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Ivan Hruska

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Last update: 06.09.2022

Senior System & Electrical Engineer, Team management

Graduation: not provided
Hourly-/Daily rates: show
Languages: German (Elementary) | English (Full Professional) | French (Limited professional) | Russian (Full Professional)

Attachments

cv_ivanhruska_8_2021.pdf

Skills

Long term experience in technical and managerial roles, Design of electronic devices, instruuments, complex systems, precision electronics. HW & SW team management. New project introduction, technical proposal writing, space oriented projects ( ESA, THALES, AIRBUS, OHB, SPACEX ). Scientific projects ( CERN, general physics ) , radiation tolerant electronics, radiation tests and many other activities.

Project history

01/2020 - 05/2021
Senior System & Electrical Engineer, Technical lead
Huld s.r.o.

New business introduction, Preparation of the Technical proposals for ESA agency, Technical lead of the newly established
HW team

01/2016 - 01/2020
Senior System & Electrical Engineer, Technical lead, Team management & Laboratory build
Atos IT Solutions and Services (former Siemens Convergence Creator); Ingersoll Rand

* Space HW laboratory creator & builder (space selection, organizing construction works, installation, certification,
equipment, people recruitment )
* Overall responsibility for technical part of all projects worth 4 MEUR
* Long term projects for big customers
* Strategy definition in the area of EGSE systems + introdution & management of two new projects to ensure future projects
& profit ( approved by ESA ):
* Resistor Simulator (ResSim): Inventor of product, System design,
* Low Cost & High Current Protection Module (ProTec): Inventor of product, System design
Negotiation with customers ( THALES Italy + THALES France), System design, Laboratory build
* Euclid Power SCOE: Main HW Engineer, electronic design (PCBs), procurement for LPS/SAS, BS, BCE, FTH - 10 racks
* SpaceBus NEO: MAIT + design of AOCS + technical management - SAS, AOCS, UMB - 7 racks
Ingersoll Rand - IRETC Prague, Czech Republic
2011 - 2016 Electronic Department Leader

Electronic/Electrical Department Leader: Global R&D Electronic/Electrical Systems Leader
* Creating, leading and managing team of specialists in the area of electric drives, control electronics, security technologies
etc.
* Work for different corporate sectors in frame of one of three world research centers - IRETC Prague ( Now TRANE).
* Definition of company projects (EMEA + wordwide)
* Introduction of several projects leading to the new bussiness ( green technologies ), solving mass manufacturing problems
and manucacturing cost savings or establishing competitive technologies
* Corporate strategy definition - electrification of transport cooling & refrigeration.
* Hiring of R&D center employees, regular assessment and review of an employee's performance
* Establishing collaboration with external experts, companies and universities.
* Specific duties on the level of facility vice - director - 70 people
* Establishing collaboration with corporate facilities around world in Mineapolis-USA, Galway-Ireland, Barcelona-Spain,
Essen-Germany, Bangalore etc.
* R&D + Team budget management - financial planning, monthly reviews,
* Regular yearly budget responsibility worth 1MEUR
* IR representation in international organizations

01/2010 - 12/2011
High Voltage Electronic Group Leader
FEI Microscopes

FEI Microscopes (former PHILIPS): High Voltage Technology Leadership, HV group leader, Project management.
* Main project is 300kV ultra stable (0.3ppm), low noise power supply module for TEM microscopes. Other project is 300kV
advanced power supply study. HV technology leadership covers managerial areas but also HV technology
* Key task - consolidation of High Voltage team - 10 people, improvement of team people relationships, team expansion +
technical tasks + project worth 500kEUR
* Additionally - establishing collaboration with local universities, recruitment of new employees, diploma works supervision,
participation on international events ( conferences, inter-corporate commities etc)

01/2006 - 01/2010
Section lead, Project Management & Senior System & Electronic Design
ANF DATA a Siemens Company

Section leader - Management of three teams working in different areas of space business - 30 people + external
collaborators
* Project management, design, tests, manufacturing of special test systems for satellite/spacecraft tests
* Successful participation on large international projects HERSCHEL-PLANCK, GAIA, GALILEO delivering highly important
scientific results




* Business development activities around CZ ESA membership introduction
* Representative of ANF data in Czech Space Alliance.

01/2001 - 01/2006
Author
CERN

System) for TILECAL sub-detector of ATLAS, LHC
Responsibility for LVPS project budget ~ 3 MCHF and team of 15 technicians + dozen of external collaborators around the
world, resulting in 300 Radiation/Magnetic Field Tolerant Water Cooled Custom Made Power Supply boxes, using 2500
DC/DC custom designed converters including remote control, mechanical design, cable structures design. System is
operational since 2007 - online status is visible via WWW. Higgs boson candidate found also due to this effort.

01/1986 - 12/2001
Design Enginee Designer
Department of electronics of Institute of Physics

Designer of special electronic instruments, devices and software for research in physics

01/1982 - 12/1983
Technical Engineer
Institute of Physics

Contactless thermometers and pyro-detectors, numerical simulations (first contact with computers), PCB design (manual),
manufacturing, assembly, tests, mechanical works etc

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