Arnaud Miège

I lead the hardware development of complex automated systems containing hardware, electronics and software for pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications world-wide.

This involves leading a small team of mechanical and electrical designers to ensure that the hardware design’s quality, time and cost targets are met.

I work closely with key stakeholders including, software, business development and technology to ensure that the system design meets the essential requirements for commercial success.

Finally, I also contribute towards the production engineering and cost reduction of existing and emerging products and ensure the designs meet the requirements for a successful product release.

The Application Engineering Group has the following responsibilities:
* support pre-sale customers with specific applications,
* help develop key sales accounts,
* help develop new markets for The MathWorks software,
* help guide the development of future products.

I worked directly with customers - mainly in the automotive, aerospace & defence and industrial automation & machinery industries - to:
* understand their real engineering and business challenges,
* help them understand how to apply The MathWorks products to their problems.

As an application engineer, I had the following responsibilities:
* Providing pre-sales technical support and guidance to The MathWorks UK Sales organization;
* Preparing and delivering product presentations to customers and prospects during customer meetings and marketing seminars with large audiences;
* Developing proof-of-concept demonstration programs, application examples, and simulation models to support customer engagements and marketing requirements;
* Analyzing users' problems to determine and implement the best computational approach;
* Working with the development and technical marketing organisations to help prioritise the development of new features and new products, based on experience gained with customers;
* Accounting for the quality of work, timing and level of effort.

I focussed on:
* System design and simulation in Simulink® and Stateflow®;
* Physical modelling with Simscape™, SimElectronics™, SimHydraulics®, SimPowerSystems™, SimDriveline™ and SimMechanics™;
* Control System Design and Optimization with Simulink® Control Design™, Simulink® Design Optimization™ and the Control System Toolbox™;
* Rapid Control Prototyping and Hardware-in-the-Loop testing using xPC Target™.

I was instrumental in supporting and developing the physical modelling products market and growing the new product sales revenue from £115,000 to £250,000 in the UK over the last 5 years.

Project Engineer in Land Vehicle Systems business group.

I worked primarily on vehicle modelling and simulation in automotive related projects. Here is some of my recent work:

* Developing and validating against trial data an articulated wheeled vehicle model to develop performance-base standards. The various tools and software used included in Matlab®/Simulink®, Microsoft® Excel, Trucksim® and MSC.ADAMS®. Based on the modelling and trial results, as well as user requirements and relevant legislation, developing the actual performance-based standards to be met by the associated future fleet of vehicles.
* Design in Matlab®/Simulink® of an off-road course profile based on a chosen Power Spectral Density and coherence function to meet a set of requirements. Modelling in TruckSim® of a number of vehicles on this new course to assess its suitability for evaluating the ride performance of wheeled vehicles.
* Modelling in TruckSim® two variants of a Land Rover type of vehicle (with conventional & hybrid powertrain) to quantify the effect of the extra mass on the ride and handling performance of the hybrid vehicle.
* Modelling in TruckSim® a tractor semi-trailer combination with a novel hovercraft technology on the trailer unit in order to quantify the effect of lift on handling and braking performance.
* Modelling in TruckSim® the ride performance of wheeled vehicle variants over off-road terrains in order to assess the effect of changing the unsprung mass to represent different hybrid technology implementations. The frequency analysis was conducted in Matlab®;
* Modelling in TruckSim® front axle braking while maintaining full throttle power on wheeled vehicles with different powertrain configurations (FWD, RWD and 4WD);
* Investigating the modelling tools and techniques available to model noise and vibration for a range of wheeled and tracked vehicles. The modelling approaches considered included multibody dynamics software (such as MSC.ADAMS® and LMS Virtual.Lab), finite element analysis and statistical energy analysis;