Paulo Afonso Alcântara Cordeiro da Costa

Paulo Afonso
Alcântara
Cordeiro
da Costa
Industrial Product Designer
Email:
[email protected]
Mobile phones:
+55 (83) 9802.1999 | +55 (83) 8763.3367
Current address:
Varanguera Avenue, 250, Apt 01, Guaçú
São Roque, SP, Brazil
CEP: 18132-340
Personal Information
Areas of Expertise
Nacionality: Brazilian
Birth date: 04 Sep. 1989
Gender: Male
Married: No
Moving and travel availability:
Yes, including to other countries;
- Industrial product design and engineering;
- High quality surfaces; High complexity product design;
- Metal-mechanics machinery and equipment project;
- Product Life Cycle and Engineering Data management;
- Product benchmark and product quality;
- Research, development and innovation in industry .
Professional Experience
Junior Designer
LABOREMUS Agricult. Machines Manuf.
2011 to 2013
- Development of agricultural machines, residue crushers and civil construction equipment at Laboremus,
a Brazilian company with 89 years expertise in engineering and manufacturing.
- Complete Product Development: briefing, research, conception, virtual protoype using AutoDesk Inventor,
real prototype, adjustments, tests, first-of-series;
- Machine development, in compliance with standards: ABNT, NBR NM-ISO 13852, NR-12 and NR-31;
- Bill of Materials (BOM), Specification, Detailing, Technical Drawing;
- Preparation and release of sheet metal files - CNC Plasma;
- Product development method, Internal Standards documentation, Test and evaluation formularies;
- Engineering and Product Data Management , Product Structure, ERP.
Designer Trainee
LABOREMUS Agricult. Machines Manuf.
2010 to 2011
- User guide manuals development; company products modification (agricultural machines, residue crushers and
civil construction equipment;
- User guide manuals, from graphic conception and compliance with standards (NR-12 and NR-31), to product photography
and project finalization;
- Drawing corrections and project adjustments to various products components .
Extension Scholarship
CNPq (National C. for Sc. Research)
2008 to 2010
- Participation in ‘‘Citizen Universities Project’’ at the Agricultural Engineering Department of UFCG, working with
self-subsistent agricultural families and communities;
- Design and programming of project’s web-site; Visual identity conception; Logos and graphics for events and workshops;
- Staff member of numerous events and workshops (organization and realization);
- Virtual data architectury management;
- Content generation and review of project’s final report, send to CNPq.
Relevant Freelance Experience
Apparatus to apply a grip increaser over racing tracks
Garagem83 Events Promotion
2014
Design, engineering and protoype construction of an electric/hidraulic apparatus used to apply a special liquid (VHT
TrackBite, VL1, and similars) over asphalt and concrete automotive racing tracks, to increase grip (ligature) between
cars’ tires and the ground.
Quartzolite Rock Cutter
Tecquímica - Chemical Company
2011
Tridimensional virtual modelling of a Quartzolito mining equipment, including: In loco measurement and as built drawing;
Evaluation of the possibility of standardization of components and dimensions; Detailed virtual model construction
(components and assemblies).
Education
Complementary Training
Design: Industrial Products (BSc)
2007- 2012, Federal University of Campina Grande - UFCG.
Bachelor degree in UFCG, where the Industrial Design
Department is unique in Brazil in relation to Physics,
Computer Science and Engineering departments of the
Science and Technology Centre.
Manual Sketching Techniques
Ícon Design Studio (Sao Paolo, Brazil).
Gestalt
Ícon Design Studio (Sao Paolo, Brazil).
Rhinoceros 5.0 + Solid Thinking Evolve
Alpha Channel Professional School (São Paolo, Brazil)
Project Management Using MS Project
Aprender Mais Technical School / Eng. Rogério Padilha.
I Workshop of Agroindustrial Machines
INSA / Embrapa.
Elaboration and Management of Innovation Projects
SRI - Regional Program for Innovation / Regina Bonissoni.
Gestalt Laws Applied to Product Development
UFCG / Nelson Lopes
International Experience
Languages
Germany: Munich - January 2012
German language intensive course, DID Deutsch-Institut.
A2 Level school diploma.
Portuguese:
Native speaker
English:
Advanced (Conversation, Reading, Writing)
90 score obtained on TOEFL iBT.
German:
Basic / Intermediate (A2 Level)
Spanish:
Reading
Skills
IT Skills
- Microsoft Windows;
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint);
- Web programming languages (various);
- Web domains, hosting, FTP;
- Content Management Systems for WEB (CMS) .
Modelling, Virtual Prototyping and Rendering (3D)
- AutoDesk Inventor;
- SolidWorks;
- Rhinoceros 3D;
- Solid Thinking Evolve
- Wings 3D / Yafa Ray / Blender 3D.
Corporative and Manufacturing Softwares
- Lantek Expert (CNC)
- AlterData (Industrial ERP)
- Nomus (Manufacturing Schedule and Control)
- MS Project (Project Management)
Photography, Drawing and Graphic Design Softwares
- Adobe Fireworks;
- Corel Draw.
Other Knowledge
- NURBS - High quality surfaces design;
- Mechanics, materials and industrial processes;
- Functional systems and schemes;
- Automation, electric and electronic fundamentals;
- Automotive systems (mechanical, electric, electronic).
Personal Skills
- Technical and leadership skills;
- Well-articulated and able to deal with a wide range of people;
- Multidisciplinary approach and knowledge;
- Ability to work without supervision;
- Self-starter and motivated to keep studying;
- Keen to learn new methods, tools and work techniques;