Senior Avionic Systems Engineer

• Sept. 2022 - –Heute

Senior Aircraft Level System Engineer for the Volocity eVTOL Aircraft

• Okt. 2020 - Sept. 2022

• Ownership of the Aircraft Specification Requirement Document including requirement development and management and requirement validation following ARP 4754A;• Ownership of aircraft level documents such as Design Description and High Level Architecture;• Liaison with all stakeholders linked to the above mentioned documents including upstream, lateral and downstream links. The list includes customer high level requirement owners, system functions, safety department, ground and air operations office, chief engineering office and airworthiness office;• Technical integration across systems domains and flight science department. This includes leading various aircraft level technical and architectural topics, from beginning to end, including the definition of the topic to be resolved, the stakeholders contributing to the solution and the coordination among them, and all steps needed to bring the topic to a fruitful conclusion;• Support, guidance, and on the job training of junior system engineers.

Avionics and AFCS Certification Expert and Certifying Staff for the Space Jet 90 COMMERCIAL Aircraft

• Apr. 2017 - Okt. 2020

• Member of the MITSUBISHI Aircraft Corporation ADO office for approving certification documents or recommending its approval to JCAB (Japanese Civil Aircraft Bureau);• Accountable engineer for elaborating and approving in JCAB the detailed certification plan, which contains the applicable AIM, FAR and CS regulations, its Means of Compliance and the associated test vehicles, the test coverage and its acceptance criteria, the list of applicable TSOs, ACs and technical documents, as well as the interfaces, interdependencies and the work sharing with other systems;• Reviewer and Checker for all AFCS and some Avionics certification documents and Safety of Flight;• Periodical meetings with JCAB to explain problem reports and design solutions, as well as the test evolution, its results and the compliance with the regulations;• Accountable engineer for elaborating compliance matrixes with AC 25.1329-1C and AC 120-29A, for answering Issue Papers (IPs), Certification Action Items (CAIs) and Certification Review Items (CRIs).

AFCS Project Lead

• 2010 - 2017

• AFCS Development for the EMBRAER KC-390 MILITARY Cargo Jet Aircraft:- Principal engineer for the conceptual and detailed design of the Flight Guidance, Autopilot and the autothrottle, including its logics, indications, architecture, monitors, interfaces and tests (in airplane, iron bird and fixed base simulator);- Accountable and hands-on engineer for the supplier selection process, JDP and the DDP development phases, as well as technical meetings with the Brazilian certification authorities (military and civilian agencies);- Principal and hands-on engineer for elaborating and approving in the certification authorities the detailed certification plan, which contained the applicable regulations, its Means of Compliance and the associated test vehicles, the test coverage and its acceptance criteria, the list of applicable TSOs, ACs, MIL-STD and technical documents, as well as the interfaces, interdependencies and the work sharing with other systems;- Principal and hands-on engineer for elaborating and approving technical documents such as system level requirements, system description, test proposal and test results under AC 120-29A and AC 25.1329-1C, as well as system functional hazard assessment and system safety assessment;- Accountable engineer for the system level requirements validation and verification.• Head Up (HUD), Synthetic Vision (SVS), Low Visibility Takeoff (LVTO) and Standby Instrument for the EMBRAER KC-390 Military Cargo Jet Aircraft:- Certification plan and technical documents reviewer.

DER Coordinator

• 2009 - 2010

• AFCS Certification for the Legacy 500 BUSINESS Jet Aircraft:I worked close to ANAC in establishing and approving as DER the certification documents, such as certification plan, system description, test proposals and test results for autopilot, flight guidance and autothrottle.• AFCS Certification for the EMBRAER AEW India MILITARY Aircraft (ERJ-145 Derivative):I worked close to the Brazilian certification authority in establishing and approving as DER certification documents such as certification plan, system description, test proposals and test results for autopilot and flight guidance.

AFCS Project Lead

• 2005 - 2009

• AFCS Development and certification for the Phenom 100 BUSINESS Jet Aircraft:- Principal and hands-on engineer for the conceptual and detailed design phases of the Flight Guidance, Autopilot and the Cruise Speed Control, including the supplier selection, JCDP, JDP and DDP;- Hands-on engineer in defining the interfaces, architecture, monitors and indications;- Principal and hands-on engineer for elaborating and approving in the certification authorities technical documents, such as the system level requirements, system description, test proposal, test results and system functional hazard assessment;- Accountable and hands-on engineer for conducting tests in flight and in RIG;- Supported the elaboration of the system safety assessment, AFM, MMEL and the maintenance plan;- Supported the entry into service.

Autoland Project Lead

• 2003 - 2005

• CAT IIIb Autoland Development for the EMBRAER ERJ-170 COMMERCIAL Jet Aircraft:- Principal engineer for the conceptual and detailed design of the Autoland (Align, Flare, Nose Lowering and Rollout modes), including its logics, indications, architecture, monitors, tests (in airplane, iron bird and full flight simulator) and Monte Carlo data analysis;- Hands-on engineer for the JDP and the DDP development phases, as well as the technical meetings with certification authorities;- Principal and hands-on engineer for the certification plan elaboration and its approval by the certification authorities (which contained the applicable FAR and CS-AWO regulations, its Means of Compliance, the test vehicles, test coverage and the acceptance criteria, as well as the list of applicable TSOs, ACs and AMC-AWO);- Principal and hands-on engineer for elaborating technical documents such as system description, test proposal, test results under AC 120-28D and JAR-AWO subparts 1 and 3, and system functional hazard assessment.

Team Leader

• 2000 - 2003

• AFCS and SWPS Development and Certification for several EMBRAER ERJ-145 Aircraft Derivatives (ERJ-140, ERJ-145XR, Legacy 600 and Surveillance Aircrafts for the Brazilian Air Force):- Principal and hands-on engineer for the flight and RIG tests (development and certification), including its planning, execution and certification reports (system description, test proposal and test results);- Recalibration of the automatic pitch trim and the AFCS inner and outer loops, as well as the stick shaker and stick pusher activation and deactivation AOA angles;- Steep approach performance demonstration;- Servo motor replacement for more output torque and increase controllability;- Specification of VNAV (FMS Vertical Navigation) subsystem requirements;- Solution for in-service difficulties such as roll oscillation, localizer undershoot and overshoot, water intrusion into AOA sensor and AOA miscompare during takeoff.

System Development Engineer

• 1999 - 2000

• Development Tests of the CAT III with HUD and LVTO for the EMBRAER ERJ-145 COMMERCIAL Jet Aircraft:- Supported tests in the full flight simulator and in flight, conducted data reduction and analysis for technical reports (system description, test proposal and test results under JAR-AWO Subparts 3 and 4).• Certification tests of the Category II ILS Precision Approach System for the EMBRAER ERJ-135 Commercial Jet Aircraft (ERJ-145 Derivative):- Hands-on engineer for flight tests, data reduction and analysis for certification reports (test proposal and test results under JAR-AWO subpart 2).