Design Engineer Team Leader, Configure to Order at Sidel Conveying Portugal, S.A (2023-05 – Present)
- Lead a multidisciplinary team of 10 engineers (Mechanical, Electrical, Automation)
- Initially hired for Mechanical scope, rapidly expanded responsibilities to include Electrical and Automation teams, ensuring full cross-domain alignment
- Managing end-to-end project execution: mechanical design (3D/2D), BOM, layouts, and ECO processes
- Acting as technical coordinator for complex projects, guiding engineering decisions across multiple domains
- Ensure alignment between mechanical design, manufacturing constraints, and system-level requirements across disciplines
- Ensure compliance with customer specifications, quality standards, and DFM/DFA principles
- Lead design reviews and structured problem-solving activities (8D, root cause analysis)
- Supporting production (assembly, testing, quality issues), ensuring smooth industrialization
- Demonstrating strong adaptability by successfully managing technical areas beyond core expertise while maintaining performance and delivery
Mechanical Engineer, Project Coordinator – Product Development at Yazaki Saltano de Ovar – Produtos Eléctricos, Lda (Porto Technical Centre) (2017-05 – 2023-04)
- Rapidly onboarded into wire harness development, achieving full customer ownership within 2 months
- Assigned to Jaguar Land Rover (UK) as key technical interface
- Developed high-voltage wiring systems from concept to industrialization
- Managed ECRs (quality, cost optimization, new features), ensuring effective implementation in serial production
- Maintained and managed product design revision in Teamcenter-CATIA
- Applied DFMEA, DFM/DFA and VA/VE methodologies for robust design
- Supported RFQ and business acquisition (feasibility, cost, solution definition)
- Coordinated engineering, production and customer teams across project lifecycle
- Supported manufacturing activities at both Yazaki and customer plants, contributing to problem-solving and process stabilization
- Managed customer communication (issues, claims, technical alignment)
- Monitored project timelines and ensured delivery milestones
- Progressively assumed team coordination responsibilities over the last 3 years, mentoring junior engineers and supporting planning and technical alignment across multiple projects
Founder – Paintball Business (Entrepreneurial Experience) at POINTPARK - Arganil (2020-06 – 2022-06)
- Founded and developed a business from concept to operation
- Managed company creation, public tender process, and business plan development
- Designed and implemented infrastructure (land preparation and layout)
- Obtained certification as Paintball Instructor
- Launched operations after ~1 year, achieving 300+ customer entries
- Demonstrated strong ownership, execution capability, and decision-making
Researcher Assistant - Energetic materials for industrial applications at ADAI - Association for the Development of Industrial Aerodynamics (2016-11 – 2017-05)
- Developed research work in dynamic response of materials for industrial applications
- Exposure to advanced engineering and analytical environments
