Abel Calvo

Experience

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  Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

  Sept 1997 - Apr 1998

  Software Engineer

  • Develop of "MultiPlatform Application Interface (MPAPI)" library for graphical applications using Tcl/Tk.

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  TENMEGA SA

  May 1998 - May 1998

  Service Engineer

  Technical support and post-sales service.• Communication equipment (routers, hubs).• Transmission media (optical fiber, coaxial cable).

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  Sony Europe

  Jun 1998 - Oct 2024

  Manager of requirements collection projects, formulating, reviewing, analyzing, and verifying requirements to enhance the competitiveness of Television products in the European market.• Evaluate business cases, project scope, prioritize, and conduct risk assessment in communication with stakeholders.• Capturing requirements from technical specifications and European regulations.• Preparation of tests and Verification of requirements.• Prioritization of requirements and Risk assessment.• Tracking of requirements.• Identification of the potential for improvement and cost down.• Responsible for managing a team as Line Manager: KPIs, Performance and annual salary reviews, Developing career of team members.• Use of project management tools• Sony Sustainability Ambassador. Show less Manager of technology, specifications and requirements for Nordic countries and Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) to keep the competitiveness of TV products.• Contact with major television providers and broadcasters in the area: YouSee, Stofa, Viasat, Telenor, DR, TV2, Com Hem, Vodafone, PŸUR, Sky, ARD, ZDF, RTL, Pro7, ORF, M7 Group, etc.• Capture specifications and requirements for new products.• Quality Assurance through in-house and field test planning and execution.• Achieve relevant industry certifications for TV products.• Study of market expansion possibilities.• Interface with Marketing and Sales to spot specific market demands.• Support to Service for technical troubleshooting of market issues.• Attendance to major industry fairs to meet partners and follow the latest technology trends.• Maintenance of remote debugging system, to allow remote tests of TVs from external sites.• Responsible for managing a team as Line Manager: KPIs, Performance and annual salary reviews, Developing career of team members. Show less Engineering software to deliver high-quality software for Television products in the European market.• Utilize programming skills in C and assembly languages.• Develop communication protocols (e.g. SmartLink), Graphical User Interface (GUI), drivers and applications.• Conduct Software Quality Assurance through meticulous planning and execution of in-house and field tests.• Perform system integration of TV and VCR software for combined TV+VCR products.• Provide technical support to address market-related issues and troubleshoot service issues as needed.• Use of industrial communication protocols (e.g. I2C). Show less

  • Requirements Manager

    Apr 2020 - Oct 2024

  • Digital Technology Manager

    Jan 2011 - Mar 2020

  • Software Project Manager

    Jan 2004 - Dec 2010

  • Software Engineer

    Jun 1998 - Dec 2003
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  Alstom

  Oct 2024 - now

  Project Verification & Validation Engineer

  Member of the onboard project Verification & Validation team to enable the upgrade of Denmark´s entire mainline railway network with state-of-the-art ERTMS level 2 baseline 3 signalling technology.• Define and review the test procedures for the onboard ETCS sub-system.• Run tests, analyze the results and write test reports: factory integration, static commissioning onboard the trains, dynamic functional tests on trial and open tracks.• Support the deployment and maintenance of the test bench and tools to carry out the tests.• Organize and perform troubleshooting in case of failure.• Formalize anomaly reports.• Define regression test strategies after anomaly correction in coordination with the back-office engineering team.• Provide support and technical expertise to the other teams.• Manage configuration and change management cycle related to V&V activities and documents (simulation configuration, anomaly tracking, site result reports etc.).• Represent Alstom in front of customers or partners to provide an overview of test progress, issues, risks and opportunities. Show less