Career
Experience & Skills
Experience
- Jun 2023 – Present
Project / Lead Equipment Engineer
Stellantis, Mangualde, PT · via Expleo Group (2024 – present); via ISQ & CTAG (2023 – 2024)- Lead the industrialisation of production equipment for new vehicle programmes: technical specifications (CDC) to EN standards, supplier evaluation and follow-up, and delivery from concept to line acceptance.
- Procure production equipment and coordinate suppliers and plant stakeholders (maintenance, production and quality) through installation and commissioning; analyse line performance and cycle-time data to justify investments.
- Built an Excel tracking tool covering every purchase order placed, used to follow up and update the status of each order.
- Sep 2022 – Jun 2023
Process Engineer, Turning & Grinding
Renault Cacia, Aveiro, PT · via SEGULA Technologies- Owned grinding and turning equipment for gearbox differentials; used 3D metrology data to control part quality and drive process changes.
- Wrote specifications (CDC) to make machines flexible across lines and ran technical reviews with CNC machining-centre suppliers.
- Dec 2021 – Sep 2022
Project Engineer
Finsa, Nelas, PT- Bought and industrialised machines and full production lines; assessed investment proposals.
- Oct 2021 – Dec 2021
Process Engineer
Aquinos Group, Oliveirinha, PT- Used LEAN and MTM time-study data to rebalance production lines and cycle times.
- Jan 2021 – Oct 2021
Serial Manufacturing Engineer
Eberspächer Group, Tondela, PT- Owned two Renault production lines, tracking KPIs and implementing engineering changes end to end, including 3D design of modified machine components.
- May 2018 – Aug 2020
Process Engineer, Turning & Grinding
Renault Cacia, Aveiro, PT- Built a dynamic Excel model that calculates cutting parameters for the grinding and turning centres, turning the machining calculation rules into a reusable algorithmic tool.
- Owned two production lines for the JT4 and DB35 programmes.
Skills
Programming
- Python
- SQL
- Bash
ML / DL Frameworks
- PyTorch
- Hugging Face Transformers
- Scikit-learn
- Pandas
- NumPy
LLM & Agentic Tools
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- LangSmith
- ChromaDB
- Pinecone
Techniques
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- AI Agents & Tool Use
- Embeddings
- Reranking
- Prompt Engineering
- LLM Evaluation
- Tracing & Observability
- Cost & Safety Controls
- Fine-tuning
- Transfer Learning
- Computer Vision
MLOps / Tools
- FastAPI
- Streamlit
- Gradio
- REST APIs
- pytest
- GitHub Actions CI
- ruff
- SQLite
- Git
Mechanical & Manufacturing
- Industrialisation
- Equipment Commissioning & Line Acceptance
- Technical Specifications (CDC) & EN Standards
- LEAN & MTM
- Cycle-Time Analysis
- CNC Programming
- Excel Engineering Models
- 3D Metrology
- SolidWorks
- AutoCAD
- Project & Supplier Management
Languages
- Portuguese · Native
- English · Fluent (C1)
- Spanish · Intermediate