Thomas Kotzbauer

- Team lead sustaining for over 80 seat certifications (mainly ETSO certified helicopter seats and seats certified via STC) - Managing a team of 8 engineers, technically and disciplinary, handling changes of already certified products - Maintenance of approved data for Part 21 G Production Organization - EASA approved Compliance Verification Engineer: Supervising static and dynamic tests, approval of documentation - Steering master compliance documentation of existing and upcoming seat certifications

- Technical and disciplinary lead for 6 engineers and leading the stress department - Accountable for structural strength and stiffness of all seat development projects - Conducting design of structural parts, metal and composite structures, by using classical hand calculations and Finite Element Analysis - EASA approved Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE): Supervising static and dynamic tests, approval of drawings and documentation - Liaison to regulating authority for structural certification issues

- Responsibility for several seat development projects > 1 Mio. € NRCs - Supervising the projects from a technical and commercial side - Scheduling and monitoring project milestones (KOM, PDR, CDR, QR) - Ensure compliance with legal and customer requirements - Representation of development projects towards management and customers - Support Part 21 G Production Organization by serial introduction and FAI - Approval of drawings, documentation and test witnessing (CVE)

- Dimensioning and Analysis of cooling systems for automotive battery systems - Design and development of battery management systems (BMS) - Preparing CAD data for simulation in CATIA V5 and NX - FEM and CFX calculations of Multiphysics systems - Establish battery system models in Matlab/Simulink - Test and validation of prototype battery systems (simulation vs. hardware)

- Finite Elemente - Technische Mechanik - Regelungstechnik