Allensbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Andreas August Gruber e-mail:[email protected] PROFESSIONAL PROFILE • Large experience in multinational companies in the automotive, electronics, chemical and graphic industries; • Manage and develop automation engineering team and maintenance technical support; • Coordinate and execute the predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance for the developed equipment. • Ability to develop methods, techniques and processes to improve machinery and equipment to increase productivity and safety; • Define and develop reliability projects, contributing to the continuous improvement of performance indicators; • Ensure targets compliance through action plans, team management, indicators monitoring and standards compliance; • Manage projects, coordinate multidisciplinary team activities to ensure quality goals within established cost and deadline standards; • Motivate and guarantee the technical training and team high performance through the innovative and challenging environment; • Contribute to strategic decisions; • Good interdepartmental and interpersonal relationships; • Ability to manage conflicts; • Ability to identify the root cause and come up with solutions; • Design and execute machines and equipment projects for industrial automation, according to the NR12 (Brazilian Safety Norm, based on ISO and DIN Norms) requirements and PJHA (Pre Job Hazard Analysis); • Strong knowledge in mechanics, pneumatics and hydraulics; • Good communication skills and teamwork orientation; • Availability to travel and change domicile; • Advanced knowledge in the application of Lab-View, Vision Builder and Test Stand tools and PXI-based hardware; • Knowledge in IO-Link, Big Data and IoT (Internet of Things)
• Leading and managing multidisciplinary teams (Mechanical Design, Electric Design, Software Application, Service, and Assembly) comprising 22 employees. • Establishing and streamlining design, manufacturing, and customer support processes. • Standardizing systems and processes to improve overall performance. • Achieved significant reductions in development costs. • Direct involvement in RFQ (Request for Quotation) processes. • Oversight of a business unit with a €7 million budget.
Coordinate the customer application SW and Service supprt on the customer.
October 2019 – ETAS NI Systems Senior HiL System Design Manager. Managing the Hardware in the Loop System Design team, in defining and designing HiL - hardware in the loop test systems. Responsible to coordinate the development of new HiL components for the systems. Creation and definition of the OLT (Open Loop Test) system, build over a standard platform with NI hardware and Test Stand software. Definition of the upgrade of the OLT to the SVT (System Validation Test) test equipment saving the investment of a separate system. Project and definition of the temperature test to be used in the Type Approval of the new HiL components. Safety implementation in the actual systems to fulfil the IEC 61010 Norm. Strong interaction and relationship with the R&D department on the development of the standard architecture platform. Development of a standard wiring concept to increase the flexibility and reducing cost for the standard architecture.
Gerenciando os departamentos de engenharia de automação e suporte técnico. Definindo e desenvolvendo novas tecnologias para otimizar recursos e processos industriais. Elaborar e executar projetos para automação industrial. Elaborar estratégias de teste otimizadas. Introdução e aplicação de sistemas baseados na tecnologia PXI. Atualizações de sistemas para atender a norma NR12.
Construção de equipamentos para testes e automação. Programação de equipamentos para testes e automação.