Gilles BOUDET

- Management of 5 different projects: vehicles from local OEM's (sketching, renderings, CAS, clay models, A-Class surfaces, Feasibility following up, Engineering following up)
- Styling Support
- Electric vehicles market research
- Technical sales (customers relation, Costs, quotation building...)
- Design & engineering communication expertise with local Chinese customers and suppliers
- Organisation of ICONA presence to the Shanghai Autoshow

Small size electric city vehicle concept:
-Interior plastic parts design support and engineering study (door panels, central console)
-Concept study to use existing car parts and adapt them on this vehicle (low cost issue)

- Create and develop a Design Engineering Department (CATIA) in Qingdao factory, and manage the current technical project (AutoCAD) with the team on site.

- Manage projects from starting up to "ok for manufacturing"

- Product design according to customers' requirement

- Relation with the purchasing department for all the parts which have been designed

- Participation to product quotation

- Responsible for the 3D design tool

- Responsible for the quality system (creation and implementation) within the design department

- Daily management of the design team, organization, motivation, training,

- Develop design activity for SMC (Sheet Moulding Compound) engineering ...

- Link between the head quarter in France and the factory in Qingdao (China)

Design of the rudder - private jet LEGACY 450-500:

-Concept sections
-Digitalization in order to validate all concepts with Embraer during monthly virtual vizualisation meeting
-Create the Interface Control Drawings (ICD)
-Refine the design and modify all composite parts (weight saving) for the Premilinary Design Review (PDR).

BTConcept3D is an association of freelance experts (mainly automotive industry). We offer our services with high competences for various Tear 1 Automotive suppliers and car makers in Europe (mainly in France for the moment). After I've joined this association, having many years experience in China, I was told to develop the business for the growing Chinese market.

Then, in parallel, I'm working on projects for various engineering work. So the next missions in this profile have been done with the support of BTConcept3D.

ZOTYE HOLDING GROUP last SUV model (Chinese car maker):
Team leader - 8 engineers: engineering feasibility and design support in order to build the CAS following Chinese vehicles regulations and clay model.

YUTONG BUS (bus producer) :
Project Leader: engineering feasibility of the new line of Yutong bus in order to build the CAS following Chinese regulations.

BOSCH AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS (China):
Project manager: Cost engineering project of a wiper system to replace the complex parts imported from Germany (build a database, visit and audit the potential local new suppliers).

CHANGAN AUTO (Chinese car maker):
Project leader: Hire a team, and create the welding points drawings for the whole body of the new model “Ben Ben” (CV6).

- Exhibitions (Auto Show Shanghai 2005-2007) and conferences contribution.
- Build a global Chinese car market database.
- Hybrid bicycles (muscle/electric power) with aerodynamic plastic cover, using a complete car engineering process.

Passat GT (Lingyu):
Study of full option complete rear seat with a DVD player integrated in the armrest and a DVD/CD box integrated in the seat.
Responsible of the project management, concepts study and digitalization, as well as the coordination between the customer (I was working on site) and the suppliers until the SOP.

Santana 3000:
Digitalization of various plastic interior parts: door panel and pillars, follow up of the project with the tool supplier (25% on Johnson Control’s site) for the mold building phase.
Welding spot drawings: create all the assembly sequences and the welding spots position drawings of the BIW.

For all those projects, I was working under the responsibility of the project leader.

JOHNSON CONTROL – rear seat 2/3 1/3 (Renault Clio):
Study of the rear seat and weight saving propositions.
Research for new solutions, and digitalization.

BMW – dashboard and console (Z4):
Study, feasibility, concept sections, digitalization until the serial production.

SEAT – dashboard (SEAT Leon):
Modification of the dashboard’s insert for weight saving.
DONNELLY – front seat headrest insert (Renault Laguna):
New concept validation, digitalization until the serial production.

RENAULT – exterior rearview mirrors (Renault VelSatis, laguna, and Avantime):
Rearview mirrors study, concept sections and digitalization.