Christophe Figueras ✈
Aircraft Maintenance Systems designer / Product leader / Project coordinator looking for a new opportunity !
Aeronautical Product leader
System design
A380 NSS / A350 FSA NG / A320-iD
Business case assessment
Project coordinator
50 years old
Leguevin (31490) France
Employed
Open to opportunities
- Set overall work plan & Steer objectives and deliverables regarding milestones and budget allocations
- Monitor & Coordinate sub-contractors activities (Direct: France & Offshore / Transverse: Airbus)
- Lobby at management level & Promote the solutions for the end users
- Deliver & Defend project milestones (concept, specification, test, impacts, value assessment)
Interested in sharing your vision? Just contact me: christophe.figueras@gmail.com / +33 650 678 859
✈ I will either find a way, or make one. Hannibal (247 BC – 182 BC) ✈
Main technical skills:
- A380 NSS/A350 FSA-NG/A320-iD (eLogbook, CMS, FOCT, Airn@v, DLCS, ABDC, ACMS, ...)
- AMM/TSM definition & Support (A/L, FAL, MAP, EV)
- Airbus Milestones (GLF/CFI) & TRL process (Technology Readiness Level)
- V&V management (Integration & Functional Tests definition)
- Business case assessment
SitaOnAir LSAP solution survey (context and process)
Aeroconseil / Akka Technologies
Since July 2016
- SitaOnAir LSAP solution survey (context and process)
Detailed Description
- LSAP solution survey (context and process) for the following aircraft types:
- Airbus A320 Family
- Airbus A330/A340 Family
- Airbus A380 and A350
- Boeing B737 Classic and NG
- Boeing B777
- Boeing B787
This study is about establishing a good understanding of the LSAP concept, product and services landscape by providing:
- The global architecture behind the concept of LSAP: on-board and on-ground
- Part reception, management and distribution,
- Configuration management,
- Data loading,
- Operational Process and procedures
- Part reception, management and distribution,
- The applicable standards for each steps of the LSAP process
- The list of the actors on the LSAP context and description of the products and services: on-board and on-ground
- Airbus A320 Family
Company Description
Aeroconseil is a leading pure aeronautical company which can intervene at any point in an aircraft’s lifecycle, with activities in two segments, aeronautical engineering and services to air transport.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
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Aircraft Operability and Design Maturity assessment – EIO32
Aeroconseil/Akka Technologies
Since May 2016
Full-time
Toulouse
France
- Aircraft Operability and Design Maturity assessment – EIO32
Detailed Description
- > Accountability: To support Design Offices (incremental developments, Multi Program Projects and R&T for SA/LR/A350/A380) to ensure Airbus products are compliant with Aircraft Operability and Design Maturity requirements and the achievement of the expected performance is demonstrated
- Design Maturity assessment (PTS, SRD, SoW, RFI, RFP, RFW) & Definition of operability requirements for dispatch reliability, availability, maturity, reparability, troubleshooting and maintenance cost objectives for successful operation in service
- A/C Operability trade-off (OI rate, MTBF, MTBUR, NFF, DMC, IMC, IP, MMEL policy) to characterize the operability boundaries and the impacts of design or monitoring changes to have acceptable characteristics.
> Value: Single source of Operability and Design Maturity expertise and knowledge of the Systems product. Able to anticipate, influence and steer towards an optimum End to End solution that meets Airline operational performance and cost expectations. - Design Maturity assessment (PTS, SRD, SoW, RFI, RFP, RFW) & Definition of operability requirements for dispatch reliability, availability, maturity, reparability, troubleshooting and maintenance cost objectives for successful operation in service
Company Description
Aeroconseil is a leading pure aeronautical company which can intervene at any point in an aircraft’s lifecycle, with activities in two segments, aeronautical engineering and services to air transport.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
Work Package Leader on R&T @MOST (A380/A350/A320-iD) Remote Support - EYMM3
Aeroconseil/Akka Technologies
September 2011
to April 2016
Full-time
Toulouse
France
- Work Package Leader on R&T @MOST (A380/A350/A320-iD) Remote Support - EYMM3
Detailed Description
- @MOST Remote Support is a solution aiming at reducing ground delays for better aircraft availability (OR & SI) by supporting MCC and/or instructing aircraft mechanics with a remote expert connected to the A/C. Thanks to IP communication, pre-recording and streaming features it allows:
- Remote Monitoring: on-call maintenance & system health monitoring
- Automatic Alerting: remotely from laptop & one click-all aircraft updated
at the lowest communication costs (Support on-board users, Decision making, less IFTBs, RTG, cancellations, global maintenance costs)
As Work Package Leader, I was in charge of the definition of the solutions, the V&V, the supplier follow-up, the business case assessment within a roadmap compatible with the Airbus milestones.
