Technical Documentation System Engineer

JAVIER GAVILANES MUNOZ DE LUCAS

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PROFILE

System Engineer with extensive experience in electronics (analogue/RF) board development, production, prototyping, integration, assembling, and testing using instrument for electronic/electrical tests, verification, validation, calibration, commissioning and production of technical documentation, write and follow accurate test plans, capture, read and interpret complex parts/wiring diagrams, electrical schematics.

KEY RELEVANT SKILLS AND STRENGTHS

Experience in electronics equipment production from definition, designing to validations/verification/calibration with strong focusing in the product life cycle (DFM, TFM) responsible for the development, design of hardware equipment, prototyping, testing functional and environmental tests during development and integration stages, writing /managing technical documentation, capturing and reading electronic/electrical schematics/PCB for satellite, railways, embedded hardware boards, aerospace and naval industries.

Proficient in managing and configuring instrument measurement tools for electronic /RF equipment like oscilloscope, VNA, DMM, frequency counter, power meter, signal generators, etc., performing board integration and assembly. Producing automatic tests definition based on LabVIEW or running text script with Python or Visual Basic programming language. Test plans includes environmental, vacuum, vibrational, EMC test according with the relevant space standards applicable. Experience with communication interface like GPIB, USB, RS232, SPI buses.

Producing technical documentation which includes verification and validation reports, DVT (design verification tests), worst case analysis, user manuals, BOM list, cable schedule, test plans, managing DOORS for system requirements and traceability and technical procedures for assembly, wiring and setting up of hardware equipment during their different integration stages.

Proficient with software development, simulation and diagnostic tools for electrical/electronic circuits.

Technical dealing with stakeholders, with management support over key milestones during production life-cycle, kick-off meeting, PDR, CDR, TRR, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Electronic design/simulation software tools: Altium design, PCSPICE, ADS, Electrical CAD.

Laboratory test equipment: Oscilloscopes, Signal generators, frequency meter, spectrum analysers, network analysers, bolometers, DMM, VNA.

Communication and control: Serial communication interfaces: GPIB, I2C, USB, RS232, RS422

Systems Engineering managements: Working experience with Rational DOORS, Trace Cloud

Project and Document Management tools: Jira, Confluence.

Databases: MySQL

Operative systems: Windows.

Computer languages: LabVIEW, C++, Python, Visual Basic.NET

Microsoft Office: MS Office including: MS Excel, MS Word, Power Point

EMPLOYMENT

Technical and researching Writer Nov 2024 - Current

Pertronic Industries Wellington, New Zealand

https://www.pertronic.co.nz/

Creation & maintaining Pertronic’s customer-facing technical documentation through hands-on

product learning and liaison with stakeholders.

Create or update product technical documentation, including generating graphics &/or processing images, as required, to achieve the required levels of quality and content in a timely manner.

Manage document versioning methodology and traceability using Wildfire, Jira and Confluence as the main software documentation and project resources management.

Reading and understanding electrical schematics, PCB layout, component datasheets which are the fundamental of control panels, loop boards, speaker amplifiers, microprocessors designed.

Generate test procedures for hardware and firmware products, technical notes, user manuals, datasheets, installation manuals in word and pdf formats.

Base on New Zealand, Australian and US standards research and update information for future editions of the different documents produced.

Senior Systems Engineer March 2024 – Nov 2024

SopraSteria (Engineering consultancy solutions) Madrid, Spain

http://www.soprasteria.com/

Working at Indra Military and Defence Systems.

Carry out requirement analysis over the stakeholder specifications, functional architecture and electronic subsystem and component level of transponder and interrogation electronic equipment for a specific secondary radar subsystem installed on the military aircraft Eurofighter.

Monitoring along the V lifecycle managing subsystems requirement, validation, verification against functional and safety requirement integration of different modules and perform final validation procedure to complain client’s specification.

Altium Designer as the main software tool for capturing electronic schematics. DOORS management system software tool for traceability and gap analysis at system, subsystem and component level.

Calibration Engineer Technician Feb 2023 – Nov 2023

Babcock International (global defense and aerospace company) Auckland, New Zealand

https://www.babcockinternational.com/

Carry out calibration and repair activities on Electronic and Communications test equipment.

Identify and rectify faults in test equipment.

Ensure all maintenance, repairing and updating electronic boards for commercial instrument measurement tools, understanding and reading multilayer PCB’s and working with electronic/electrical schematics soldering lumped and SMD components.

