Nicolas Louca
R&D Engineer at Elysee Irrigation Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Greek Native or bilingual proficiency
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Credentials
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Certified SAFe® 5 Practitioner
Scaled Agile, Inc.Apr, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Elysee Irrigation Ltd
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Cyprus
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Plastics Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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R&D Engineer
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Apr 2022 - Present
• Develop, design, and research plastic components for water supply, irrigation, and drainage systems in adherence to specifications, industry standards, and internal development requirements. • Create and refine mold designs, repair/enhancement modifications, and manufacturing tooling. Collaborate with the machine shop for production. • Evaluate and optimize existing products and processes to foster development and continuous improvement. • Oversee project management from initial concept to final deliverable, ensuring adherence to "Design for Manufacturability" and "Design for Assembly" principles. • Plan, execute, and document experimental tests, validating products and processes. • Conduct design analyses, including component fit calculations, dimensional tolerance analysis, and engineering stress assessments. • Utilize Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and injection molding simulations (Moldex3D) to validate product designs. • Address and resolve product quality concerns by employing root cause analysis to identify and prevent future issues. Show less
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CIMPA PLM Services
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France
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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PLM Process Engineer
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Sep 2019 - Dec 2021
Subcontractor at Airbus UK. Specialised in configuration management (CM) for Airbus commercial aircraft. Responsible for product breakdown structure (PBS) activities and related project management activities, including stakeholder management, reporting, facilitation of meetings and action tracking. • “Single Aisle” aircraft (A319/A320/A321) landing gear PBS re-baselining for migration from legacy PLM tools to a modernised PLM toolset. Validated the new PBS by completing a full mapping of the “As-Is” and “To-Be” product structures through analysing technical drawings/technical documents and engaging with project stakeholders. • Key user and tester in Advanced Business Testing (ABT) and Business Acceptance Testing (BAT) of the new PLM toolset for “Single-Aisle” aircraft, including the reporting and follow-up on defects. Participated in preparing test plans and user documentation for planned updates on the PLM platform of the A350 XWB family of aircraft • Supported CM activities for the wing assembly of “Single-Aisle” aircraft. • Investigated the impact of productivity software suite migration (from MS Office to Google G-Suite) on proprietary PLM/CAD tools. Developed and implemented VBA macros, to ensure time-efficient and accurate delivery of work within a short timeframe. Show less
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Team Bath Racing
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United Kingdom
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Aerodynamics Engineer
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Feb 2017 - Jul 2018
• Designed, developed and built the rear aerodynamic package of the TBR18 Formula Student car. Achieved increased downforce levels compared to previous cars while preserving aerodynamic efficiency and resolving major structural problems. • Involved with the general assembly and manufacturing of TBR18, especially with composites/carbon fibre parts. • Involved with market research and branding for both real-life team business and the Formula Student business logic case (which is assessed at Formula Student competitions). • Participated in Formula Student UK 2018, Formula Student East 2018 (Hungary) and Formula Student Austria 2018. The team’s best result was 3rd overall in Austria, becoming the top UK Formula Student team and 64th in the world (internal combustion category) for the 2018 Formula Student season. Show less
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Nissan Motor Corporation
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Japan
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Gasoline Engine Calibration/ROM Management Engineer
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Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
Year-long industrial placement at NTCE (Nissan Technical Centre Europe), working in the Powertrain Research & Development department (Gasoline Engine Calibration, Homologation and Testing team) • Managing calibrations provided from their respective responsible engine performance groups • Assembly of the calibration files for each build • Validation of calibrations on test vehicles (chassis dyno and on-road testing) and preparation of test reports • Liason with internal stakeholders and ECU (engine control unit) suppliers for new ROM releases, including the preparation of the documents associated with new ROM releases • Release of new calibration sets to factories and market network • Concern investigation, obtaining data from "concern vehicles" • Compiled and proposed a calibration final judge procedure for a specific type of gasoline engine found across Nissan's range of consumer road vehicles, in order to ensure new engine calibrations perform within the expected standards. This procedure was successfully adopted. • Exposure to chassis dyno emission testing and other performance groups such as engine driveability and engine dyno test Show less
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Education
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2018 - 2019
University of Bath
MSc, Entrepreneurship and Management -
2013 - 2018
University of Bath
MEng, Mechanical Engineering -
2004 - 2011
The English School, Nicosia
High School
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