flight Software on On-Board Computer and prepare test configurations for Functional Validation activities on simulator and on test hardware (Flatsat)
Develop tooling to enable software loading on satellite On-Board Computer during production and in-orbit and tooling for automated satellite data generation during production
Deliver integrated Flight Software configurations, associated documentation and satellite database exports for use during satellite production and to customers for in-orbit deployment
Provide technical support internally for serial satellite production and to customers for in-orbit operation: trainings, investigations, non-conformance review boards…

January 2017 - Present

Software Development Lead - Spacegate R3

Thales Alenia Space (for Viveris)

Technical lead for the development of modulator/demodulator equipment for the new release of a satellite access network solution based on DVB standards developed by Thales Alenia Space.

Manage a team of 4 developers (scheduling, code review and merge, documentation review), implement new functionalities and administrate development toolchain (git, Jenkins)
Handle customer / product owner relationships (sprint planning and review, deliveries) and provide technical expertise for integration teams

March 2015 - October 2016

System Integration and Verification - On-board Information Systems A350

Airbus (as Independent Contractor).

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

Integrated hardware modules (developed by Airbus and Rockwell Collins) and software subsets (OS, platform management, file system, dataloading, BITE) in the complete 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)

February 2012 - December 2014

Systems Engineering / Software Integration - On-board Information Systems A350

Rockwell Collins (for Amesys)

Systems Engineering / Software Integration on the FSA-NG Open-world Server Function, an A350XWB On-board Information System hosting flight-ops and maintenance applications:

Integrated software modules delivered by Rockwell Collins software teams located in France, USA and India
Provided technical proposals to improve system design and test means based on feedback from integration of software modules with target hardware
Tracked project issues reported by the customer (ClearQuest) and provided technical clarification to software team to help solve anomalies

November 2009 - December 2011

Research and Development Engineer - On-board Information Systems

Airbus (for SII)

Research & Development activities led by the Design Office and aiming at improving management of databases used by avionics systems (navigation, surveillance, 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

August 2008 - November 2009

Software Development - Early Projects

Viveris and Alyotech

FlySmart ANSU (Rockwell Collins – 10 months): Software development of an upgrade for the On-board Information System installed on Airbus A340 and hosting applications used by flight crews and maintenance crews (C++/Corba, Java/Swing, ANT, CruiseControl)
Real-Time Hydrologic Database (Thales – 8 months): Design and implementation of a system used 24/7 to collect, process, store and distribute data used to forecast floods in France (Python, PostgreSQL, Linux/RHEL, PHP, SOAP, WSDL, Apache)
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): Feasibility study and implementation of a tool for analysis / generation of AFDX communications using standard Ethernet cards (C++).
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).

November 2004 - July 2008

Skills

Experience

Functional Avionics Technical Lead - OneWeb/Arrow Satellites

Software Development Lead - Spacegate R3

System Integration and Verification - On-board Information Systems A350

Systems Engineering / Software Integration - On-board Information Systems A350

Research and Development Engineer - On-board Information Systems

Software Development - Early Projects

Education

National Institute of Applied Sciences - Toulouse

System Doctoral School - Toulouse