Assist Calibration Services Manager in reviewing and updating current systems to

extend through life support of life x electronic test equipment for the NZDF.

IANZ and international standards fully calibration of hardware devices.

Ensure all calibration of equipment is carried out and completed

to schedule, in accordance with customer specifications and requirements.

Calibrate and repair a wide range of analogue and digital low-voltage electronic test

equipment

Highlight any possible cost overruns or defects which may arise.

Develop test procedures for Air and Navy electronic and communication test equipment.

Assist in the planning of Calibration Centre workload when input is deemed necessary.

Work as part of a team to achieve delivery of unit outputs.

Programming for automatic test procedures using C++ based source codes and VBA.

System Engineer May 2019 – October 2022

Self-employed/contract

Producing technical documentation in railways, aerospace, electrical industry.

Designing an electronic circuit with Altium designer and capturing electronic schematic of a multi transceiver VHF low pass filter and harmonic suppressor and modifying its previous PCB layout.

Electronic Architect solution Athena Filter wheel electrical subsystem at Thales Alenia Space Zurich-Switzerland.

Updating RAM Report High Speed Line VALEBU railways project

System Engineer Nov 2017 – Jun 2018

Performance Drivers (specialized management consultants) Sydney, Australia www.performancedrivers.com.au/

Working at Tyco first and John Holland after for The Light Rail Capital Metro Canberra Signalling and Communication System project.

Updating, configuring and also capturing electrical schematics for electrical circuits using Electrical CAD software, these circuits include WIFI receptors, optical cable connection, communications, power source cables, multiple hardware devices like screens, speakers, WIFI spots, ticketing machines and multiple sensors for AVLS subsystem.

Migrating and updating to Tracecloud requirement management of the requirements and traceability of PIDS subsystems (passenger information display), LRV Signalling, Meridian (monitor and control all signals & communication devices and LRV movement).

Cable schedule for connection of the different subsystems across different metro stations.

Modifications and updates of electrical schematics and data signals that integrate the AVLS (automatic vehicle location system), SCADA, CCTV system, Audio system, PIDS, passenger network, ticketing machines.

Updating architecture schematic for the LRV (light rail vehicle) subsystem.

Updating Patch panel and network switches ports for each metro station.

Updating DIR report (deployed item register).

Achievements:

Migrated and updated electrical and communications subsystem requirements from DOORs to Trace Cloud software requirement tool.

Updating, reviewing and improving electrical schematic drawing related with cable scheduling and wiring connections for electrical, power and telco subsystems for Capital Metro Project.

Senior System Engineer May 2016 – Jul 2017

MCS Digital. (radio communications systems and equipment) Melbourne, Australia http://mcsdigital.com.au/

Supporting technical documentation related to V&V for FAT (factory acceptance test) during commissioning stage of different communication racks for Sydney Train project.

CECOCO System: Writing and updating SAT (site acceptance test) documentation of equipment installed in the station's rack, which includes HW and SW test procedure during installation and commissioning phases.

NEBULA base station (SBS): Writing and updating SAT (site acceptance test) documentation of equipment installed in the SBS room which includes HW and SW test procedure during installation and commissioning phases.

NEBULA central node (SCN): perform SAT (site acceptance test) documentation of equipment installed in the station's racks which includes HW and SW test procedure during installation and commissioning phases.

Radio System: Updating and controlling the Test & Commissioning management plan document (TCMP) defining which are the Factory verification (FAT), Integration tests and Site validation (SAT) of its different subsystems composed by O&M Radio, RDN and DCS.

Lead Hardware Engineer Nov 2014 – March 2016

Digi International (hardware, software production and support) Logrono, Spain http://www.digi.com

Developing and producing DVT (Design Verification Test procedure) according with IEEE standards 802.11/a b g n ac and 802.15.1 for the RF module embedded into the multipurpose board Connect Core i.MX6UL which includes WLAN, Bluetooth capabilities.

Debugging and testing RF channel in the embedded board through microcontroller with LabVIEW graphic language.

Testing microcontrollers and its interfaces including low power batteries, serial ports, MCU, ADCs thorough Jtag channel.

