François
Besnier
(602)
318-7254 – Email: francois@besnier.net
HONEYWELL
AEROSPACE,
Glendale, AZ,
System Safety
Engineer in Avionics
and Flight Controls - Consultant
o Produced the Fault Tree
Analysis
(FTA) for the primary flight controls of the Boeing 787
Fly-By-Wire
system Flight Control Electronic (FCE), which also comprises the
autoflight
function.
o Wrote associated FCE
System
Safety Analysis (SSA) documentation.
o Helped
writing FCE system
safety guidelines and plans.
o Wrote Preliminary
System
Safety Analysis (PSSA) on related Honeywell research activities for
advanced
fault tolerant Fly-By-Wire systems (Digital Flight Control System
(DFCS)
project with NASA).
o Wrote System Safety
Analysis
(SSA) for the Honeywell KSG7200 Air Data Attitude Heading Reference
System
(ADAHRS) airborne on Dassault
F7X
and Pilatus
PC12
planes.
o Produced the Pilatus
PC12 Preliminary Common Mode
Analysis (PCMA) of the Honeywell EPIC Automatic Flight Control System
(AFCS).
o Updated the System Safety
Analysis (SSA) previously created for Primus EPIC AFCS and ACAC ARJ21.
SMITHS AEROSPACE (Now GE Aviation)
@ BOEING,
System Safety
Engineer for the
Boeing 787 Landing Gear Control System
o Produced the Preliminary
System
Safety Analyses (PSSA) for the Boeing 787 Brake System and
Nose
Wheel Steering.
HONEYWELL
AEROSPACE,
System Safety
Engineer in Avionics
and Flight Controls
February 2004 – January 2005
o
Responsible
for the production of the Preliminary System
Safety Analysis for the fly-by-wire controls of the ARJ21 regional
jet of China’s AVIC I
Commercial Aircraft Co. (ACAC).
o Responsible for the
production of
certification documentation: System Safety Analyses (SSA) and/or Common
Mode
Analyses (CMA) on the Primus EPIC AFCS for one helicopter (AgustaWestland
AW139)
and the following fixed wing aircrafts:
- Dornier Do728 (discontinued),
- Gulfstream
G500,
G550,
- Dassault
Falcon F900EX EASy,
F2000 EASy, F7X
,
- Raytheon
Hawker 4000
Horizon,
The AFCS is highly integrated and
typically provides the
following functions: autopilot, flight director, yaw damper, stall
warning
& stall protection, auto-throttle, pitch autotrim, and Mach
trim.
o Wrote safety
documentation to meet FAA
/ EASA
system safety regulation (FAR/JAR
25.1309), using guidance provided by SAE
ARP-4761, and SAE
ARP-4754.
o Derived software
and hardware design assurance levels as per RTCA
DO-178B and RTCA
DO-254 to support design activities.
o Used Matlab Simulink
to analyze control laws
and propose design improvements, when required.
BOMBARDIER
AEROSPACE,
System Safety,
Reliability and
Maintainability Engineer
o System Safety Engineer,
responsible in charge of the secondary flight controls (Pitch trim /
Horizontal
Stabilizer, Spoilers, Flaps) and the electrical power generation system
for the
Continental Business Jet.
o Responsible for the
production or
review of the following Safety documentation:
- Fault Tree
Analysis (FTA),
- System Safety
Analysis (SSA),
- Failure Mode
Effect and
Criticality Analysis (FMECA),
- Functional
Hazard Analysis (FHA),
- Fire Hazard
Analysis,
o Involved with
Airworthiness
Authorities (Transport Canada)
regarding the Safety demonstration of Airworthiness as per JAR/FAR Part
25
(essentially § 25.1309) for the above systems.
o Co-ordinate Safety
activities with partners in Europe and in
SEXTANT AVIONIQUE
(now THALES),
Avionics System
Safety &
Reliability Engineer
o Responsible for Safety
&
Reliability certification of the avionics suite on the Bombardier
Aerospace DASH 8Q400
regional Turboprop aircraft (more
than 100 LRUs including the following flight controls: Stall Protection
System
and Autopilot).
o Negotiated with Bombardier
and Transport
Canada (TCA) with regard to
Safety & Reliability contractual requirements and Safety
guidelines.
o
Produced most of the Avionics
Safety & Reliability documentation from the preliminary design
to the final
certification (e.g. system FMECA, Software Safety Level Assessment,
Fault Tree
Analysis and System Safety Analysis, MMEL consolidation, Dispatch
Analysis,
etc.).
o Presented analysis results
to the
Airworthiness Authorities (Transport Canada)
or their representative (DAD).
LIGERON S.A,
France
May 1994 – January 1997
System Safety
& Reliability
Engineer
Missions
performed for LIGERON S.A. in the Aerospace
industry
MICROTURBO,
o Developed and produced
Safety
analysis for the APU328 on the SAAB JAS 39 aircraft (mechanical
reliability
prediction of turbine blades, fire analysis and Fault Tree Analysis).
TECHNOFAN,
o Responsible for
methodological
support of statistical methods for failure analysis and MTBUR report
(applicable to an air fan used in A320 Airbus).
