Gustavo — Welding Engineer

Responsible for the validation of welding processes, tooling, tryouts of new products, design updates, quality issues, development of new processes, improvements of the welding and stamping sectors. Support production, electrical, mechanical and tooling maintenance in the welding, assembly and painting sectors;

Faurecia Clean Mobility - (Limeira, SP) 06/2013 - 02/2021 French multinational company, Manufacturer of automotive exhaust systems. Senior Manufacturing Engineer - R & D (06/2017 - 02/2021) Analyse and follow up as a welding specialist, of new designs and construction of welding tooling for the production of automotive exhaust, guaranteeing the datum and welding according to product specifications, welding torch access ensuring that standardization of welding positioning will be sustained it. Local and emerging market. (South Africa, India, Thailand and Mexico); Support of entire project team, PQL (Quality), PDL (Product), PPTL (Process), PML (Process) and PM (Program Manager) with technical doubts about the productive process, ideal sequence of production and welding; Creation of welding positions standardization and to keep the knowledge of the welding technicians, tooling designers and project engineers; Complete try-out of projected tooling, macrograph, micrograph and dimensional approval according to the control and metrology device; Complete installation and integration of Fanuc RJ3 robots, SKS welding power source with Micromig technology, Motoman DX200 Robots and Fronius Power source; Complete installation and integration of Cobot, collaborative robots (UR) for manipulation of curved pipes and canning; Responsible for ensuring the final success of the project, productivity (Takt Time), rework, scrap, repeatable process, waste elimination and improvements. Ensuring compliance with the FMEA process requirements; Supporting customers such as Volkswagen, Toyota, Renault, Ford, Peugeot Citroën, Jaguar Landrover, General Motors and Fiat. Manufacturing Engineer - Manufacturing Engineering (06/2013 - 06/2017) Responsible for the validation of welding processes, tooling, try-outs of new products, development of new methodologies for the production of exhausts system; Approval of welded joints in mig / mag, resistance, plasma and tig welding, with base materials and addition in stainless steel (Ferritic / Austenitic) and mild steel; Programming of the ABB S4, S4Cplus, IRC5, Motoman Dx100 / Dx200 and Fanuc RJ3 robots; Parameterization of Fronius welding power sources (TPS - 4000 and 5000 / Miller / SKS); Parameterization of Resistance welding modules (Conan); Elaboration of Welding Procedure Specification(WPS); Production support with welding issues, mechanical and electrical maintenance; Implementation of process improvements and waste reduction.

Gestamp Automotive - (Taubaté, SP) 02/2007 to 05/2013 Spanish multinational company, manufacturer of chassis, structural components, CCBs and Bumpers. Process Coordinator (06/2011 to 05/2013) - Report to Plant Manager Coordination of multifunctional team of continuous improvement with approximately 14 employees, responsible for using the Kaizen methodology to reduce nonconformities, costs of non-quality, increase of productivity, standardization of activities and provide technical support of ​​welding, assembly and painting areas; Responsible for the training of new multifunctional operators to support the production and technical training of the multifunctional process team; Ensuring the company's overall operation within the principles and philosophy of Lean Manufacturing; Responsible for the adequacy of the entire plant in CQI15 audits; Participation in audits VDA 6.3, QSB, ISO TS, ISO 14001: 04; Support for customers such as Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford and Honda. Automation Technician (12/2010 to 06/2011) Retrofit, upgrade, assembly of electrical panels in robotic and stationary welding machinery, full automation of manual processes; Monitoring and control of strategies in the execution of production programs, for better performance and quality in the customer service process; Quality assurance of the product, as well as control of all process parameters and dimensional and weld approvals along with quality; Implementation of continuous improvements and monthly presentations to the management and management to show the results; Participation in the implementation of new projects in the plant acting from tooling definition, line planning, validation with customers and process evaluation; Automation Assistant (02/2007 to 12/2010) Support production, electrical, mechanical and tooling maintenance in welding, assembly and painting sectors; Basic and Advanced Programming of Robots ABB S4, S4CPlus, IRC5 and Fanuc RJ2 and RJ3; Robotic laser welding Programming (Rofin-Sinar); Mig ​​/ Mag welding with addition materials: carbon steel and silicon copper; Experience in special robotic processes: application of wax and seal; Parametrization of Fronius welding power sources (TPS, CMT with and without RCU); Parametrization of resistance welding modules (Serra, Bosch and Fase); Programming and parametrization in Stud Weld process equipment (Emhart); Basic programming of Siemens S7-300 and S7-200 PLCs and LOGO; Achievements Reduction of ink consumption in the KTL paint line, generating a saving of approximately five thousand Reais a year. Travelling abroad to analyse and implement projects at: Barcelona Sep / 2010 and Italy Oct / 2011, Argentina Dec / 2011, Portugal Oct / 2012, Argentina April / May / June / 2015, Thailand August / 2017, South Africa Sep / 2017, Thailand Nov / 2017. Installation of cobots (UR) collaborative robots