Jaime Castro

About Jaime Castro

Many organizations struggle to align automation initiatives with strategic goals, leading to inefficiencies, safety-related risks, unreliable and underperforming systems, and missed opportunities for growth. That’s where I come in. With 16+ years of experience in Electrical, Automation and Controls Engineering, I specialize in automation strategy development, control systems, machine vision systems, machine learning, functional safety, and program management. My approach combines technical expertise with strategic leadership, ensuring that automation solutions not only meet compliance standards but also deliver measurable business impact. What I bring to the table:• Global Automation Leadership: I spearheaded automation strategies for manufacturing sites, driving adoption of engineering best-practices, standardization and project execution excellence in alignment with organizational goals.• Program Management: Drive full lifecycle project delivery - including vendor selection and development of business cases, RFP/RFQ, FAT/SAT, CQV plans - and multi-site project reporting against KPIs.• Automation Expertise: Designed, implemented and commissioned advanced solutions for high-performance machines with focus on electrical system, control panel, PLC and HMI programming. • Machine Vision Expertise: Designed and implemented advanced vision systems (which included vision-guided robotics, anomaly detection, vision-based measurement) that reduced labor content, improved inspection accuracy and enhanced solutions reliability.• Machine Safety & Compliance Leadership: Conducted comprehensive Risk Assessments (based on ISO 12100), developed and deployed functional safety systems in accordance to standards EN/ISO 13849 and EN/IEC 62061, improving safety through the entire life cycle of machines. • Engineering Standards development: Developed engineering best-practice guidelines, and engineering standards for control systems, machine vision applications and collaborative robot applications (based on standards ISO 10218 and ISO/TS 15066) for consistent performance.• Innovation in AI: Created AI agents to enhance engineering productivity and efficiency in the implementation of automation solutions, and to accelerate standards compliance in machine safety project workflows.My mission is to enable manufacturing companies and organizations to achieve strategic goals and operational excellence through robust, reliable and cost-effective automation solutions - boosting productivity, enhancing safety, ensuring long-term reliability while reducing waste.

Experience

1. Automation Program Manager

   纽威品牌公司

   Aug 2022 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   Provide strategic automation leadership and contribute to the development and execution of the company’s global automation strategy in support of specific Business Units and segments comprising multiple manufacturing locations in the US. Collaborate with different leadership teams to build an ideal future-state automation strategy and implement automation solutions that are compliant with safety standards. Drive the adoption of Total Productive Maintenance methodologies and processes across engineering teams to increase performance on execution of automation projects. Serve as SME for Machine Vision, Control Systems and Machine Functional Safety Systems.• Assess and evaluate manufacturing processes and operations, identify and propose productivity savings projects through automation solutions, and co-manage projects.• Monitor and report the execution of productivity savings projects at different facilities, and ensure alignment with metrics, KPIs and timelines.• Provide technical leadership for automation projects which includes definition of solution requirements and concepts; developing business cases and RFP/RFQs; conducting Risk Assessments and defining risk reduction measures (according to ISO 12100); conducting FATs and SATs for Automation Projects; evaluating and selecting vendors.• Provide technical leadership for architecture and design of Automation Solutions, Control Systems, and Functional Safety Systems (according to EN/IEC 62061 and EN/ISO 13849). • Develop AI Agents to increase engineering teams productivity and improve compliance with standards related to Machine Safety.• Develop internal engineering standards and corresponding documentation for Collaborative Robot applications, based on standards ISO 10218 and ISO/TS 15066.• Implement Machine Vision Systems for Vision-Guided-Robotics and Anomaly Detection applications, research on machine vision solutions for inspection and object detection applications, and deep-learning-based solutions.

Education

• Western Illinois University

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Manufacturing Engineering Systems

• Escuela Militar de Ingenieria

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• Georgia Institute of Technology

  Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Machine Vision and Machine Learning

Skills

• Rslogix 5000
• Machine Vision
• Data Highway+
• Allen Bradley Kinetix 300
• Devicenet
• Allen Bradley Ultra3000
• Allen Bradley Controllogix
• Allen Bradley Slc500
• Solidworks
• Plc Programming
• Profibus
• Motion Control
• Autocad
• Rslogix 500
• Microsoft Office
• Simulink
• Rslogix 5
• Ethernet/Ip
• Allen Bradley Kinetix 6000
• Programmable Logic Controller (Plc)
• Autodesk Inventor
• Manufacturing
• Rsview
• Matlab
• Allen Bradley Plc5
• Fanuc Robots
• Adept Robots
• Multisim
• Labview
• Inventor