Daniel (Gil) Gonzalez gil
Lead CAD Engineer and Technical Project Manager
Experience
Feb 2024 - Present
1 year 6 months Seville, Spain
Lead CAD Engineer and Technical Project Manager
Freelancer
- Engineering and CAD development of fixtures for aerospace projects
- Project management for procurement processes in plastic design projects
- Key Challenges: scope, quotation and resource management
May 2022 - Mar 2023
11 months Helmond, Netherlands
Technical Project Manager Vehicle Interior
Lightyear
- Coordination of concept phase for interior development (complete interior trim, seats, roof console), including activities like high level time plan, section book, styling reviews, cost estimation and supplier coordination (LY2 project)
- Key Challenges: developing a comprehensive project plan including phases, tooling strategy and resource allocation
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
1 year 2 months Sindelfingen, Germany
Lead Engineer at Lightyear (LY0 Project)
AKKA GmbH
- Coordination of interior development: headliner, roof console, pillar and trunk trim, carpet, device integration
- Studio Design Engineer (styling coordination) in exterior
- Key Challenges: developing complex modules under tight deadlines while implementing processes (milestone definitions, PLM, release and change management) in a startup environment
- Achievement: developed and brought to market 130 components (Lightyear 0 interior)
- Role: project manager for development
Oct 2019 - Feb 2020
5 months Sindelfingen, Germany
Technical Project Manager / Lead CAD Engineer (System BTV seat development Grammer)
AKKA GmbH
- Coordination of CAD engineers and client management in developing backrest and armrest for industrial vehicles (metal structure, plastic parts, electromechanics)
- Coordination of internal teams: tolerances, simulation, DMU, PMO
- Key Challenges: developing a detailed schedule in a very tight timeframe with constantly requested optimizations
Oct 2018 - Sep 2019
1 year Sindelfingen, Germany
Technical Project Manager Int/Ext (Ineos Grenadier)
AKKA GmbH
- Technical coordination of exterior modules development: bumpers, grille, trims, seals, accessories
- Technical coordination of interior modules development: cockpit, seats, HVAC, trims, steering wheel, pedals
- Key Challenges: capacity and resource management in rapidly growing teams (from 3 to 16 engineers in one year)
- Achievement: finalized interior and exterior development concept from scratch (Ineos Grenadier)
- Role: project manager for development
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
1 year Sindelfingen, Germany
Lead CAD Engineer Exterior (Ineos Grenadier)
AKKA GmbH
- 3D design of exterior modules (plastic and metal parts) in concept phase: bumpers, grille, lighting integration, exterior trim. CAD tool: Catia V5
Jan 2015 - Sep 2017
1 year 9 months Sindelfingen, Germany
CAD Engineer at Bosch (Porsche Cluster)
AKKA GmbH
- Development (3D, 2D, property definition) of cluster components from concept to series: plastic parts, heat sinks, speaker integration, PCBs, glass. CAD tool: Catia V5
- Achievement: system development up to series production (Porsche Cluster with Bosch)
- Role: lead engineer and project manager for component development
Sep 2013 - Dec 2015
2 years 4 months Holzgerlingen, Germany
Lead CAD Engineer
Southco
- Development of latching and positioning systems (Fiat, Iveco, Maserati, Audi...) from concept to series: glove box, center console, multimedia mounts. CAD tools: NX & Catia V5
- Technical analysis: tolerance calculation, FMEA, FEA, Moldflow...
- Development of test plan, tracking first off-tool parts
- Achievement: developed innovative latching and positioning systems with Southco
- Role: lead engineer and project manager for component development
Jan 2011 - Aug 2013
1 year 8 months Weissach, Germany
CAD Engineer
Gotech
- 3D design of interior parts (plastic and sheet metal) for Porsche: integration of infotainment systems, wiring harness elements, electric vehicle charging station. CAD tool: Catia V5
Summary
Mechanical engineer with 14 years of experience in interior and exterior parts development, with strong ability to lead international teams from concept phase to series production. Solid knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methods, risk management and stakeholder coordination. Skilled user of CAD (Catia V5/V6, NX) and PLM tools (Team Center, 3DX)
Languages
Spanish
Native
English
Advanced
German
Advanced
Education
Sep 2001 - Mar 2011
University of Seville
Industrial Engineer · Mechanical Engineering · Seville, Spain
Certifications & licenses
Agile Project Management with Scrum
PMP Zertifikat
PMI
PSM I (Scrum Master)
Srum.org
PSPO I (Product Owner)
Srum.org
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