Dmitrii Iakovlev

Several years ago I worked with free-falling gravimeter and developed aerospace lasers. My work was producing a source for Michelson interferometer — ultra-stable green laser besides installation all gravimeter systems. It was a very precise optical and mechanical work. Also, our team went to test sides to test the gravimeter. There I upgraded my hand-working skills.

Aerospace lasers very difficult, because you should make them on the Earth's surface, and they will work in space, there are no atmosphere and gravity. All those tasks need strength and heat calculations and very precise work. My Master's thesis was about the ability to build a satellite-based comb-generator. 

These works gave me engineering experience and passion for design new products.

Now I’m working in TET ESTEL AS. I’m developing thyristor converters and additional equipment interacting with electrical engineers, supply managers and production department.

Earlier I worked in Arlift International and my work was to develop new models of vacuum lifters and other lifting equipment. It was a full circle work, from customers' requests, to get their requirements, and design to serial production, maintenance, and drafting documents. I got there a great experience in product development.

I’m a good team player, but can work stand alone. I’m glad to meet and learn new things. Design work set unusual requests and need for knowledge in related fields, not only mechanics. I would love to leverage my multidisciplinary knowledge, development and managerial experience to do perfect work. I'm interested in complicated engineering challenges.

05/2020 – present

Design Engineer at TET ESTEL AS, Tallinn (Estonia)
Design thyristor converters and secondary equipment. Cost optimization. Working in a team. 

Selected accomplishments:
4 new converters; 2 water cooling stations; cost reduction by 5% due to design optimization (mechanical and electrical) one of the converters.

11/2016 – 03/2020

Design Engineer at Arlift International, Saint-Petersburg (Russia) 
Develop new vacuum lifters and additional lifting equipment. Develop circuit diagrams, vacuum, and electrical circuits. Selection of purchased parts, work with suppliers. Drawing up technical specifications with customers for new equipment. Working with the documentation. Project and production management. Author's supervision. Selected accomplishments:

* Upgrade existing models to reduce the price by 15% and increase safety

* Develop a resource test site for testing vacuum grippers in automatic mode. First Arduino based, then AVR. Includes events log, error processing, etc.

* Project management

06/2014 – 11/2016

Engineer at All-Russia D.I. Mendeleyev Scientific and Research Institute for Metrology (VNIIM), Saint-Petersburg (Russia) 
Worked under the experienced manager. Made special laboratory equipment. Tested optical, electrical and mechanical devices. Soldered electrics and electronics.

Selected accomplishments:

* Worked with a prototype of the free-falling gravimeter

* Produced about 10 I2-stabilized 532 nm lasers

10/2010 – 06/2014

Engineer at Vavilov State Optics Institute, Saint-Petersburg (Russia) 
Developed new aerospace laser systems. Made optical, mechanical and heat calculations.
Selected accomplishments:
*Calculated quantrone of the helicopter-based water-cooled Nd:YLF laser (thermal, hydraulic, mechanical strength) 
*Calculated optical scheme of a laser transmitter for the space-located system
 

09/2010 – 08/2012

Master of Engineering and Technology in Optical Engineering
National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Saint-Petersburg (Russia)
Master's thesis "Development principles of building space-located optical comb-generator"

09/2006–08/2010

Bachelor of Engineering and Technology in Technical Physics
National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Saint-Petersburg (Russia) 
 

11/2019
Mechatronics, industrial automation, valves – Camozzi learning center

06/2018
Alex Fridman, master class: You or chaos: professional planning for regular management.