Nikolay Primerov

Experience

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  PromAlpUralComplex

  Apr 2003 - Aug 2005

  Industrial rope access alpinist

  As a leader of the 4-10 alpinist team it was my responsibility to oversee and deliver the performed construction or/and cleaning services to the customer. Customers were: Trade Center with facilities of ~4000 m2, office skyscrapers, government buildings etc

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  Silver Fiber Optics

  Sept 2005 - Mar 2008

  Process developer

  As one of the 3 process developers I conceptualized and constructed a new plant for growing crystals of solid solution of silver halides.New plant offers: • ×10 faster growing speed without deterioration of optical properties;• high homogeneity of the doped crystals;• control of the crystallization front form;From new crystals we extruded high plasticity, nontoxic and nonhygroscopic fibers transparent for 2-20 um irradiation. Doped fibers are the first fiber scintillators for detection of ionizing radiation.3 patents obtained. Show less

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  EPFL

  Jun 2008 - Feb 2013

  Ph.D.

  During my Ph.D. in the field of Nonlinear Fiber Optics I developed and experimentally demonstrated:-High resolution temperature and stress distributed fiber sensors; New sensor has record spatial resolution of 1 cm;-All-optical signal delay lines (optical memory) using dynamic grating reflectors for telecommunication and radio frequency signals; Distortionless delay line with expanded buffer time; Dynamic grating based optical processor, which allows true time reversal of data packets, optical integration and differentiation; Processor can perform new operations at high data rates;Collaborations with researchers from Spain, Korea and Israel resulted in considerable number of articles for top ranked scientific journals and world known conferences. Besides my research activity I was responsible for finding optical component supplier for our laboratory. Show less

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  Omnisens SA

  Mar 2013 - Jan 2017

  As an R&D and Application engineer my responsibilities include:- Infield instruments test for new market applications- Distributed strain/temperature sensor characterization and performance evaluation- Engineering and building qualification setups for full range of distributed fiber optic temperature/strain sensors- Data analysis, signal processing, and algorithm development- Optical tuning procedures/manufacturing documentation set up- New component search, testing, and integration in product- Certification of the products according to international laser/electrical equipment standards- Software improvement- Technical sales support, product demonstration- Face to face customer consulting, training, and support with complex technical issues- Sensor data interpretation and simulation, customer results reporting- Resolving manufacturing problems with instrument optical configurationAchievements:- Built qualification setups for assessing instrument performance at factory acceptance test- Established production documentation, manufacturing instruction and templates for instrument qualification- Successful implementation of 4 pilot experiments using distributed temperature/strain monitoring and intrusion detection systems, which resulted in clients ordering our solution.- Integration, industrialization of the new instrument in company’s product range Show less Main responsibilities: - Installation and configuration of the long range temperature/strain monitoring solutions at the customer promises;- Technology presentation and customer training to operate provided solutions;- Testing and quality control of new products/software. Related documentation update. - Data interpretation, event analysis and client’s support;- Research projects, field tests and data analysis for new product development;- Service Field Engineers training and support;Achievements and Experience:- Successfully installed >10 distributed fiber optic temperature/strain solutions at client’s promises in Europe, UK, UAE, Russia, and Vietnam. Successful installation resulted in signing service contracts. Service contracts make more than 50% of company’s income;- Tested, performed analytical quality control of 3 new instruments;- Research and Development of new processing methods for data treatment in company's software;- Presented the technology to new clients, resulting in selling new projects;- Performed analysis of experimental data for new product line;- Supported and trained new Service Engineers;- Created detailed instructions/procedures for manufacturing and service departments;- Using Scilab processed and analysed data from 3 research/field test projects;- Performed temperature tests and analysed optical characteristics of various fiber optic cables;- Troubleshoot problems in our solutions together with SW team; Show less

  • R&D and application engineer

    Sept 2015 - Jan 2017

  • Application & Service Field Engineer

    Mar 2013 - Aug 2015
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  Black Diamond Equipment AG

  Jan 2014 - now

  Black Diamond Ambassador

  Ambassador for Black Diamond Equipment.Represent Black Diamond at Ice Climbing World Competitions and various outdoor projects.

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  Exalos AG

  Dec 2017 - now

  Optics and Laser Engineer

  Development of high speed swept sources, wide range wavelength-tunable lasers and RGB engines using hybrid optical integration.