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Curriculum Vitae: Lydia Meli
Personal Information
PERSONAL DETAILS
First name / Surname Lydia Meli
Address Rosenhofstraße 20
20357 Hamburg
Germany
Telephone (mobile) (+49) 1 76 99 80 66 14
E-mail lydiameli81@gmail.com
Nationality Italian
Date of birth 10th August, 1981 (Palermo, Italy)
WORK EXPERIENCES
September 2012-Today Flammability Specialist and technical work-package Manager
Airbus operations GmbH, Hamburg (Germany)
Customer services department
 Preparation of flammability certification justification for cabin upgrades projects for
all Airbus programmes
 Verification and validation of supplier flammability test plans and reports for cabin
components for such cabin upgrades projects
 DOS Checker and DOS Tap (Technical Approver) delegation for ATA 25 Cabin
Interior Fire Properties for all Airbus programmes
 Costing, estimating and planning Airbus cabin upgrades projects
 Managing and monitoring all contractors, consultants and third party suppliers work in
accordance with schedules
 Coordinating and managing all project activity, & ensuring project deliverables are
achieved to plan
 Pro-actively manage project risks and issues and minimise their impact on the project
 Establishing, maintaining and completing Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Sept 2007-Sept 2012 Cabin engineer and technical support
ATR (Avions de Transport Régional), Toulouse (France)
Cabin customization department
 Evaluation of customer cabin/cargo modification requests and needs
 Authoring technical specifications for aircraft cabin equipment (incl. VIP
configurations) assuring a customer oriented positioning of the cabin/cargo products
 Project management and follow-up of new cabin/cargo developments and
improvements with internal and external stakeholders
 Preparation of certification (Compliance Matrix) for new cabin/cargo configurations
and equipment. For this scope: authoring test plans and verification of internal and
external test plans and reports (flammability, stress, environment) for both
mechanical and electrical components, such as a/c parts and equipment
Curriculum Vitae of Lydia Meli
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Curriculum Vitae: Lydia Meli
 Controlling of qualitatively, ergonomically and aesthetically high-quality standards of
the cabin products as well as continuous observation of market trends and
developments within the range of industrial design in order to technically optimise
the design
 Technical customer support for in-service aircraft
 Cabin issues concerned concessions verification and acceptation (via SAP)
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
February 2014 “CVE/DTR cabin&interior colloquium” (by ELS–EADS Learning Services)
October 2013 “Introduction for technical signatories” (by ELS–EADS Learning Services)
September 2013 “Product safety and liability awareness” (by ELS–EADS Learning Services)
September 2013 “DOA Awarness e-lerning” (by Airbus)
August 2013 “CM-Gesamt Prozess (overall process)” (by ELS–EADS Learning Services)
June 2013 “AW-Airbus Airworthiness Awareness” (by ELS–EADS Learning Services)
March 2012 “The airworthiness of large aircraft: from the conception to the maintenance” (by
‘EUROSAE’)
October 2011 “Product integrity” (by Nixon Peabody)
May 2011 “Fire protection in large aircraft” (by ‘EUROSAE’)
July 2010 “Use of Flight Condition approval privilege for in service aircraft” (by ATR)
September 2009 “Initiation to the implementation of composite materials” (by IFI)
November 2008 “Human factors” (by Air Formation)
March 2008 “Certification of aeronautical equipment” (by ‘EUROSAE’)
CONFERENCES, INTERNSHIP AND THESIS
September 2010 11th cycle of ATR operators conferences, Paris (France)
May 2008 10th cycle of ATR operators conferences, Toulouse (France)
May 2007-August 2007 Internship
ATR (Avions de Transport Régional), Toulouse (France)
Cabin customization department (cabin interiors, design and customization)
May 2006-August 2006 Thesis
University of Bath (England)
“B.E.M. pre-processor for the aerodynamic and aeroacustic post-processing of a high
velocity train” in the mechanical engineering department
EDUCATION
September 2000-April 2007 Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering
Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo (Italy)
Assessment: 110/110 cum laude
September 1995-June 2000 Diploma in Classic High School
Liceo classico G. Garibaldi, Palermo (Italy)
Assessment: 100/100

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FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Italian Native speaker
English Bilingual proficiency
French Bilingual proficiency
German Fluent