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Project Manager and experienced concept and detail Design Engineer who has knowledge of using Catia, Fides, Auto Desk Inventor and Siemens NX with 10 years of experience in the Automotive Industry designing tools for automated processes.

Experience

  • Freelance Mechanical Design Engineer SUTONIUM CREATIVE SOLUTIONS · Self-employed Sep 2022 – Present 2 yrs 2 mos Târgu Mureș, MS, Romania Projects and tasks related to them:

    DASSAULT AVIATION FALCON 6X:
    Creating the mechanical design of 5 tools used for the manufacturing of FALCON 6X airplane wings.
  • Mechanical Design Engineer/Project Manager/PLC Programmer DALIAN AUTOTECH ENGINEERING SRL · Full-time Mar 2019 – Sep 2022 3 yrs 6 mos Sibiu, SB, Romania Projects and tasks related to them:

    Attending Course for PLC programming and networking

    BMW:
    - Designing automated welding fixtures
    - Designing robotic grippers for manipulation of car body parts
    - Designing conveyor pallets for the transportation of car body parts

    Daimler:
    - Designing welding fixtures for MIG MAG welding for turn tables (finding solutions for the dimensional and mass constraints)
    - Designing adapter structures for the transportation of the designed welding fixtures
    -Designing rework station for inspection and correction of welding seams
    -Creating 2D drawings for the rework station
    -Designing a container for the rejected car body
    -Creating 2D drawings and BOM for the container

    BMW G28 BEV
    - providing the purchase part list for different kinds of devices for the manufacturing lines
    - designing fixture and r est stations
    - providing payload data for grippers
    - creating concept and design for geo grippers for welding process

    On site work for BMW Munchen
    (Integration of model G26 ICE/BEV)
    - analyzing the malfunctions in the lines and providing solutions
    - ordering the manufactured and standard parts required for the modifications
    - providing the materials, documentation and technical support for the mechanical assembly team
    - verifying that the modifications are made according to the documentation and that they are functional

    BMW G68
    - Designing welding fixtures and grippers
    - Creating documentation for the designed equipment

    Daimler Klebeanlage
    - Creating design concepts for the centering of the sealing of the car with integrated calibration stands for the cameras of the manipulating best-fit grippers
    - Creating design concepts for best-fit grippers that pick the sealings of different car body types and places it on the roof of the car.
    - Creating design concepts for takeout trolleys of the gluing/assembly line
    - Creating design concepts for manipulating grippers that pick from a stacked rack the sealing of different types of car models
    - Coordinating and supporting 3-5 designers for the creation of concepts for centering stations, manipulating grippers, best-fit grippers, take-out trolleys, manual gluing fixtures, DVD assembly stations, drawers etc.
    - Coordinating, supporting, and managing design, simulation, manufacturing and purchasing department activities for the designed equipment
    - Controlling and tracking the status of the deliverable equipment’s

    Attending Project Management Fundamentals training

    Attending A1.1 German training

    BMW U28 SF – Project Manager - Mechanical Design
    - Creating concepts (GEO Fixtures, Process Grippers, Turntables) and 3D finish design for the Side Frame middle of the BEV and ICE car body types
    - Coordinating and giving technical support for approx. 10-15 designers (including external ones)
    - Finding technical solutions and breaking down the work for each designer
    - Coordinating tasks, processing, and forwarding information between Planning Dep., Simulation Dep., and Design Dep. (most relevant for my position)
    - Presenting designed equipment to the client

    Audi 59X KHSTA
    - Creating concept and 3D finish design for automated weld spot welding fixture that needed to be functional for 6 car types
    - Mentoring less experienced designer
    - Coordinating and breaking down daily engineering task for a team of 10 engineers to meet the project goals
    - Giving the team of 10 engineers technical support
    - Finding ways to improve the quality of the engineering teams work

