Design & development of automation software (PLC or PC technologies), programming and commissioning

Experience
Senior Software Engineer - Aitec Soluciones, Servicios y Sistemas.
January 2012 – Present

• Design and development of general functionality libraries regardless of the platform:
  • Data processing/Production Data Collection.

• • Traceability.
• Design and development of libraries for special equipment/devices:
  • Identification. Reading of 1D-2D codes (e.g. Cognex, Keyence).
  • Identification. RFID technology (e.g. Balluff).
  • Laser marking (e.g. Coherent, Rofin).
  • Force-displacement measurement (e.g. Burster, Kistler).
  • Robotics (e.g. Stäubli, Universal Robots).
  • Machine vision (e.g. Cognex, Keyence).
  • Servomotors (e.g. Berger Lahr, Rexroth).
  • Signaling (e.g. Banner).
  • Welding (e.g. Branson, Miyachi, Rexroth).
• Design and development of base programs for special machines for production lines (e.g. Alternators production line with Bosch Rexroth PLC technology, …).
• Programming of special machines, test benches for production lines in the automotive industry.
• Commissioning at end-customer facilities (Czech Republic, China, France, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, Serbia, South Africa, Spain, Turkey, Wales).
• Mentoring junior software engineers/programmers.
• Design and maintenance of databases and applications of the company, focused in the internal activity of it (HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, MySQL, …).

Senior PLC Designer and Programmer, and Field Technician - Aitec Soluciones, Servicios y Sistemas.
January 1998 – December 2011

• Communication with customers.
• Design and development of solutions according to IEC 61131-3 (CoDeSys, Indralogic) via controller-based PLC systems to PC-based PLC systems.
• Programming (PLC & HMI) of semi-automatic/automatic machines and test benches for the automotive industry.
• Commissioning at end-customer facilities (Cardiff (Wales), Angers (France), Jihlava (Czech Republic), ...).
• Training of programmers and electrical technicians with automation knowledge (PLC), for the Opcon Classic development environments (based on CoDeSys and Indralogic) from Robert Bosch.
• Development of training materials (e.g. manuals, presentations, exercises).

PLC Trainer for integrators/technicians - Aitec Soluciones, Servicios y Sistemas.
January 1997 – December 1998

• Training of programmers and electrical technicians with knowledge of automation (PLC) for Robert Bosch development environments (Profi, WinSPS, WinDP) and MADAP programming standard.
• Development of training materials (e.g. manuals, presentations, exercises).

Senior PLC Designer and Programmer, and Field Technician - Aitec Asesoría Técnica Informática.
June 1996 – December 1997

• Applying of the knowledge of the structured programming, acquired in database programming, to design and development of programming standards (base programs).
• Design and development of libraries to modularize, optimize and simplify the structure of PLC programs.
• Development of sequence diagrams.
• Programming (PLC & HMI) of semi-automatic/automatic machines and test benches for the automotive industry.
• Commissioning at end-customer facilities (Bamberg (Germany), Homburg (Germany)).

Junior PLC Programmer, and Field Technician - Hermix Consultores.
January 1994 - May 1996

• Development of sequence diagrams.
• Programming (PLC & HMI) of semi-automatic/automatic machines and test benches for the automotive industry.
• Commissioning at end-customer facilities (e.g. Brits (South Africa), Göttingen (Germany)).

Junior Relational Database Programmer - Hermix Consultores.
January 1991 - December 1993

• Programming/coding of forms, reports and processes.
• Functional testing and debugging.
• Development of technical documentation.
• Installation and start-up.
• Support in database structure design.

Soft Skills:

• Leadership.
• Organization.
• Communication.
• Creativity.
• Problem Solving.
• Decision Making.
• Teamwork.
• Collaboration.
• Adaptability.
• Movility.
• International Experience.

Hard Skills:

• PLC Programming languages: Beckhoff TwinCAT 4, Beckhoff TwinCAT 3, Bosch-Rexroth Indralogic, Bosch-Rexroth Opcon Classic, Bosch-Rexroth Control Plus, Bosch WinSPS, Bosch Profi, Siemens TIA Portal, Allen Bradley RSLogis, Schneider Electric ProWORX 32.
• Robot programming languages: Stäubli Robotics Suite, KUKA WorkVisual.
• Programming languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Java, PHP, SQL, Visual Basic, Pascal.
• Databases: SQL Server, MySQL, MultiBase.