Rafael Do Amaral Correia Dos Santos

Experience

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  Aços Radial

  Jan 2005 - Aug 2006

  Mechanical Designer

  Responsible to create mechanical drawings using AutoCAD aiming enable the oxyfuel cutting process planning, also participating in the process monitoring through quality tools usage. Certified and qualified as internal auditor of ISO 9001: 2000 standard performing eight internal audits before the maintenance audits by regulatory organization.

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  Tetralon Ind Com Equip Ind ltda

  Aug 2006 - Mar 2007

  Mechanical Designer

  Elaboration of engineering studies to define fluid moving solutions, providing direct assistance to sales team at initial customers approach, generating engineering documentation to support the fabrication and assembly process.

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  Climber Equipamentos Industriais

  Apr 2007 - Oct 2007

  Mechanical Designer

  Development of equipment (overhead cranes, hoists, gantries and swivel arms) for transportation and lifting of loads together with a structural engineer, preparing conceptual and detailed drawings to perform feasibility studies and critical analysis, ensuring meet the customer requirements and their business needs. The shop floor activities were monitored to provide appropriate support at manufacturing and assembly team from the steel plates cutting to the functional tests internally or at customer environment. Show less

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  IMI Norgren

  Oct 2007 - Mar 2011

  Mechanical Designer

  Worked at process engineering department offering direct support to production, maintenance, quality and sales department, performing activities that contributed to increasing the added value of the products and solutions offered to the market. Among the attributions and responsibilities were studies to improve production capacity, development of jigs and fixtures, safety and ergonomics projects, studies to setup reduction in addition to activities connected at Quality Management System such as the elaboration of control plans, work instructions, PFMEA and DFMEA. Show less

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  ROFA Conveyor Technology

  Mar 2011 - Aug 2011

  Mechanical Designer

  Development of manipulators, reaction arms and special devices, aiming to improve ergonomics and productivity of the assembly lines of automotive segment, participating from conceptual project definition until functional tests before customer shipping, including phases of field survey, critical analysis from customer requirements and project development.

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  John Deere

  Sept 2011 - now

  Working with process definition, material handling equipment, material storage systems, projects of continuous improvement, safety and ergonomic, enabling the highest operations level, by quality, productivity and safety perspectives. Frequently interacting with suppliers to develop strategic projects, aiming to achieve the long-term corporate goals. Member of John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group, responsible to develop embedded systems for precision agriculture segment. In this group I participate into the product development process, from the customer requirements acquisition to product launch, with activities in engineering, prototypes validation, field test, supplier development, manufacturing and quality.

  • Product Manager R3 Precision Upgrades

    Nov 2023 - now

  • Manufacturing Engineer

    Jun 2021 - Nov 2023

  • Product Engineer

    Sept 2011 - Jun 2021