Daniel Vilela

Role
Cae Engineering Group Manager at General Motors
Location
Detroit, MI, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

Experience

  1. Cae Engineering Group Manager

    General Motors

    Dec 2015 — Present

    Leading a team of over 20 engineers responsible for engineering deliverables associated with Vehicle Dynamics, Load Prediction and Controls CAE Integration, supporting GM Global Product Development. • Responsible for providing my team with the tools and resources needed for the engineering execution as related to the expected deliverables in our area. • Support my team to embrace the challenges that are posed in our way by means of providing the necessary resources and technical leadership required to the successful adoption of new tools, processes and methods needed to address new types of questions. • Support effective sharing of learnings and knowledge associated with new best practices, techniques and methods within the team and with the rest of the engineering development community. • Active participation in GM global projects with close collaboration with partners in US, Europe, Asia and South America. • DFSS Master Black Belt certified, with experience as DFSS Coach, Leader and Technical Coach.

Education

  • USP - Universidade de São Paulo

    Master in Science (MSc), Mechanical Engineering

    2001 — 2003

  • USP - Universidade de São Paulo

    Doctorate (PhD), Mechanical Engineering

    2006 — 2010

  • USP - Universidade de São Paulo

    Graduation, Mechanical Engineering

    1995 — 1999

Skills

  • Engineering
  • Product Design
  • Optimization
  • Product Development
  • German
  • Simulations
  • Fatigue Analysis
  • Cae
  • Kinematics
  • Ts16949
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Hypermesh
  • Matlab
  • Dfmea
  • Durable Goods
  • Simulink
  • Fmea
  • Nastran
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Fluent English
  • Product Engineering
  • Automotive
  • Spanish
  • Stress Analysis
  • Automobile
  • Non-Linear
  • Design of Experiments
  • Automotive Design
  • Structural Analysis
  • Doe
  • Sheet Metal
  • Signal Processing
  • Simulation
  • Design Optimization
  • Chassis
  • Dfss
  • Vehicle Dynamics
  • Teamcenter
  • Vehicles
  • Finite Element Analysis

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