Alexandre Pigeon, ing.
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CAE
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Canada
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Mechanical Design Lead
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Feb 2022 - Present
The MAD-XR product is a submarine detection system mounted onboard aircraft and helicopters. Main responsibilities include:- Lead the HW Eng team into the productization of the MAD-XR and interfacing equipment- Manage product design improvements in order to transition from a prototype phase to a high production phase- Estimate level of effort of program delivrables- Build and maintain the team backlog and ensure planning of resources (material and staffing) required to deliver.- Prepare job descriptions, hire and train new team members.- Prepare business cases to acquire budgets necessary to execution of senior management production rate targets.- Plan, execute and review qualification activities- Produce and review customer documentation Show less
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Manufacturing Engineering - Mechanical Designer
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May 2021 - Feb 2022
Andon Mechanical Designer supporting CAE's submarine detector program (Magnetic Anomaly Detection system). Main responsibilities:- Establish the assembly sequence and detailed assembly instructions of the product- Act as the first point of contact for resolution of production issues.- Investigate and resolve production issues, making the necessary drawing changes or manufacturing process changes to prevent future reoccurence of said issue.- Identify, test and implement improvements to the assembly process of the product. Show less
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Project Specialist
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Sep 2019 - May 2021
Deployment, integration, configuration and validation of newly purchased civil flight simulators at customers facilities.- Analyze customer flight simulator option selection and configure the product accordingly- Commission and configure flight controls and motion systems- Execute, analyze and troubleshoot qualification tests (Qualification Test Guides)- Investigate and resolve issues of multidisciplinary nature (mechanical, electrical, software) identified by customers- Maintain efficient communication and relations with product teams to ensure speedy resolution of issues- Meet critical project milestones (schedule and quality) while working at customer facilities- Maintain fruitful relations with customers- Work under rapidly varying schedules in different areas of the world Show less
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Software Integration Engineer
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Jan 2017 - Sep 2019
Main responsibilities• Define integration and deployment strategy of new simulation features.• Assemble software components to create a simulation training product.• Lead and offer technical support to software engineers during integration of aircraft/simulator systems.• Identify and resolve software and hardware problems jointly with the engineers and technicians concerned.• Ensure software configuration management control.• Meet critical project milestones (schedule and quality) while working at customer facilities• Maintain fruitful relations with customers Show less
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Leadership Development Program Engineer
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Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
I completed CAE's Ken Patrick leadership development program. The program aims at developing at an accelerated pace the company's potential leaders by providing participants with the opportunity to immerse in four different business units of the company within a two year period. Through these assignments, I have developed solid software development and integration skills while also gaining a unique understanding of CAE.Mandates:Summer 2016 - Software IntegratorWinter 2016 - Continuous Improvement AgentSummer 2015 -Scrum Master & Software DeveloperWinter 2015 - Navigation Systems Software Developer Show less
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Polytechnique Montréal
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Student
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Aug 2009 - May 2015
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BOMBARDIER
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Canada
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Intern
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
Fly by Wire Department - Core Engineering - Programming of a fatigue signal treatment algorithm based on the Rainflow method. - Assessment of the damage accumulated on control surface actuators during a standard flight. - Validation of the endurance test and requirement spectrum. Fly by Wire Department - Core Engineering - Programming of a fatigue signal treatment algorithm based on the Rainflow method. - Assessment of the damage accumulated on control surface actuators during a standard flight. - Validation of the endurance test and requirement spectrum.
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Pratt & Whitney Canada
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Canada
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Airlines and Aviation
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700 & Above Employee
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Engineering Intern
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May 2011 - Aug 2011
Logistics & Customs Department - Creation of standard forms to follow up on damages made by carriers during parts shipping - Creation of a carrier performance analysis data base - Programming of a module automating the treatment from the standard forms to the database Logistics & Customs Department - Creation of standard forms to follow up on damages made by carriers during parts shipping - Creation of a carrier performance analysis data base - Programming of a module automating the treatment from the standard forms to the database
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Education
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École Polytechnique de Montréal
Master's Degree, Mechanical Engineering: Computational Fluid Dynamics -
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aerospace Engineering -
Champlain College
DEC, Pure and applied science