Porto, Porto, Portugal
Enthusiastic Mechanical Engineer with 10+ experience in end-to-end Product Development for the Aerospace Industry. Helped to successfully deliver 5 different Electronic Scientific devices, currently in mission, from Mercury to Jupiter. • Executed activities from Specifications and Conceptual Design to Integration and Mechanical Tests that were 100% successful, after thorough Structural Analysis evaluation by Finite Elements (FEM/ FEA); • Developed from draft the Mechanical Engineering Activity of the Aerospace Department, via a net of processes and procedures, tools and continuous improvement system, yielding to first time right deliveries and releasing HR; • Designed and Qualified by ESA Standards the Assembling Line of High Reliability Soldering of Electronic Devices on Printed Circuit Boards for Aerospace use, including its processes and procedures, increasing noticeably the speed and quality and delivering on time. Eager to learn new fields and themes. Efficiency and Efficacy mentality. Creative when designing solutions, analytical when evaluating them. And teamwork is the starting and ending point for any project! Keywords: Mechanical Engineering • R&D • Product Development • End-to-End Product Management • 3D • 2D • Structural Analysis / FEA / FEM • Fatigue • Requirements Analysis • Quality Assurance • Root Cause Analysis • Continuous Improvement • 6 sigma • Lean • Agile • Processes and Procedures • Team leader, Team player • Automobile, Aerospace, Energy/ Renewables
• Structural Engineering (FEA Finite Element Analysis with NASTRAN software), main tasks: - 3D to FEM (Finite Element Model) with surfaces preparation on 3D, FEM validation; - Materials modelling (isotropic, composite); - FEA, Dynamic and Static: Modes, Modal Shapes, Response Frequency, Random, Shock; - Evaluation of stress, displacement and accelerations; - Local/ detailed analysis of Bolts (ECSS standards) and Electronic Devices (Steinberg); - Development and implementation of pre and post-processing methods to compute the analysis inputs and outputs faster
• End-to-end Mechanical Product Development on 12M€ projects that yield 6 different Electronic Scientific Devices, 5 of them already in mission from Mercury to Jupiter: - Tasks: Specifications, Design (benchmarking, R&D, 3D, I/F), Structural Analysis (FEA, random, shock, fatigue), Manufacturing (2D, BOMs), Integration (inspection, procedures), Tests (procedures, FEA correlation) 100% successful; Quality Assurance. • Created the AeroSpace Mechanical Activity by building a net of Specifications, Processes, Procedures and IT Tools, embedded in a Continuous Improvement system: - Examples: Mechanical Design Specification (43 Pages), Performing FEA (86 Pages), Incoming Inspection (60 points checklist); 25h+ of video recorded Procedures; - Results: solid productivity gains, first time right milestones, more HR made available. • Implemented High Reliability Soldering Assembling Line for Space and qualified by ESA: - Tasks: Shaped this Activity as done for Mechanical Activity, applying Lean principles; - Results: pace increased 50%, zeroed major NCs, delivered 2 Products (5 units) of 1M€ worth components, in a critical timeline already stressed by Covid19 Pandemics. • Mission/ Project ID • Device Description [Device Name] • Client: - AlphaSat TDP8 • Radiation Monitor [MFS] + Testing Bed [CTTB] • Astrium FR (AirBus) - BepiColombo • Radiation Monitor [BERM] • ASD DE (AirBus) - JUICE [Certifcation] • Solar Panels Monitor [JMU] + Radiation Monitor [RADEM] • AirBus - Hera / Ramses • LIDAR Planetary Altimeter [PALT] • OHB / ESA • Responsible for Mechanical Engineering Activity at BU (New Business Hub): - Concept of containerized solution to connect a photovoltaic plant to the electricity grid.
• Part-time - Electrical Bicycles • Co-founder of brand of electrical bicycles; design, businesses plan, pitch investment
• part-time - Cultural Industry • Co-founder of Joint for commercial and communal activities; mentoring/ management
• Non-conformities management (internal and suppliers) along the assembling lines, optimizing the processes by promoting communication and developing IT tools.