Main management skills:
- Product management leading (Direct: France & Offshore / Transverse: Airbus)
- Project coordination (~600 k€ per year)
- Promotion/Communication (presentations, video, events) and inter personal skills
- User needs gathering (A/L, maintainers, customer support, ...), Functional definition, V&V
- Supplier follow-up (France & Transnational)
Main technical skills:
- A380 NSS/A350 FSA-NG/A320-iD (eLogbook, CMS, FOCT, Airn@v, DLCS, ABDC, ACMS, ...)
- AMM/TSM definition & Support (A/L, FAL, MAP, EV)
- Airbus Milestones (GLF/CFI) & TRL process (TRL2/TRL3/TRL4/TRL5)
- V&V management (Integration & Functional Tests definition)
- Business case assessment
- Remote Monitoring: on-call maintenance & system health monitoring
Company Description
Aeroconseil is a leading pure aeronautical company which can intervene at any point in an aircraft’s lifecycle, with activities in two segments, aeronautical engineering and services to air transport.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
Aeroconseil has more than 1.200 employees and annual sales exceeding 105 Euros million. The company is represented by 7 subsidiaries : in Germany, Spain, in the Pacific, in Tunisia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Canada.
On 22 September 2011, Aeroconseil became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AKKA Technologies.
AKKA is a European engineering and consultancy group that has been assisting manufacturing and service companies for 26 years in their pursuit of innovation and greater productivity. Counting Aeroconseil, the group now has a workforce of almost 7000 at 50 sites, particularly in France, Benelux, Italy, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, India and Romania.
AKKA Technologies provides services covering the entire lifecycle of a product, based on two business sectors: Design Engineering, and Informatics & Systems.
AKKA and Aeroconseil share an ambition to provide their customers with added value based on their closeness to customers, flexibility and innovative technical solutions.
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Team leader on behalf of Airbus on A380 eLogbook Design Office - EYMM2
Safran Engineering Services
November 2008
to August 2011
Full-time
Toulouse
France
- Team leader on behalf of Airbus on A380 eLogbook Design Office - EYMM2
Detailed Description
- eLogbook is a software application that supersedes the traditional paper logbook. It aims at allowing aircraft dispatch applying the local regulations. To achieve this objective, dedicated interfaces (Pilot profile, Maintenance profile, Cabin profile) allow the reporting of defects and associated maintenance actions both on board and on ground (ACARS).
As Team Leader, I was in charge to manage (Qualification/Planning/Reporting) the activities (functional definitions, V&V, 2nd level support, offshore, ...) of the eLogbook subcontractor design office within a roadmap compatible with the Airbus milestones.
Main management skills:
- Product management leading (Direct: France & Offshore in India)
- User needs gathering (A/L, maintainers, customer support, ...) & Functional definition
- Project coordination & Supplier follow-up France & Transnational (Impact / Acceptance / Delivery / Critical Design / Architecture reviews)
Main management skills:
- Product management leading (Direct: France & Offshore in India)
- User needs gathering (A/L, maintainers, customer support, ...) & Functional definition
- Project coordination & Supplier follow-up France & Transnational (Impact / Acceptance / Delivery / Critical Design / Architecture reviews)
Main technical skills:
- A380 NSS/A350 FSA-NG (eLogbook, CMS, FOCT, Airn@v, DLCS, ABDC, Performance applications, ACMS, ...)
- A/L needs gathering & Functional definition (SDD, FDD, DFS, DCR, SID)
- V&V management
- Integration & Functional Tests definition (STR/ITR/LTR/FTR/GTR)
- AMM/TSM definition
- Support (A/L, FAL, MAP, EV) / Analysis & Investigations (DMD, In-service events, workshop)
- Operational Risk Assessment & Data Security Assessment
- Airbus Milestones (GLF/CFI)
- Product management leading (Direct: France & Offshore in India)
Company Description
Safran Engineering Services, a Safran group company that is part of Labinal, offers high technology engineering services in aeronautical and ground transportation.
