- Responsible for the whole product roadmap and strategy for Variable Speed Compressor Drives for Home Appliances- Responsible for cost competitiveness, cost reduction program tracking, and long-term planning for the product platform- Focal point for Sales, Technical Support, and Marketing on business-related matters, working together with these teams to define customer propositions and product positioning aiming to add value and maximize profitability- Lead and drive technical solutions, fostering new opportunities and innovation with hands-on approach

- Full technical accountability on products and solutions for Home Appliance Electronic Controls for Cold Business- Products and projects support for key customers within the Cold Home Appliance business- Development of new Engineering concepts for products with many millions of units sold- Responsible for creating, maintaining, disseminating, and leveraging technical knowledge within the Electronics Home Appliance group.

- Strategic technology planning and definition for electronic controls.- Lead and execution of strategic/new technology-related business initiatives on Electronics.- Development and management of crucial partnerships with Universities and Technology Research Groups in Electronics. - Product and technology promotion on customers, fostering cooperation, co-developments, and helping them solve complex issues.- Participation in the development and revision of large and technology & innovation projects promoting adequate tools, procedures, knowledge recording, and use of advanced quality tools.- Responsible for creating, maintaining, disseminating, and leveraging technical knowledge within the Electronics group.

- Management of 25+ people with a direct report from lab technicians to senior engineers. Experienced in performance assessment, career development, and team-leading.- Accountable for product hardware development from concept and design to testing and verification until final approval and mass production. The product portfolio comprised electronic inverters (household, commercial and mobile), electronic start switches, and appliance controls. Consistent introduction of new products every year results in the global leadership's maintenance in variable speed drives for refrigerators' motor-compressors.- Implementation of Design to Value projects reducing 40% of the cost in high-running products.- Improvement of about 30% in lab test capacity by deploying structured lab management oriented to results and delivery and an optimized interface between development and test teams. Test execution OTIF improvement from less than 40% to 85% in 4 years (annualized metric).- Successful partnerships with third-party workforce companies to workaround headcount restrictions and deliver increasing project demands on time.- Comprehensive management of product safety approvals in Certification Agencies with long-term experience dealing with UL and VDE, holding accountability for product safety strategy for all electronic projects and product certification reducing rework by the time of application to almost none.- Establishment and leadership of product compliance team in charge of technical reviews and project tollgates approvals.- Establishment of robust hardware verification and validation process with a focus on quality and product compliance.

- Hardware engineer in charge of electronics technological development for innovative tiny compressor for mobile, medical and military applications.- Power electronics specialist for mobile reciprocating and linear compressors- IP creation- Guidance of entry-level engineers- Reliability procedures and standard team leader

- Leader of the hardware team involved in the development of the electronic solution for a innovative truck cabin air conditioning- Leader of the hardware team involved in the development of a new Variable Capacity Compressor Inverter for automotive application- Research in electronic controls and thermostats for Commercial Refrigeration- Research in motor starting devices for single-phase induction motors- Research in protection and safe operation of induction motors applied in commercial refrigerators.- Guidance and assessment of interns and technicians- Acting as technical consultant for new business initiatives.- Development of expertise in automotive electronics certification.

- Lead engineer in charge of product development, customer and procurement support.- Development of several SMPS wall adapters, battery chargers, inverters and transformers.- Strong cooperative work with sales and procurement in customer prospection and cost reduction with solid results.

- Engineering Intern in the Electromagnetism and Ignition group.- Development of a PC-based system for the control of electromechanical actuators. - Competences for the project included ISA interface design, 8086 Assembly programming, analog and power electronics design and assembly.