Nicolas Dussaule

Experience

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  Öhlins Racing AB

  Sept 2009 - Aug 2013

  Racing suspensions technician

  Products : High performance suspensions for cars, motorcycles, ATV, trucks, handiski, ... - Suspensions settings development determinated by strength curves measured via a test bench (Dynosoft) or according to the rider feeling. - Shock absorbers sizing according to the design of the vehicle‘s frame. - Maintenance of several types of vehicles suspensions (rally trucks, cars, motocross, ATV…). - Race assistance

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  Eaton

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Continuous improvement intern

  Products: Fire alarm systems - SMED method to reduce changeover times of a production line which places CMS components on electronic cards. - Quality controls on fire detections systems made by external suppliers and analysis of results.

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  Safran Electronics & Defense

  Sept 2014 - Oct 2023

  Products: Inertial navigation units for aeronautical, space and military programs- Technical support for manufacturing on complex processes/products (ISO 3 clean workshop) o Driving the industrialization of new products/processes o Establishment and driving of the monitoring plan for product and process key parameters o Expertise on different products/processes: Technical specification analysis, team working with external stakeholders, used of tools like PDCA, AMDEC, Gantt Project, Matlab, Minitab, ... o Daily user of SAP ERP and GITIS PLM o Hierarchical management of 3 technicians and 1 apprentice engineer- Managing an R&T project as part of a Safran innovation challenge o Technical exchanges with university researchers o Feasibility study with various Safran experts (drones and soldier of the future) o Selected within the 5 finalist projects and presentation to the Safran's COMEX Show less Products: Hemispheric resonator gyrometers- Implementation of a production control plan for a new product o Choice of key parameters (product and process) o Database and statistical analysis technical specification writing o IHM development and database administration o Datamatrix reader test and choice based on the requirements o Ethernet physical network technical specification working o Creating of an Automatic Dashboard (Excel/Visual Basic) o Weekly review of the key parameters with the process team - Technical projects management o Capability study on complex production systems o Problem solving on production process Statistical analysis Tests and measurment (accelerometers and laser-vibrometer) New tooling design and specification writing- Production flow project o Product creation on the SAP ERP and managment of all the production impact Show less

  • Product method & process manager

    May 2019 - Oct 2023

  • Production Monitoring Engineer

    Sept 2017 - May 2019

  • Continuous improvement apprentice

    Sept 2014 - Sept 2017
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  Safran Electrical & Power

  Jun 2016 - Nov 2016

  Ram Air Turbine engineering intern

  Products: Ram Air Turbines (Airbus and Comac Carrier)- Design of a telemetry system for Ram Air Turbineo Technologies and suppliers reviewo 3D Modeling and Drawing (Solidworks and Catia V5)o Material strength simulation (Catia V5)o Choice of sensors (strain gages, Hall effect sensors, ...)o Choice and programming of a microcontroller (TI CC3200)o Development of wired and wireless links (PWM, I2C, TCP/IP,...)o Delivery of a working prototype at the end of the internship Show less

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  Safran

  Sept 2023 - now

  Operationnal excellence project manager

  · Completion of a Black Belt certification curriculum · Management of improvement or transformation projects in the production, supply chain and MRO fields through Lean and 6 sigma methodologies. · Participation in the deployment of digital transformation through diagnostics Manufacturing 4.0. · Supervision and development of skills of Yellow/Green Belt projects · Promotion and training of Lean 6 Sigma methodologies. · Sharing of experiences and good practices within the Safran Group BLACK BELT community. Show less