    Project manager general activities
    - Contributing to Continuous improvement plan using Kanban board
    - Establishing projects RACI matrix, etc.
  • Mechanical Design Engineer BUCHER DESIGN & PRODUCTION SRL · Full-time Nov 2016 – Mar 2019 2 yrs 4 mos Sibiu, SB, Romania Projects and tasks related to them:
    BMW G2X:
    - updating robot grippers, making them functional with the new car body.
    - working on different equipment (rest, pull out, fixtures) for the automated process making them economical as possible, ensuring that one equipment is functional for 4 models of car body.
    - designing automated welding fixtures (updating the concept of the old welding station for the new model), applying 3D finish for every designed part
    - implementing sensor systems in car body racks for the distinction of car body models.
    - creating 2D technical drawings for the designed parts
    Porsche:
    - designing from zero welding geo stations, welding robot grippers, manipulating robot grippers.
    - designing linear units that work properly with the applied sealing on the car body.
    - mounting sensors on robot grippers and robot gripper stands to configure the safe zone for each robot.
    Daimler:
    - designing the reference fixture for the project (for every other equipment designed on the project this was the model to follow) while meeting Daimler`s exigent requirements
    - designing robot grippers for single car body but for multiple car body as well
    - modifying kinematic complex welding stations
    - determining the distribution of the car body on the conveyor taking into consideration the robot grippers construction and movement but also the requirements of the process
    Rolls Royce:
    - making design modifications according to the client’s requirements
    - implementing an anti error (poka yoke) system for the manual loading of the car body
    Allgeier:
    - designing fixtures and parts of fixtures in sync with other team members for robotic MIG MAG welding of fuel tanks
    - finding design solutions for the manual inserting and for the geometrical definition of the filler pipe
    Digitial Twin:
    - Siemens NX course for 3D modeling and drafting
    Dag Kuppenheim:
    - making modifications on grippers and stations
    - applying 3D finish for different process devices
    - making 2D documentation for the designed equipment
    - preparing the data packages for delivery
    - entering the data into the SAP EBE system
  • Mechanical Design Engineer S.C. TMF S.R.L · Full-time Nov 2013 – Nov 2016 3 yrs Târgu Mureș, MS, Romania Responsibilities and activities:
    Designing fixtures, robot grippers, pallets for conveyors as part of a
    design team with the coordination of a technical leader.
    These responsibilities involved study, concept development, final modeling and 2D drawing/documentation creation using Catia V5, Fides, PowerPoint, MS Office and other software.
    As a customer driven business, we not only offer solutions that are functional but also meet the customers preferences.
    The company attends courses to offer and to help us refresh important engineering knowledge that is
    necessary for our projects.
    Below are the projects and my tasks related to them:
    Audi:
    - creation of assembly drawings (fixtures, grippers) and 2D drawings (steel parts, bent sheet metal parts, welded fabrications)/stock lists of the components
    Ford:
    - designing conveyor pallets for the transportation of sheet metal parts that can be manipulated by robotic grippers
    - mounting sensors in the welding station to ensure the correct welding process for the involved robots
    - mounting mechanical components to ensure position control of a mechanism used for cleaning the tip of robotic weld guns
    Fiat:
    -implementing units in an existing 3D welding fixture model taking into consideration feasibility and costs
    BMW:
    - designing 3 manual welding stations almost from zero taking into consideration ergonomic principles, costs, customers preferences
    making modifications on existing stations, and offering solutions to lower the costs
    Renault:
    - making final modeling and 2D drawings.
    Ford Fiesta:
    - creating (concept, study, final modeling) fixtures for robotic welding
    Daimler:
    - modifying existing fixtures to work with the current weld spot pattern while taking into consideration the customers preferences
    - implementing separate nests (jigs) on rotating table with marking units, taking into consideration ergonomic principles for manual loading while finding solutions that are optimal for the industrial robots
    Audi:
    -optimizing fixtures and grippers of older model and making them functional with new weld study

Education

  • Universitatea Sapientia BA, Mechatronics and Robotics Engineering, 9.20 2009 – 2013 Activities and Societies: EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS BSc Mechanical Engineering University Studied modules : - Design of Mechatronic Systems - Programming of Mechatronic Systems - PLC programming - Control of industrial robots - Micro controllers - Industrial robots - Pneumatics and hydraulics - CNC programming Prizes -Scholarships for being one of the best students at the University. Projects
    -Design and construction of a mobile robot (University thesis work)
    Project details
    -Stages of my design:
    1. Analyzing requirements and constraints, which in my case were financial and of execution
    2. Acting while considering these constraints
    3. Simulation and verification
    Challenges of the design:
    - choosing the right component
    - ensuring the compatibility of the components with each other (especially
    electronics)
    - correctly dimensioning the components (motors, steering mechanism etc.)
    - analyzing the effects of necessary changes on the robot and on its components
    - implementation of "Ackermann" steering system implementation of "Ackermann" steering system
    - centering the steering mechanism
    Challenges of implementation (construction):
    - manufacturing the designed components (CNC machining, hole drilling)
    - ensuring the correct functionality of the steering mechanism
    - assembling the components
    - wiring the electronics
    - controlling the motors without overloading them
    - implementing the "Edge Detection" algorithm considering the imprecision of the sensor and and the environmental noise
    - testing the implemented algorithm
    - tuning the sensors and motors
    - correcting errors caused by tool inaccuracy and by small human small human errors that overlapping affected the functionality of the robot

Licenses & Certifications

  • Fundamentals of Project Management PfMP Jun 2021 – Present
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Joined: December 4, 2022

Last seen: November 18, 2024

Languages

English Professional working proficiency

Hungarian Native or bilingual proficiency

Romanian Full professional proficiency

German Elementary proficiency

Italian Elementary proficiency

Location

Bucharest, Romania