Research Assistant Jul 2012 – Aug 2014

Electrical, Engineering and Telecommunications School, University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia

http://www.eet.unsw.edu.au

Designing and performing the initial verification tests of the RF board PC104 based on the Namuru receiver which includes RF switching configuration for GPS antennas built in the cubesat prototype for the QB50 project.

Performing the initial research of nanosatellites-type technology for the program of Masters in Satellites Systems developed by the Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications School of the University of NSW.

Project Consultant Mar 2007 – May 2011

Altran Technologies (IT Consultancy) Madrid, Spain http://www.Altran.com

. Assessing SAM documentation PSSA, FTA for BOOM subsystem (Airbus A330 in-flight Air Refueling System) for EADS/CASA.

. Assessing and producing functional and non-functional Validation tests plan for a PM (processor Module) WESTRACE/MK II following the European standard CENELEC guidance for railways tests procedure for DIMETRONIC client.

. Assessing and producing non-functional certification tests over a Local Switching Gear Box following the European standard CENELEC guidance for railways environmental procedure for DIMETRONIC client.

. Researching and developing technical documentation, electrical plans, interfaces plans and material and wiring schedule for COMSSIC project for the Spanish Navy ship project at Indra Systems.

. Researching and developing technical documentation, electrical plans, interfaces plans and material and wiring schedule for SECOMSAT project for the Spanish Navy ships radars project at Indra Systems.

Achievement:

Researching and producing non-functional certification tests for WESTRACE/MARK II interlocking device.

Key Projects

Assessing SAM documentation for BOOM SubSystem (Airbus A330 in-flight Air Refuelling System) for EADS/CASA (Madrid, Spain 2008)

Studying and developing the non-functional battery test for the interlocking electronic card WESTRACE/MK II according to the UNE railway European normative for DIMETRONIC (Madrid, Spain 2009)

Researching and developing all technical documentation, electrical plans, interfaces plans and material and wire list of COMSSIC project for Spanish navy ships for Indra Systems (Madrid, Spain 2009-2011)

Researching and developing technical documentation, electrical plans, interfaces plans and material and wire list of the SECOMSAT project for Spanish navy ships radars for Indra Systems (Madrid, Spain 2010-2011)

TTC Subsystems Engineer Feb 2000 – Feb 2006

Thales Alenia Space (Former Alcatel Space) (Satellite equipment design and production) Madrid, Spain

https://www.thalesgroup.com/en

Designing and producing radiofrequency equipment for satellites, analogue/digital circuits.

Performing electronic simulations with different EDA software: Altium, ADS, Mentor graphics, PCSpice, ECAD.

Providing technical research and analysis for future satellite projects

Prototyping, assembling electronic circuits, subsystems level.

Testing and calibrating RF electronic boards with Test equipment tools (spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, VNA, DMM, power meter) including test on temperature chambers, vacuum chambers, EMC and vibration.

Writing all technical documentation involved during the different lifecycle stages of the production, capturing schematics, PCB design, components listing and user manuals. Following DFT and DFM procedures.

Key Projects

Designing and developing two FM Receptors electronic equipments in the VHF band for MTSAT project for the Japan Meteorological Agency

Designing and testing back-panel board for LEOSTAR transponder equipment. (Madrid, Spain 2001)

Designing and developing two FM Transmitters electronic equipment in the VHF band for MTSAT II project for the Japan Meteorological Agency

Designing, developing and delivering five FM transponders equipment in X-Band for Herschel - Planck project for the ESA (European Space Agency)

Studying and developing conceptual design of the FM down-converter electronic equipment for COMS project for South Korean Aerospace and Research Institute (KARI)

EDUCATION

QMS Aerospace standard AS 9100D Auditor April 2020

SAE International – Madrid, Spain

QMS Standard ISO 9001:2015 Internal Auditor Mar 2020

360Training – Madrid, Spain

Advanced Diploma IT Feb 2015 – Sept 2015

Kent Institute of Business and Technology – Sydney, Australia

Diploma in IT Jan 2013 – Nov 2014

Australasia Academies – Sydney, Australia

Certificate IV in Business Nov 2017 – Jun 2018

The Eagle Academy– Gold Coast, Australia

Postgraduate Diploma in Satellite Communications Jun 2001 - Sep 2005

EUI Telecommunications University – Madrid, Spain.

Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Engineering Feb 1993 -Dec 2001

Polytechnic University of Madrid

INTERESTS

Travel, cinema, internet, fixing computers, reading

Sports: swimming and tennis

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