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Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• LATAM markets technical support – ConnectedDrive services;• Trainings management for dealerships and customer service teams;• BMW plant and aftersales support responsible.Support with tests/quality assurance during sanity check and rollout phases of the BMW/MINI ConnectedDrive Store implementation in Brazil. Rump-up of the internal support team, with implementation of strategies and project organization. Training organizing for all 52 Brazilian dealerships technical responsibles inside the BMW plant in Sep/2023, including new ConnectedDrive features and troubleshooting workflows. BMW of North America visit, team integration and training in Nov/2023. Main responsible for plant production and aftersales support, with straight communication with BMW managers and directors. Expansion as official 2nd level support for all LATAM markets, after great performance acting in the BR market.

Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brasil

• Management of engineering testing vehicles;• ECU replacement, flashing and troubleshooting;• Team lead/PO – Scrum Methodology.Project organization with Agile tools, including monthly reports for BMW Brazil/Munich stakeholders. Implementation of automation features for daily manual activities, e.g., vehicle flashing. Successful performance interfacing BMW stakeholders and local engineering workshop team.

Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• ECU flashing/replacement and vehicle retrofitting;• Vehicle bus communication troubleshooting;• Infotainment T&V and test drives execution for data collection/analysis.Successfully certificated on the Blitz 3 high voltage training in Munich, 3rd of all BMW plant in Brazil, which allowed to perform crucial engineering tasks involving electrified vehicles. Management of HV best-practices for EG-8-BR members, in order to keep colleagues and resources integrity and share meaningful knowledge. Test-drives in the most relevant cities of Brazil, global events participation, and improvement of testing dynamic, delivering results for Munich R&D department (FIZ).

Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• Development of autonomous manufacturing processes;• Implementation of assembly tools;• Design of mechanical parts.End-to-end experience on product design, manufacturing process definition and try-outs until SoP. Relevant experience with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

• Vehicle quality assessment;• PQM management• Support with the new BMW X5 and X7 models.Active participation on new models release, e.g., X5 and X7. Product Audit PQMs creation and handshake meetings organization as highlights.

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

• Planning and claiming of BMW X-models assembling parts;• Analysis and daily report of line downtime issues;• Support in the production of the new BMW X2, X3, X4, X5, X6 and X7 models.Active participation during 2018/2019 plant shutdown to support the Assembly departments with relevant tasks, e.g., vehicle bodies management. Proactive elaboration of guidelines tutorial for Brazilian BMW interns to self-apply on BMW international internship positions, with detailed orientation. As result, many interns had the privilege of experiencing a professional internship in BMW international headquarters.

Araquari, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• T&V of entertainment and communication features;• Support on administrative activities;• T&V of BMW/MINI apps.First intern of EG-8-BR Electronic Systems in Brazil. Tester of the BMW-AIS MLaptimer and BYOD-Legacy, contributing for their successful rollouts. DTSV Brazil activities support, including vehicle/testrack troubleshooting.

Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• Development of ultra efficient automotive prototypes;• Dispute of national and international competitions;• Voluntary social activities and university extension projects.Achievement of the 3rd Place in the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas 2017 (Detroit, USA) and 1st Place in the Shell Eco-Marathon Brazil 2017 (Cotia, Brazil).

Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

• Project Leader;• Development of electric go-kart;• Characterization of radio-frequency and microwave materials via wave-guides.Electric go-kart developed at the University, which enabled students of automotive and Mechatronic engineering courses to perform relevant tests and analysis.

Bachelor, Automotive Engineering

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