Giovanni Raimondi, Aegis Professor of Aircraft Electrification

Based in Buckinghamshire, Joe is Machines & Drive Systems Technical Director at Safran Electrical & Power, responsible for engineering teams in the UK and France, and is a Safran Group Fellow Expert in aircraft electrical systems. Safran Electrical & Power is the main electrical system components and equipment manufacturer within the Safran Group of aerospace companies.

Since he joined Safran (previously TRW and then Goodrich) in 2000, Joe has held various project, functional and technical leadership roles. Project roles have included modelling and simulation, control system development, control electronics development and systems engineering. He was Chief Engineer for the Dassault Falcon 7X business jet electrical system during its entry into service, for the Joint Definition Phase of the Airbus A320neo Variable Area Fan Nozzle actuator motor drive (subsequently deleted) and then for the concept design phase of the electrical system of the Bell 525 Relentless helicopter. As Director of UK R&T programmes Joe aided the integration of Goodrich Electrical Power Systems into the Safran group, defining and guiding significant subsequent Safran technology investment. He continues to actively support the development of Safran electrical technologies and capabilities in the UK, through his expert role and his membership of the Aerospace Technology Institute Technology Advisory Group, as well as through his academic links.

Prior to Safran, Joe worked at Dyson Research Ltd on drivetrains for innovative domestic appliances, and prior to that he worked at Sheffield University as a Research Associate, including an electrical flight control technology demonstration with Lucas Aerospace. Joe’s academic background is in electromechanical and control systems engineering from the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield, with an MA in Engineering Science, an MSc in Control Systems and a PhD in Control of single-axis and multi-axis brushless permanent magnet electrical drives.