Alexandra Maak

Experience

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  Raumhaus GmbH

  Oct 2000 - Mar 2003

  Lead of Interior Design Department

  Regular employment at a company for office interiors. Lead of the interior design department. Conceptual design and implementation of complete solutions, Furniture Design, LogisticsProjects such as: Egyptian Embassy in Berlin(from first sketch until delivery & assembly, Customer liaison and support, communication with suppliers and manufacturers, realisation of personal furniture concepts Compilation and Update of layouts in CADEmbassy & Residence of Bahrain in BerlinProject management Show less

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  Airbus

  Apr 2003 - Feb 2021

  Accountable to deliver customized and applicable color, material and finish solutions to airline customers. Responsible to translate first ideas into design concepts, strategical visions and branding plus customized concept solutions for the customer. This involves close cooperation with the creative/industrial design, lighting design, marketing, innovation, programme department to support the design process from concept through feasibility toward production. Identifying relevant trends and technologies, creating compelling image boards and focused programme palettes, while working cross-functional to support fast and dynamic timelines. Show less Responsible for the cross-programme preparation of interior colour specifications for customised cabin equipment of Airbus aircraft, including for the production-oriented allocation/selection of materials, colours and surfaces. Lead of negotiations, validation and deployment of customer, monitoring of definitions in design and manufacturing areas (internally and externally). Execution of master patterns for the design and production preparation/production release of surface materials. Responsible for monitoring the quality of the overall appearance of the passenger cabin. Customer support and customer guidance in terms of definition, production, lead time, installation and quality acceptance of cabin interiors for their version definition. Show less Test Rig Development & Instrumentation Responsible for the mechanical assembly of an 1:1 aircraft test rig as well as the integration of all cabin systems and cabin interiors into the test rig after structural completion. Planning and calculation of mock-ups concerning aircraft development accompanying integrations – and test rigs. Planning and accomplishment of test campaigns regarding cabin system validation. Analysis of test requests and consideration of requirement profiles of test rigs, mock-ups and integrations-rigs with the respective customer. Compilation of customer orders considering the dependent approach for realisation of the requests. Development, assembly and integration of test rig build-up. Estimation of costs, cash outflow and time schedules. Planning and coordination of test activities within the division concerning cabin systems validation. Show less Lead of different research and technology projects concerning aircraft cabin interiors and cabin systems. Technical management for different sized teams. Fully budget accountable within the project leads. Partially, different projects at a time. Some extracts: Multi Programme Cabin Projects Project lead of MPCP project „Next Generation Lighting“. Application of an innovative lighting technology into existent aircraft fleet, first focussing on the Single Aisle family. Supplier monitoring, cooperation with different departments with the target to achieve feasibility and qualification of the lighting technology for aviation. Assortment lining designFocal Point Courier Area A380 FreighterRequirement Based Engineering Show less

  • Color Trim & Finish Designer

    Jul 2020 - Feb 2021

  • Head of Quality Improvement Projects

    Apr 2019 - Jul 2020

  • Cabin Trim & Finish Solutions

    Feb 2015 - Mar 2019

  • Project Manager MFG.ENG. Technologies

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2015

  • Devision Production

    Nov 2012 - Sept 2013

  • Division Flight Test Instrumentation

    Feb 2008 - Nov 2012

  • Devision Engineering - Development/Design Engineer

    Apr 2003 - Feb 2008
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  Lee Hecht Harrison

  Feb 2021 - Jan 2022

  Transfer Company
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  Umlaut company

  Feb 2022 - Jun 2022

  Projektmanagerin
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  Damen

  Jul 2022 - now

  • Quality Manager

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Qualitätsingenieur

    Nov 2023 - Aug 2024

  • V&V Coordinator

    Jul 2022 - Nov 2023