TURBOMECA,
Bordes
o Resolved technical
difficulties
of 3D ARBIZON engines of the MILAS missile achieved through a
functional
approach and systematic specialist interviews.
o Co-ordinated
meetings of
missile experts on technical topics, such as software, hardware, fuel
hydraulics, mechanics and aerodynamics.
o Gave advice to the
Safety
& Reliability Department on how to manage reliability and
safety activities
in preliminary design phase.
CNES,
o Assisted the Project
Manager in
evaluating Safety & Reliability analysis for Advanced Gradient
Heating
Furnace (AGHF) that flew in Space Lab (NASA STS78) in June 1996.
o Wrote "Presentation de
methodes comparatives pour la securisation d'experiences scientifiques"
article for the Lambda-Mu10 National Conference held in
o Produced technical manual
to
monitor software reliability during the initial stages of development
(technical specifications and design).
ALCATEL ESPACE,
o
Responsible for Risk
Management analysis and meeting tight deadlines on an ongoing basis
regarding
telecommunications equipment used for satellite constellation
(WorldStar).
Missions
performed for LIGERON S.A.
in the Railway industry
CSEE TRANSPORT,
Les Ulis
o Developed and produced
Safety
& Reliability analysis documents for a new electronic speed
control device
intended for the next European TGV (high-speed train).
o Developed Safety &
Reliability plans to comply with CENELEC regulations.
o Produced System Safety
Analysis
(FMECA based on MIL-STD-1629 and Fault Trees).
FAIVELEY
TRANSPORT,
La Ville aux Dames
o Produced Safety Analysis
on
train brake systems (Functional Analysis SADT/SART, Fault Trees).
o Trained software
engineers on
techniques and tools to design and validate embedded real-time software
for
safety critical applications.
RATP,
Paris
o Developed reverse
engineering
analysis on real-time software (from low-level assembly language to
functional
analysis).
o Produced Hazard and Safety
analysis on critical embedded software for wheel anti-blocking and
anti-skid
system embedded on RER A.
o Designed specific analysis
tools
for reverse engineering analysis (machine code to specification).
Missions
performed for LIGERON S.A. in the other industries
REEL
(Nuclear Power), St-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or
o Guided Software Quality
strategies for safety critical software used on overhead cranes to load
or
unload fuel assemblies in reactors of EDF 900 MWe nuclear power plants.
o Trained engineers on
Software
Quality Assurance.
GEC ALSTHOM
BERGERON (Pumping),
o Conducted an availability
analysis for a salt water pumping station in
GLCS-ITECH,
Engineer and
Project Manager
o Responsible for program and
technical management of research projects with advanced laboratories in
the
field of mechanical, thermal and material sciences for space technology
advancement (e.g. ball bearings of ARIANE 4 Vulcain turbo-pump).
o Liaised with CNES and
physicists regarding models, tests, methodology, planning and contracts
on
various research programs (e.g. GDR CNRS 916, GRT CNES).
o Developed scientific
software
for
advanced research programs in space mechanics (using C and Fortran).
o Specified and designed a
Windows
interface of 3D finite element method (using C/C++ and Visual Basic).
o Provided mechanical
expertise
independently, or in collaboration with other experts.
DEC
TELECOM ENGINEERING GROUP,
Software Engineer
o Optimised VAX VMS RDB
database
for telecommunications purposes.
o Specified SCP/SMS interface
on
intelligent networks (e.g. 800 numbers application over SS7).
Dual
“Diploma of Engineer” (considered between B.Sc. and
M.Sc.):
Diplome
d'Ingenieur Ecole Nationale
Superieure des
Telecommunications,
Paris
1989-1991
Computer
Science and
Telecommunications Engineering.
Diplome
d'Ingenieur Ecole Nationale
Superieure d'Arts et Metiers,
Paris
1986-1989
Mechanical
Engineering.
Honor: Silver Medal
Thesis
in 1989:
Design and programming of a software
tool to store, organize
and access technical knowledge (user: CNES, i.e. French National Space
Agency).
Thesis
in 1988:
Electronic design and programming of a multi-processor testing device.
o Worked with various
programming languages: Visual C++, Visual Basic, Pascal, Fortran,
Assembly
language (e.g. Motorola 680x0, Intel 80x86, Nec 7810),
o Main OS known: Windows
98/NT/2000/XP, Mac OS X, Linux (Red Hat, Debian), UNIX.
o Experienced Web site
administration: HTML, IIS, Apache, CGI, Active Server Pages (ASP),
Perl, PHP,
VB Script, JavaScript, ODBC, socket programming, Internet Security.
o Database system practised:
VMS
RDB, Access, MySQL, DBase, SQL.
o Highly proficient with
Microsoft Tools (and VB programming): Word, Excel, Access, Outlook,
Project,
Exchange.
o Also highly proficient
with
other various CAD and engineering tools, such as Finite Element or
reliability
modeling software (Faultrease, RiskSpectrum, Fault Tree + and CAFTA).
o Designed and wrote my own
fault
tree analysis tool which provides original fault tree analysis
capabilities
o Languages: Fluent English
&
French
o Citizenship: French &
Canadian
o US Visa status:
H1-B,
Green Card pending.