Alexandre Normand

Technical owner of the Vehicle Management System (VMS) on the H160 program — a DAL-A safety-critical avionics function developed under DO-178B/C certification process.

Specified, implemented and validated engine parameter integration and cockpit alerting functions (anti-collision, landing gear, doors) across the full V-cycle. Authored and streamlined system requirements in IBM Rational DOORS, ensuring full traceability from stakeholder needs to software implementation in SCADE Suite. Planned and led bench and flight test campaigns; analysed pilot feedback to iterate on VMS behaviour and refine functional specifications. Coordinated with multi-disciplinary teams (avionics, flight test, certification) on a serial production program.

Stack: SCADE Suite, IBM Rational DOORS, DO-178B/C, Model-Based Design, Python, DAL-A, V&V process

Designed and built a miniaturized IoT tracking device for wildlife monitoring, developed for neuroscience field research applications.

Designed and fabricated flexible PCB (Altium) integrating nRF52 SoC, BLE wireless transmission and multi-sensor acquisition (cardiac activity, brain activity, blood oxygen). Real-time C++ embedded development, low-power architecture optimized for field deployment. Full ownership from hardware specification to lab validation.

Stack: C++, nRF52, BLE, Altium Designer, Flexible PCB, Real-time systems, MATLAB

Contributed to LSOracle, an open-source C++ framework for learning-based logic synthesis and FPGA optimization.

Developed and benchmarked new optimization algorithms in C++17. Integrated LSOracle with key EDA partners (OpenFPGA, Yosys). Worked within an international research team in an English-only environment (Salt Lake City, USA).

Stack: C++17, FPGA, Logic synthesis, OpenFPGA, Yosys, Git, Linux