With its 3000 engineers and technicians, the company also includes Business Units all around the world (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, United States, Mexico, Morocco and India) organized into competences centers combining expertise in electrical systems, aerostructure, mechanical systems, software and electronic embedded systems.
Safran Engineering Services is committed to be a valued partner to each of its customers by providing the best services, achieving the highest standards by customer focus, adherence to commitments, continuous improvement and involvement of all.
Safran Engineering Services also takes part in European R&T projects.
With its 3000 engineers and technicians, the company also includes Business Units all around the world (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, United States, Mexico, Morocco and India) organized into competences centers combining expertise in electrical systems, aerostructure, mechanical systems, software and electronic embedded systems.
Safran Engineering Services is committed to be a valued partner to each of its customers by providing the best services, achieving the highest standards by customer focus, adherence to commitments, continuous improvement and involvement of all.
Safran Engineering Services also takes part in European R&T projects.
Company website
Aeronautical system designer
CELAD
January 2006
to November 2008
Full-time
Toulouse
France
- Aeronautical system designer
Detailed Description
- Domain : Aeronautic - Navy - Space - Armament
From Mid 2006 to November 2008:
As System designer on A380 eLogbook, I was in charge of the functional specifications and the definition of the IT tests objectives for the eLogbook subcontractor design office.
Main management skills:
- User needs gathering (A/L, maintainers, customer support, ...) & Functional definition
- Project coordination & Supplier follow-up France & Transnational (Impact / Acceptance / Delivery / Critical Design / Architecture reviews)
Main technical skills:
- A380 NSS/A350 FSA-NG (eLogbook, CMS, FOCT, Airn@v, DLCS, ABDC, Performance applications, ACMS, ...)
- A/L needs gathering & Functional definition (SDD, FDD, DFS, DCR, SID)
- V&V management
- Integration & Functional Tests definition (STR/ITR/LTR/FTR/GTR)
- AMM/TSM definition
- Support (A/L, FAL, MAP, EV) / Analysis & Investigations (DMD, In-service events, workshop)
- Operational Risk Assessment & Data Security Assessment
- Airbus Milestones (GLF/CFI)
From January 2006 to Mid 2006:
Braking and steering BITE are systems collecting all breakdown data in order to automatically analyze them and to identify the root cause of a failure. The aim is to help maintainers to fix the problem quicker and without involving as much as possible some human analysis. In addition, the system is completely based on automatic correlation rules in order to avoid spurious root causes.
As A380 Braking & Steering BITE system designer, I was in charge of the definition of the BSCS correlation rules.
Technical skills:
- BSCS correlation rules (based on electrical and hydraulic scheme analysis)
- User needs gathering (A/L, maintainers, customer support, ...) & Functional definition
Company Description
Domain : Aeronautic - Navy - Space - Armament
Company website
Engineer dedicated to studies/analysis and to sofware development
REALIX Technologies
February 2001
to February 2005
Full-time
Toulouse
France
- Engineer dedicated to studies/analysis:
On behalf of AIRBUS - Obsolescence study (hardware, technologies, skills) in the flight simulator scope.
On behalf of AIRBUS - Feasibility study to automate the flight plan reporting through MCDU on A320 flight simulator. - Software development engineer:
On behalf of INFOMIL - Software development (C) of the e.Leclerc store monetic solution for credit cards payments on dedicated terminals (B0’ and EMV standards).
On behalf of INFOMIL - Software development (Visual Basic for client side et C for server side) of the e.Leclerc store monetic solution for AURORE credit card payments (CETELEM).
On behalf of LIEBHERR AEROSPACE - Finalization and tuning (Labview + electronic hardware) of a pressure calculators test bench allowing to identify the root cause of the potential breakdowns and to validate the fix. - Functional tests engineer:
On behalf of ASTRIUM – Functional procedure tests development (ELISA) and testing for SPOT5 and HELIOS payload systems.
Company Description
Domain : Aeronautic - Navy - Space - Armament
Company website
Software development engineer
PROJIPE
September 1999
to December 2001
Full-time
Paris
France
- Software development engineer:
On behalf of DIAC RENAULT CREDIT INTERNATIONAL - Software development (C/C+++) of a support sales tool (ISIS) allowing to determine the right customer financing solution (loan).
On behalf of MARSH & MC LENNAN - Software development (C/Pro C/SQL) of a migration tool for insurance contracts coming from different brokerage companies acquired through external growth (From flat files to ORACLE database).
Company Description
Domain : IT - Telecommunications
Company website
