Carlos Eduardo Pinto

Consultant specializing in advanced battery technologies and electrification across marine, automotive, e-mobility, traction, and utility-scale storage. Deliver customized solutions, strategic expertise in BESS/RESS/C&I, and end-to-end project and product management. Lead innovative development, solve complex issues, guide lifecycles, and drive optimization and cost efficiency. Provide technical training and capability building.

Co-lead a top-priority product initiative, owning technical direction and successful delivery in partnership with commercial leaders. Establish daily cadence, steer PM team, and accelerate readiness across testing schedules, supply chain, documentation, delivery, and FAT. Coordinate with strategic partners; provide on-site support for suppliers, homologation, and prototyping. Expanded from requirements and EE architecture to full technical leadership, ensuring compliance and driving innovation and roadmap.

Drive system requirements, define E/E architecture, and lead DFMEA to mitigate design risks in complex electrical systems. Direct electronics development with contractors, ensuring integration across mechanical and electrical domains. Enforce compliance with standards and regulations. Support the CTO with strategic input on product portfolio and technology roadmap.

Led technical strategy for power electronics and powertrain teams, shaping product roadmap with CEO/business input. Owned end-to-end development for electric motorcycles, including high-performance battery systems, power electronics, wiring harnesses, and powertrain. Managed design changes and localization. Coordinated application/product engineering, supported after-sales to resolve field issues, and built expertise in battery swap stations for e-moto ecosystems.

Led strategic technical direction for Li-ion battery engineering across automotive and industrial vehicles. Orchestrated development/testing, mentored teams, and acted as CATL L1/L2 certified maintenance agent. Launched Moura's Lithium Unit; delivered prototypes, on-site commissioning, and industrialization. Covered heavy-duty, telecom, forklifts, and BESS. Drove market and supplier assessments, customer integration support, RFQ proposals, and global tech sourcing.

Planned telemetry expansion across Neoenergia utilities (Celpe, Coelba, Cosern). Drove innovation in power metering and led field deployments of remote measurement using Zigbee, Bluetooth, RF, GPRS, and satellite. Managed energy loss detection via energy balance, SMC, and HV current sensors. Developed targeted loss-reduction proposals to boost distribution efficiency and tackle technical and non-technical losses.

FCA’s Vehicle Software V&V team key member, building processes, benchmarking tools, training engineers, and defining/managing KPIs. Forged strategic technical partnerships for the Pernambuco Software Center. Led Scrum adoption to improve execution and quality. Performed requirements analysis, QA, and SIL/MIL testing for automotive ECUs, with emphasis on Body Computer Module functionality.

Worked at Samsung Electronics R&D (Mobile division). Led the Connectivity Test Team covering Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, accessories, B2B, Kies, and convergence. Built and trained a 10+ engineer team and established a global Connectivity Lab. Directed interoperability and field testing to ensure device quality and compatibility with local networks.

Led industrial automation projects, creating hardware/software for test JIGs to improve testing efficiency. Developed industrial and field apps in Delphi and Java. As a CT-PIM contractor, delivered exclusive LATAM technical support to NXP and ST‑Ericsson. Conducted mobile interoperability/field tests and operator homologation for embedded devices. Completed a two‑month training at NXP’s China HQ in 2007, deepening product expertise.

Worked at Samsung Electronics R&D (TV Division), developing TV software and embedded systems in C and Delphi. Led industrial cost‑reduction initiatives by designing and implementing specialized test JIGs to streamline production and testing.

Contracted via CIn-UFPE to support Motorola, executing manual tests on mobile devices, validating features, and creating/updating test cases. Supervised scholarship holders and improved process quality. Completed a 3-month hands-on training at Motorola HQ (USA). Participated in the CIn-UFPE–Motorola partnership and the Motorola Software Test Residency Program, deepening practical expertise in device testing and test case management.

• MBA in Project Execution and Control for Electrical Engineering. • Duration: 480 hours

• Sequential Complementary Training Course in Software Engineering, with emphasis in Test Analysis. In a cooperation between Motorola and the Center for Informatics of the Federal University of Pernambuco (CIn-UFPE). • Duration: 552 hours