Alexandre Guimarães

GM Brazil Product Engineering Liaison, located at Adam Opel GmbH (Germany), working as a GMB / GMLAAM representative in Europe, supporting the planning and implementation of Global and Regional programs.

Technical Assistant to Mr. Alberto Rejman (Product Engineering Director), being part of the Product Engineering Board of Directors and taking part on strategic discussions and decisions for GMB Product Engineering.

Electrical Architecture Engineer, being responsible for the establishment of the electrical architectures for new vehicles, defining Electronic Modules and Electrical components to be used as well as all related Data Buses. Direct responsible for the on-board electronics and their related communication protocols for a new compact vehicle.

Product Development Team Leader of the Electrical & Electronics Engineers responsible for the New Vectra definition and development. Coordinated 11 engineers during 3 years, tracking systems development evolution and program imperatives (timing, piece cost, quality, weight) and presenting status regularly to GMB top management.

Product Engineer responsible for New Corsa's Sound System, Body Control Module, Central Door Lock and Anti-Theft Warning Systems and Switches definition and development and Product Engineer responsible for New Vectra's Sound System development.

3-years experience with Product Engineering Budget preparation among other activities.

4-years experience with industrial automation (Robots, PLCs and CNCs).

A course related to the management of Research and Development environments.

Research focused on serial communication protocols, especially CAN Bus (Controller Area Network) applied to agricultural applications. This research's technical pillars are very similar to those found on automotive applications.

Graduation work was based on automotive engine calibration. An interface (hardware and software) was developed and assembled to simulate main engine inputs.