1. Claudio Romano
Portfolio of Skills and Expertise
Name Romano Claudio
Address via Pianfei 44/B, 12089 Villanova Mondovì (CN)
Phone 333-6969865
E-mail romano.cld@gmail.com
Nationality Italian
Date of birth January 23th, 1983
Experience 8 Years
Competences Overview
• Sector: Automotive
• Specialization: - Powertrain systems
- Alternative Fuel Engines
- Electric/Hybryds vehicles
• Position: Past experiences have allowed me to play roles for hardware designer, firmware/software
developer and project manager in the design of automotive electronic control units.
• Interest: I am attracted by everything has to deal with the electronic controls. The areas of greatest interest
are the hardware design and software development to low-level (C - Assembler). Also truly interests me all
activities related to the management of a project such as business planning, co-ordination of internal
resources and suppliers and customer care.
Technical Skills
Type of competencies Level of Expertise Experience
• Alternative Fuel Engine Control Unit Expert 3 years
• Power Electronics (DCDC,PFC,Inverter, Battery,...)
• Electric/Hybrids vehicle
Good level 2 years
• Controller Area Network Bus (CAN Bus) Good level 3 years
• Firmware develop
(C, ASSEMBLER)
Expert 4 years
• Hardware design
(Orcad, Mentor Graphics)
Good level 3 years
• Model Based Design
(MatLab/Simulink, TargetLink)
Good level 1 year
• APQP Good level 2 years
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2. Claudio Romano
Experience
M.T.M S.r.L. (Cherasco CN) 05/2011 – Today
Designer
New generation BiFuel Engine Control Unit platform:
I was in charge to develop the next generation Engine Control Unit platform. The first task has been
spent to selected the more flexible hardware architecture, able to fit the requirements of safety critical
applications. After the design phase and I have worked closely with the PCB design team with the aim
of achieve the best EMC compromize.
Before being able to perform a complete porting of application software modules, basic software layer
has been redesign for the new 32bit based platform.
Utilized Tools: ORCAD, C, INCA, LAUTERBACH
SW MDB develop:
My work has focused on the development of application software according to the procedures of
Model Based Design. Once collected specifications, I share with colleagues the architecture of the
control strategy to be implemented before moving to design, automatic code generation, integration
and testing phases. I have modify the development cycle by introducing a revisions and configuration
manager tool and a methodology to improve Software In the Loop simulation. I started the activities
for the implementation of an Hardware In the Loop system.
Utilized Tools: C, MATLAB, SIMULINK, STATEFLOW, TARGETLINK, INCA
eModular:
I have designed an add-on module to the standard conversion kit dedicated to the Korean market.
After the completion of the wiring diagram, I coordinated the routing phases and the product
industrialization working closely with production plant technicians. The activities ended with a trip to
the customer to follow the first installations of the module.
Utilized Tools: ORCAD
UDS - Unified Diagnostic Services
I dealt with the develop of a firmware module that implements the communication protocol for
diagnostic services in accordance with the UDS standard (ISO-14229). The task of integrating the
module into the existing SW structure has also led to a major overhaul of the software architecture of
the GAS electronic control unit.
Utilized Tools: C, CANALYZER
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3. Claudio Romano
Metatron S.r.l. (Torino) 04/2009 – 04/2011
Electronics Division Manager
Fiat LPG smart driver unit:
It was my job to coordinate a team of three people through all project phases of an electronic control
unit designed to equip LPG Fiat group cars.The work was carried out starting from the idea to the
production launch, passing through the design and qualification phases according to the guidelines of
APQP procedures. This experience has allowed me to investigate both the technical design and more
managerial/organizational aspects.
Utilized Tools: C, MATLAB, SIMULINK, NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS, CAN
Start Up Metatron Electronics:
My first target was to give a structure to the emerging electronic design business unit. I have been
concerned with the setup of design & testing laboratories and the introduction of design procedures
under the rules of the ISO-TS quality certification.
Centro Ricerche Fiat S.c.p.a. - FPT Powertrain Technologies S.p.a. (Torino)
04/2007 – 03/2009
Designer
DCDC Digital Control:
I dealt with the develop of digital control system, based on Freescale microcontroller, for power
electronic (INVERTER, DCDC, PFC, …). The activity of hardware design was often supported with a
substantial work of modeling and simulation of the developing system. This approach made it possible
to validate in advance some design choices and to proceed with the definition of the control
algorithms.
Utilized Tools: MENTOR GRAPHICS, C, MATLAB, SIMULINK, LAUTERBACH
KERS – Kinetic Energy Recovery System:
Together with the team I joined, we dealt with the study, development and testing of a kinetic energy
recovering system for high performance cars. I was involved in the activities of system model definition
in Matlab/Simulink. I have developed some low-level firmware modules and I was involved into the
test of first prototype hardware. Later, I switch to the testing of the complete system, first in the labs
and then at the dyno bench. Through these activities I have gained good experience in the field of
power electronic systems.
Utilized Tools: C, MATLAB, SIMULINK, LAUTERBACH
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4. Claudio Romano
Training & Education
• 2010 APQP - Advanced product quality planning
By Plexus Management Systems s.r.l.
Achieved the 02/25 th
/2010
• 2009 FMEA - Failure Mode and Effect Analisys
By Plexus Management Systems s.r.l.
Achieved the 10/27 th
/2009
• 2007 Turin Polytechnic
Electronic Engineering Master's Degree
Titolo della Tesi: “Kinetic Energy Recovery System for automotive applicaitions”
Final score: 110 /110 cum laude
Date: 11/13th
/2007
Age: 24
• 2005 Turin Polytechnic
Electronic Engineering Bachelor’s Degree
Titolo della Tesi: “Study of a transponder identification system”
Final score: 110 /110 cum laude
Date: 09/09th
/2005
Age: 22
Languages
• Italian: Native language
• French: Good reading skills
Good writing skills
Elementary speaking skills
( Diplome d’Etudes en Langue Française - A3)
• English: Excellent reading skills
Good writing skills
Good speaking skills
(Preliminary English Test)
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