Cyril Carpentier

Mission for Altran EST at Autoliv (based in Hamburg, Germany)
Resident engineer for a french-german mecatronic project

Autoliv worldwide leader in automotive safety in belt and airbags systems
> Product: Electrical belt system
New product to improve automotive safety: detection of critical situation to pull the belt before a crash. The electronic part is designed and produced in France, and the Mechanical part in Germany - www.autoliv.com

MISSION :
ALTRAN EST consultant at AUTOLIV for the coordination of 2 R&D centres to design the electrical belt system.

TASKS :
>Coordination between French and German teams
Gateway between the 2 R&D centres to guide, follow-up and improve communication
> Electronic integration into the mecatronic system in Germany
Electronic and mechanic design follow-up to ensure the correct electronic integration and use into the system.
Help on system level decision thanks to my skills in electronics
> Test strategy organisation
According to customer specification, electronic test strategy definition, organisation and management.
> Participation in a global platform for future projects and demonstrators
Mission extended to future products definition and vehicle demonstrators.
Goals: System engineering, electronic integration and coordination between the 2 centres

KNOWLEDGE :
Communication skills, Process for automotive industry, Electrical motors, embedded SW, test procedures, CAN bus and tools (CANoe).

Sector: Electrical and electronic industries

Working experience at SIEMENS VDO AUTOMOTIVE in Regensburg, Germany
> HW and SW development for test automation for Airbag ECU
HW Improvement of a test bench to simulate system failure
Programming of SW to control the test bench
> Test at different level of V-cycle

> Knowledge: Test process, HW development, Programming in C++ with MFC, CAN tools

Sector: Electronics and microelectronics