Rafael Furquim

Mechanical/Software Engineer

About

Mechanical Engineering with Control and Automation background, having lived in Brazil, USA and Czech Republic. Brazilian and EU Citizen – fluent in Portuguese and English. Having international experiences around the globe, I had the opportunity to work and study with multicultural people, learning and sharing both professional and personal knowledge. As an engineer and programmer enthusiast, my goal is to unite the beauty of mechanical engineering and the high technology in the market to innovate and make processes efficient, safe and environment friendly as possible.

Rafael Photo

Performance Engineer

Providing digital support for pipelay support vessels offshore operations thourgh:

  • Developing softwares using VBA, Python and PowerApps
  • Elaborating operational engineering documentation
  • API interface for checklist software automation
  • RPA for data extraction
  • Birthday: October 26th, 1994
  • Age: 28 years old
  • Country: Brazil
  • City/State: Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Skills

During my career and studies, I develop some hard and soft skills. Most of them are listed here in the percentage of knowledge that I believe have for each one.

Python

90%

JavaScript

50%

HTML

40%

C#

30%

MATLAB

60%

PyQt

80%

Pandas

80%

SQL

30%

Flask

30%

Unity

70%

Communication

100%

Teamwork

100%

Commitment

100%

Empathy

100%

Curriculum

Professional

Performance Engineer

2021 - present

TechnipFMC

Besides doing engineer operations documentation I'm also responsible for digital support for pipelay support vessels offshore operations developing softwares using VBA, Python and PowerApps.

Scientific Initiation in Fluid Dynamics

2019 - 2021

NIDF - Interdisciplinary Center of Fluid Dynamics

Using QT framework with Python I developed a software for plotting 3D graphics based on 2D data of eroded metal plates using a rugosimeter and a software called GALIA (Gas Liquid Particles Simulator) which, through a simple and intuitive interface, provides reference data for multiphase flows in straight tubes. Also support for installation of rigging systems for experiments with biphasic flows.

Project Manager

2014 - 2015

MinervaBots

Robotics National Team from UFRJ, Brazil. Sumo, Lego and Battle robotics competition. I was responsible for: design robot chassis and sensors support using physics simulation on SolidWorks, manufacturing metal parts using CNC, lathe and welding,testing sensors, process data and developing algorithms for self-driving behavior robot.

Education

Extension Course, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

2022 - Present

Digital House

Extension course in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence with a duration of 10 months.

B.Eng., Mechanical Engineering

2014 - 2022

Polytechnic School of UFRJ

Engineer’s Degree, as prior to Bologna Process. Graduates receive the Professional Engineer accreditation in Brazil (CREA register) and may sign Engineering projects in their field.

M.Eng. Exchange, Control and Automation

2017 - 2018

Czech Technical University in Prague

Academic exchange undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering with emphasis in Control and Automation. I learned basic concepts about Control and Automation including PLC and visualization.

Technical Course, Mechanical Technician

2009 - 2012

Cefet/RJ - Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca

As a graduated mechanical technician I learned welding, CNC, machining and much more common processes in the mechanical industry through practical teaching.

Projects

Contact

Location:

Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brazil