Simon Tuppurainen

Experience

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  Royal Australian Air Force

  Jan 1990 - Sept 2010

  Project engineer for a capital acquisition project in Russell Offices in Canberra. Team Leader of technical staff in Engineer Officer training at RAAF Wagga Wagga. Various engineering tasks/Team Leader positions within the Systems Project Office (SPO) at RAAF Williamtown.Senior Maintenance Manager with 4 Squadron at RAAF Williamtown managing a team of 30 technical personnel. Staff Officer role at 81WG Headquarters. Performed fault finding and repair of circuit cards from various systems on the P3C Orion aircarft. Maintained and repaired Automatic Test Stations and performed multi-layered circuit board repairs utilising high reliability hand soldering techniques.

  • Engineering Officer

    Jan 1998 - Sept 2010

  • Avionics Technician

    Jan 1990 - Dec 1997
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  NEPEAN Power

  Sept 2010 - Apr 2015

  Senior Engineer

  Approval of Engineering designs for underground mining equipment, including VVVF control of conveyor motor systems and flameproof equipment.Implementation of an Engineering Configuration Management system.Producing designs both mechanical and electrical for projects for underground material handling systems.Management of a team of up to 8 design engineers and CAD drafters.

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  SRO

  May 2015 - Jun 2015

  Engineer

  Contract work - updating manuals and process improvement activities

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  Boeing

  Jul 2015 - now

  Responsible for electrical design, drafting, obsolescence remediation, power, weight and cooling analysis in relation to the AEW&C Ground Segments.Preparation of Wedgetail ISS Contract Data Requirements List deliverables.Development and production of BDA Wedgetail ISS Engineering Management System plans.System troubleshooting and analysis.

  • Engineering Manager

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Capability Manager

    Jul 2017 - Nov 2023

  • Senior Hardware Engineer - Wedgetail ISS

    Jul 2015 - Jul 2017