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Coventry, United Kingdom

Deliver cockpit engineering project work as part of Advanced Product Creation deliverables.Design and Feasibility support, Pre-kick off investigations and engineering proposals addressing engineering issues in liaison with TML Engineering and Suppliers.Report Cockpit Engineering status at Senior and Project management reviews.Support Project and Milestone deliveries documentation. Product concept creation considering safety, performance, quality, craftsmanship and cost targets.Arrange and Support Design Reviews. Ensure Engineering Inputs and Vehicle Sections are delivered in time and with quality.

Munich Area, Germany

Product feasibility for tooling in Instrument Panel, Console and Door Panel parts. Define valid construction concepts for tooling considering hard points for products and moulds.Product concept creation considering safety, performance, quality and cost targets.Responsible for design feasibility control loops within product development timeline.Product design preparation for production.Specification of technical solutions in design aligned with production process requisites.Preparation of briefings and time schedules to make information clear within project teams.Mediation and conflict solving between design and engineering.Monitoring of improvements performed in individual parts to keep transparent product and project evolution.Track and document design decisions risks and issues for product and tools.Products: Instrument Panels and Consoles (BMW, AUDI); Door Panels (AUDI, MINI).Processes: Plastic injection, Soft Finish Parts, Wrapping, Ultra-sonic welding, screwing and assembling.Main projects: - AUDI AU326-Q3 -> Door Panels; AU516-Q6 -> Instrument Panel. - BMW G29-Z5 and J29-Toyota Supra -> Instrument panels and Center Consoles. - MINI U20 Concept -> Door Panels and Instrument panel.

Camaçari Area, Brazil

Design and develop interior parts including Instrument panel and Console modules in order to achieve performance, quality and cost targets.Investigate style feasibility and co-operate with Styling department proposing changes in order to secure feasibility and deliver robust designs.Ensure and supervise the creation of 3D CAD models and production drawings.Co-operate with suppliers and production engineering to secure production feasibility.Secure regulation compliance and collaborate with Homologation department.Manage the product complexity within Product Module Team and align product complexity, special requirements and process with production plant.Support plant production and quality engineers to solve the concerns raised during production trials. Benchmark of competitor and customer solutions.Fulfill the milestones dates effectively cooperating with Program Module Teams.Coordinate efforts from worldwide resources to fulfill GPDS- Global Product Development System deliveries. Products: Instrument Panel and Console.Processes: Plastic injection, ultra sonic welding, screwing and assembling.Main project: B515 MCA – Ford Ecosport

Aveiro Area, Portugal

Leading meetings for product feasibility validation.Follow the product and its injection moulds up to serial production.Management of technical information on moulds and injected parts.Management of all changes, enhancements, re-design done on the product and its implementation in the moulds.Stock management of components, raw materials and injected parts.Management of parts shipments and mould transfers.Product and tool improvement process. Management of mould tunning and standardization.Technical Coordination, negotiations with customers and suppliers. Products: frontends, wheel arch liners, cockpits, bumpers and trunk partsProcesses: plastic injection, bi-injection, welding, screwing, riveting and assembling.Main projects: - SK26X / SK48X – Skoda Fabia and Skoda Superb: project engineering and coordination since adjudication until serial production: frontends, wheel arch liners. - VW364 - Volkswagen Scirocco: project engineering and coordination since adjudication until serial production: wheel arch liners. - SE370 - SEAT León: project engineering and coordination since adjudication until serial production: glove compartment sets, instrument panel parts, air ducts, steering wheel column cover trim, front spoilers. - Canter Lift - Mitsubishi: project engineering and coordination since adjudication until serial production: cover front, front corner, cover front bumper. - T76 - Peugeot 308CC: project engineering and coordination since adjudication until serial production: A pillar trim, interior lower door sill trim, front roof light and surround trim, all trunk parts.

Aveiro Area, Portugal

Design and development of CAD models 2D & 3D, prototyping, providing support to product engineer and manufacturing engineer. Responsible for guiding and supporting a team of 11 CAD designers using Catia V5 software.Collaboration in the creation of a technical library to standardize several interfaces used for fixation of interior parts.Products: frontends, door trims, door panels and trunk parts. Processes: plastic injection, bi-injection, injection in tissue, over-moulding with metal inserts; over-moulding films for decorative finishing in parts stamping, welding, screwing and assembling.Main projects: - VW428 - Volkswagen Sharan: feasibility studies and detailed design of interior parts: A pillar trim, B upper and lower pillar trims, CD pillars trims, door panel trims, trunk. Exterior parts: B pillar trim, frontends, inferior door trims. - Seat Ibiza/ SE370 Leon: feasibility studies and detailed design of interior parts: A pillar trim, B upper and lower pillar trims, CD pillars trims, glove compartment, seats back support. Exterior parts: B pillar trim. - S4470 - Opel Meriva II: feasibility studies and detailed design of interior parts: B upper and lower pillar trims, A pillar trim, under seat box. - K0 – PSA: feasibility studies and detailed design of Wheel Arch Liners. - KFB - Renault Mégane Break: feasibility studies and detailed design of interior parts: trunk parts.

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Technical analysis and presentation of technological and economically viable solutions, understanding duty and profession as well.

Bachelor’S Degree, Science Of Mechanical Engineering