FRANCESCA RICCHIERI

Aerospace Engineer

Lungo Po Venezia 7 – 10099 San Mauro T.se (TO) - Italy

+39-328*******

acvj5e@r.postjobfree.com

Sipal S.p.A. consultant c/o Leonardo/Finmeccanica Aircraft Division – Turin, Italy

Work experience

Customer Support

ISSC (In Service Support Center) - Eurofighter Help Desk engineer

January 2015 - present

Providing adequate technical answers to the resolution of the problems highlighted by Eurofighter Customers:

involving specialists of various disciplines

managing the flow of technical information within Finmeccanica, or if necessary to other EPC’s (Eurofighter Partner Companies) or suppliers

ensuring compliance with contractual deadlines

System Laboratories

EMC engineer (C-27J Spartan, MRCA Tornado and Eurofighter Typhoon)

January - December 2014

EMC testing: External RF Radiated Field test, High Intensity Radiated field (HIRF) test, I-EED spurious energy pick-up test, Intra-system test, RF enhanced level test

writing new documents (Operative Procedures, Technical Descriptions of instrumentation facilities, Technical Descriptions of facilities upgrading)

Flight Operations & Training

Maintenance Avionics instructor (C-27J, ATR42 MP, Eurofighter)

January 2007 - December 2013

Specialization in Communication, Navigation, Indicating and Recording Systems

production, verification and updating of material (PowerPoint presentations, Training Notes) for maintenance training

teaching lessons in classroom (aircraft systems familiarization, maintenance operations, troubleshooting)

on aircraft field training (On Job Training)

Standardization of documentation for Pilots Training (C-27J, C-130J and M346)

collecting and classification of existing documentation

participation in the drafting of new documents (Operating Tactical Manual, Pilot Syllabus for Functional Check Flights, Flight Phase Syllabus for Instructor Pilot, Crew Training Manual)

participation in C-27J simulator sessions for collecting of flight data to be introduced in the C-27J Tactical Manual

participation in production of PowerPoint presentations for C-27J and C-130J Pilots courses

Flight Test

Flight Test Instrumentation engineer (C-27J, Tornado, Sky-X)

November 1999 - December 2006

Responsible for instrumentation for aircraft prototypes (aircraft certification)

designing and drawing of the FTI system

selectioning and supplying of equipment and transducers

verification and functional check of what is available in stock

setting up and functional test of the system on board

management of FTI system to guarantee efficiency, and assistance for flight tests

realization and updating of description and qualification documents

support for flight test trials (AMI airbases in Decimomannu and Pisa, and abroad)

Responsible for Quality for FTI office

collecting regulations, procedures and operational instructions about designing, development and management of a FTI system

updating documentation

production of management documentation suitable for new technologies

involvement in definition of requirements for creation of a software application for management of FTI system failures, for every prototype

production and setting up of the software package

management of related database

Education

Master Degree in Aerospace Engineering – Politecnico of Torino

October 1999

Thesis on AEROGASDYNAMICS

Personal skills and competences

Italian mother tongue

Other languages

Self-assessment European level Understanding

Speaking

Writing

Listening

Reading

Spoken interaction

Spoken production

English

C1

C1

C1

C1

C1

French

B2

C1

B2

B2

C1 Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level

First Certificate in English (FCE) – June 2011

Cambridge English Advanced (CAE) –March 2014

Computer skills

DOS, Windows; Office, Explorer; Photoshop, Autocad, LabVIEW

Other skills and competences

Ultralights Flight

Licensed Professional Engineer – Politecnico of Torino, January 2000

Registration at the Engineers Association of Province of Torino (April 2002)

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