Danilo Costa Miranda | CV
February 22, 2021
SU MM AR Y
Danilo Miranda has a bachelor degree in Environmental Engineer at
FTC and graduated course of Automotive Engineering at Senai Cimatec.
Currently working at Ford the US multinational company located on
Brazil and member of global product development team with
experience on prototype build phase and design & release engineering.
With +10 years, support prototype activities, since strategy, budget,
facilities, labor, tooling and orders placement, till bill of material
definition, tracking, parts release and all interface with other areas,
purchasing, logistic, engineer, suppliers in order to ensure build and
delivery prototype vehicles on time to tests/validations.
Danilo’s goal is to work on product development as Design & Release
Engineer, TVM Engineer, Prototype Planner, Build Coordinator, Test
Planner or PMT Integration, becoming the reference in the company.
C OM PE T EN C E O V ER VI E W
Specialist area
Final assembly prototype engineering specialist, 3D package analysis at vismockup,
virtual bill of material validation, all interface related prototype phase, lead meetings
Currently D&R Engineer at Body Exterior / Mechanisms, focused on cost reduction.
Tools and
Other Skills
Teamcenter, Vismockup, MS Project, WERS, Microsoft Advanced Package, Solid
Edge, EXCEL VBA, Power BI, C#, .NET Core.
A SS IG N M EN T EX P ERI E N C E
2020 – to
present
D&R ENGINEER (Body Exterior / Mechanisms) – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BRAZIL
Release parts, review parts and systems design, material, in order to find efficiency
also reduce plant complexity. Working with suppliers, purchasing and program
team to implement actions.
2019 – 2020
FINAL ASSEMBLY LEAD ENGINEER(SR) – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BRAZIL
Construction of a new prototype assembly plant at South America - Engineer lead,
plant dimensionament / comissionament, delivered a brand new prototype plant
with capacity to delivery 10 vehicles a week. Working since design, process flow, till
fixtures constructions, validation and ordering (power tools, devices, materials etc).
2016 – 2019
2014 – 2016
BUILD COORDINATOR ENGINEER (SR) – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BRAZIL
Coordinate builds at prototype plants, provide illustration, define build stations
(engine dress up, doors/IP, final assembly). Solve build issues, bill of material,
approval, plant floor re-works, vehicle sign off and report the build status daily.
PROTOTYPE PLANNER ENGINEER (SR) – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BRAZIL
Planning and coordinate prototype builds. Management budget, labor, facilities,
tooling, parts and vehicles. Integration all areas support (Purchasing, Logistic, CAD,
Suppliers, Engineering and Program Management) to ensure prototype builds
delivering vehicles for design validation.
- Build Strategy – Define build location, vehicles specification, bailment/module
parts strategy, build schedule formalization aligned with pilot plant capacity and
test plan.
2010 - 2014
- Build Planning – BOM definition/validation, parts and tooling ordering placement,
BOM issues resolution, BOM changes, support parts tracking meeting and lead
shortages meeting to guarantee parts on time. Solve issues, late promise date,
approve rate & flow deliveries etc.
PRE-PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT (PL) – FORD MOTOR COMPANY, BRAZIL
Prototype / Production (bill of material) management, logistic strategy definition,
lead parts tracking and shortages meetings also coordinate logistic process to
guarantee parts availability for prototype builds. Support pre-production system
management to release parts into the system for production.
PR OF E S SI ON A L EX PER I E N C E
Accomplishiments
2019 - 2020 – Construction of a new prototype assembly plant at south
america. Engineer lead for plant dimensionament / comissionament. Delivering
a brand new prototype plant with capacity to delivery 10 vehicles a week.
July 2016 – Lead prototype build at Ford USA - Dearborn. (197 prototype
vehicles built/delivered on time);
February 2016 – Lead prototype build at Ford USA - Dearborn. (96 prototype
vehicles built/delivered on time);
September 2013 – Support prototype build at Ford Germany - Cologne. (57
prototype vehicles built/delivered on time).
March 2011 – Support prototype build at Ford Germany - Cologne. (22
prototype vehicles/mules built/delivered on time).
E D UC AT I ON , TR AIN IN G & QU A LI F IC AT I ON S
2021
FIAP (Brazil).
MBA FULL STACK SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT (ON GOING).
2014
SENAI CIMATEC University (Brazil).
Graduated Course of Automotive Engineering (NOT CONCLUDED).
2009
FTC – Faculdade de Tecnologia e Ciências (Brazil).
Bachelor Enviromental Engineering.
P ER SO N A L IN FOR MA T IO N
Personal Qualities
Hobbies
Driver's License
Nationality
Language
Year of birth
Energic, communicative, happy, team worker, easy-going, adaptable.
Nature, animals, soccer, hiking and socialize with friends, software etc.
B
Brazilian.
English (spoken and written).
1986.