Engineer Control

Personal Details:

Name: Phillip James Sheen

Address: **** *** *******,

Saint Laurent,

(QC) H4L 2K3,

Canada.

Telephone: +1-514-***-**** E-mail: *******.*****@*****.*** Date of Birth: 16th March 1969 Age: 46

Nationality: British Status: Married

Personal Profile:

An enthusiastic, intelligent, reliable and highly professional Aeronautical engineer with extensive aerospace industry experience on two continents. Technical expert, with a thorough understanding of Flight Mechanics, Stability & Control, Flight Testing, FBW Control Law Design, Verification and Integration, mathematical modelling and computer simulation of aerospace vehicles. Eager to expand upon current knowledge and experience by undertaking new challenges and learning new skills. Proven ability to work successfully as a team member or on an individual basis. Repeated achievement of targets and deadlines through the use of initiative and good organisational skills. Experience of supervising and motivating colleagues and external staff.

Employment Details:

Dates Employer / Type Of Work

08/11 - Bombardier Aerospace, Montreal, Canada

Senior Engineering Specialist in the Flight Sciences Department, working within the Flight Test Center. Handling Qualities focal for the team responsible for the planning, preparation

(including test hazard assessment and safety of flight briefings), execution and analysis of flight tests for the evaluation and certification of the Stability & Control/Handling Qualities aspects of the C-Series aircraft. Key member in defining the processes and computing tools/environments utilised by the team for preparation, support and analysis of test activities to ensure safe, efficient test execution. Actively involved in the training and development of the group of young engineers that form a major part of this team. Also was a member of the team responsible for Flight Mechanics and Stability & Control studies and assessments during development phase.

11/10 -

08/11

Piaggio Aero Industries, Finale Ligure, Italy

Working as a contract engineer within a group tasked with supporting the development of manned and unmanned derivatives of the P180 Avanti. Member of a small team responsible for Flight Mechanics and Stability & Control studies and assessments, with responsibility for the creation, support and use of a MATLAB/Simulink environment. 2/01 –

11/10

Alenia Aermacchi, Varese, Italy

Working as a contract engineer within the Flight Control System group. Member of a small team designing, developing and testing the Control Laws for the M-346 jet trainer, with particular responsibility for Control Laws functional requirements specification, functional test and verification requirements definition and cross functional co-ordination. Leader of group tasked with characterisation of External Stores and integration with Flight Control System. Member of small team responsible for ‘rapid prototyping’ and flight testing of Control Law improvements.

Performed a key role in the development of MATLAB/Simulink environments for Flight Mechanics Simulation, Control Law Design and Test. Actively involved in the training and development of the group of young engineers that form a significant part of the M-346 Flight Controls Team.

Employment Details:

Dates Employer / Type Of Work

10/98 –

2/01

Working and traveling within Europe and Australia, including a winter season in Austria as Hotel Manager and 18 months in Italy, working for two winter seasons as a Ski Technician. 1/97 –

9/98

Boeing, Seattle, WA, USA.

Working as a contract engineer within the Stability & Control group. Member of the 737 Product Support Team and actively involved in Accident & Incident Investigation work. Mainly responsible for the generation of upgraded simulation models to reflect the results of a series of highly dynamic, high sideslip flight tests. This included acting as a focal point in the planning, execution and analysis of these tests.

Regularly involved in planning, performing and analysing piloted simulation sessions in support of the 737 fleet. This included the preparation and demonstration of accident and incident scenarios to external customers, e.g. NTSB, FAA. Closely involved in the training, development and mentoring of the group of young graduate engineers that formed most of the 737 Product Support Team. 4/96 –

12/96

Sonda Aviation Enterprises Ltd., Shoreham-By-Sea, UK. Member of a small team that upgraded and certified a Full Flight Training Simulator with particular responsibility for the Aerodynamic and Control System modeling, testing and certification.

Also responsible for aerodynamic modeling and flight test planning for other flight training devices.

12/95 –

4/96

Hotel Grand Palace, Sauze D’Oulx, Italy.

Employed as a full-time barman in the busy hotel bar and disco with responsibility for day-to- day operations.

10/90 –

12/95

AVRO International Aerospace Division, British Aerospace PLC, Woodford, UK. Senior Engineer in the Aerodynamics Department. The majority of my time was spent within the Stability and Control Section, but also included a secondment to the Flight Test Department.

Mainly involved in the generation and use of computer models and simulations for a variety of aircraft projects and ultimately had sole responsibility for this function. Additionally, developed and tested a suite of Parameter Identification (PID) tools for the analysis of Flight Test data.

Member of the AVRO team investigating the impact of Fly-By-Wire technology on regional jet airliner flying qualities. Involved in preliminary design trade studies, before leading a team responsible for the design and pilot evaluation of several Control Law strategies. In conjunction with this, acted as industrial supervisor to two Ph.D. students at Cranfield University and was a member of a GARTEUR group investigating Robust Flight Control Techniques.

Education & Qualifications:

Course Institute Examinations Dates

BEng (Hons.)

Aeronautical

Engineering.

Imperial College of Science,

Technology and Medicine,

London.

Passed with 1st Class Honours 1987 - 90

GCE ‘A’ and ‘O’

Levels.

W.R. Tuson College, Preston 3 Grade A’s at ‘A’ Level, in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

‘O’ level Grade B in Control Technology.

1985 - 87

GCE ‘O’ Levels Broughton High School, Preston 5 Grade A’s and 4 Grade B’s at ‘O’ Level. 1981 - 85 Since graduating, I have attended several courses that have expanded my technical insight and interpersonal/presentational skills. Details of these courses can be provided on request. Background Information:

Interest/Hobbies:

I enjoy participating in most sports, particularly swimming, skiing and snowboarding. More relaxing activities include scuba diving and sailing (RYA ‘Day Skipper’ qualification). Other Skills:

“Unofficial” social secretary for most of the departments in which I have worked, responsible for organising a range of social activities, including barbeques, skiing/snowboarding, Go-Karting, sailing, and group meals for colleagues and family.

Native English speaker, excellent conversational Italian and basic French. I have held a full driving licence since 1991 and enjoy driving. References:

References can be provided upon request.

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