Rafael Fonseca

About Rafael Fonseca

Over 20 years of experience in managing large scale projects within multinational industries in the Aviation & Aerospace, Engineering and IT Sectors.Experience in Systems engineering (Reliability, Maintenance, Availability and Safety) – SSA, SFHA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, DMC, Maintainability and MSG-3 as well as reliability analyses.Experience in system requirements management and full life cycle systems engineering including specification, validation and verification (V&V).Various Reliability and Safety courses with Reliasoft Corporation and DCA-BR including Weibull, Accelerated Life Testing Analysis, FMEA, Reliability Prediction, System analysis with RBDs & FTAs, ARP4754A, ARP4761, ARP5051, MIL-STD-882E and CAFTA.

Experience

1. ma & H Technical Lead Sr Principal System Safety Engineer

   Collins Aerospace

   Jan 2019 — Present

   Responsible for the safety plans and safety analyses of avionics systems and products provided by Collins to commercial and military customers- Safety SME for for various military and commercial aircraft programs, providing primary technical interface to internal and external customers and managing safety delegates for the assigned programs, products, or functions- Safety SME for CAS/ECL, FMS, OMS- Lead Safety Engineer for the MRJ Program- Training and mentoring team members on safety assessment process and related tasks, Ensuring consistency of deliverables across multiple teams and customers- Leading and contributing to department and enterprise level process development- Executing and Reviewing Functional Hazard Assessments, System Hazard Analyses, Common Cause Analyses, Product and System Safety Assessments- Collaborating with Program Management and government approval authorities from program start-up through production to demilitarization and disposal- Preparing internal and customer reports describing various analyses relevant to the System Safety program.

Education

• Honeywell Aerospace

  Lead Engineering Certification

  2017

• Victoria University

  Bachelor's Degree, Telecommunications Engineering

  1999 — 2004

• RMIT University

  Certificate, Applied Science

  1998 — 1999

• Honeywell Aerospace

  Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

  2015

• FAAP - Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2013 — 2014