Jorge Morais is a mechanical engineer with over 15 years of experience in product development for the automotive industry. He currently works as an Engineering Supervisor at MFX do Brasil, where he leads engineering teams and provides technical support for umbilical and flexible tubing projects. Previously, he held project engineering and development roles at Ford Motor Company and its suppliers, focusing on drivetrain components. Morais has a degree in mechanical engineering, as well as specialist certifications in automotive engineering and project management. He is also pursuing a masters degree in mechatronics.
2. Professional Experience
• MFX do Brasil
Position: Engineering Supervisor (Technical Assistance Team)
Period: Since Sep/2018
Position: Project Engineer (Product development department)
Period: Jan/2014 to Sep/2018.
• Ford Motor Company
Position: Sr. Product development engineer
Period: Feb/2010 to Jan/2014.
• MSXi – MSX Internacional in service of Ford Motor Company
Position: Jr. Product development engineer
Period:Jun/2008 to Feb/2010.
• HYDRO ALUNORTE - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S/A
Position: Mechanical Engineer trainee
Period: Jun/2007 a Feb/2008.
3. 1 - MFX do Brasil
Position: Engineering Supervisor (Technical Assistance Team)
Period: Since Sep/2018
• Umbilical engineering tech spec for onshore and offshore installation processes;
• Provide direct Supervision and Leadership to a team responsible for umbilical, flexible tubing or RTP
onshore/offshore testing and installation.
• Primary engineering escalation point focus for customer issues. Take ownership of customer official
offshore complaints and ensure closure within 30 days;
• Provide root-cause analysis and corrective action plans;
• Interface technically with product development engineering, commercial and customer to meet
customer's requirements;
• Understand customers offshore requirements and generate installation and testing procedures;
• 500km experience in umbilical installations, including projects for Brazilian pre-salt area and Saudi
Arabia Safaniya / Hasbah fields, among others.
• Provide technical support and lead new critical product developments including steel tubes umbilical
and RTPs for international market.
4. 1 - MFX do Brasil
Position: Project Engineer (Product development department)
Period: Jan/2014 to Sep/2018
• Design responsible for optimized umbilicals, RTPs and flexible tubings;
• Integration engineer responsible for global umbilical projects first delivered for Saipem (Europe), IOCL
(India) and NPCC (Saudi Aramco );
• Engineer leader for New technology / Advanced engineering area;
• Design responsible for umbilical ancillaries. design from material selection and geometry up to final
qualification process (FEA simulations and tests) and suppliers development;
• Quality improvement, cost reduction and integration engineer responsible for new and ongoing
projects, acting as a liaison between Engineering, Manufacturing, quality, supply chain, commercial,
technical assistance and customers to have the best solutions and costs, on time;
• Develop technical procedures, including Material specs, engineering, tests, installation and
manufacture procedures for product development and ongoing products.
• Prepare and support in technical reports including root cause analysis for failed umbilical components
and ancillaries.
5. 2 - Ford Motor Company
Position: Sr. Product development engineer
Period: Feb/2010 to Jan/2014.
• Lead implementation of QOS (quality operating system) in all drivetrain suppliers, creating controls and
process improvements to reduce the main Ford quality indicators . 30% quality metrics improvement.
• Two management recognitions (QOS implementation and Technical leadership for New Troller T4);
• DMAIC Green belt project for rear axle, reducing seal oil leakage in 90% for South America Ford Ranger;
• New global projects/programs development (New Ecosport, New Ford Ranger, Troller T4) - Focus on
driveline Area - 4WD components. Project leader from basic design up to Job1;
• Driveline component/systems development for Ford North America, Europe, South America and Asia
Pacific programs - Global design leader for B car halfshafts;
• Engineer in charge of validation and implementation of cost reduction action with quality focus and
costumers satisfaction (Vehicle integration).
• Driveline AWD system tools responsible (FMEA, Quality History, Design rules, EFDVS, AIM, AWS, G8D)
6. 3 - MSXi – MSX Internacional (Ford Motor Company)
Position: Jr. Product development engineer
Period:Jun/2008 to Feb/2010.
• Quality improvements and cost reduction in the driveline team (Rear Axle, Front
Axle, Driveshaft, Halfshaft and Transfer case). Focus on the vehicle Ranger for Ford
South America. Reduced by 50% the 3MIS R/1000 indicator during this period.
7. 4- HYDRO ALUNORTE - Alumina do Norte do Brasil S/A
Position: Mechanical Engineer trainee
Period: Jun/2007 a Feb/2008.
Structure for lifting oil
lubricant drums
Conveyor Belt Roller
Replacement Device
Trail to acess filter for
maintenance
• Implement safety and ergonomic improvement projects, like beam supports design, lifting
drum cabin and conveyor belt roller maintenance dispositive (project for internal
improvement program competition).
• Identify all not covered areas responsible for rainwater entrance on the precipitation phase
to reduce the amount of energy to vaporize water on the process. 1200m² area reduced (2M
USD saved in 2007).
• Support process activities in the precipitation and calcination refinery areas.
8. EDUCATION
Mechanical Engineer – Universidade Federal da Paraíba (2008):
1. SAE Baja;
2. SAE Aerodesign;
3. Agrobaja – Development of agricultural vehicle;
4. TECMEC – Jr. Company;
5. Monitoria e trabalhos publicados;
Automotive Engineer Specialist – SENAI Cimatec (2011)
Masters in Mechatronics – Universidade Federal da Bahia (in course):
MBA in Project Management – UNIME (2014)
9. Masters in Mechatronics – Universidade Federal da Bahia (in
course):
• Mechatronics is an interdisciplinary engineering field that combines
principles from mechanics, electronics, computer engineering, robotics and
automatic control. Mechatronics engineers design, develop and test a broad
range of automated machines from industrial systems, artificial intelligence
and medical equipment, to consumer products. I am currently as special
student, planning to follow with the manufacturing integration research line.
• Experimental thesis related to developing new metodology to measure the
HCR hoses deformation during umbilical radial compression process using
fiber optic sensor and test bench developed.
10. Automotive Engineer Specialist – SENAI Cimatec (2011)
• Automotive Engineering deals with the Engineering problems,
opportunities and needs of the Automotive sector and related industries,
developing theoretical-practical concepts, skills and tools that assist in
analyzing problems of product development, supporting decision making
and effective projects implementation.
11. UFPB: SAE-Baja Project
Conical brake system
Founding member and responsible for the design
and manufacturing of SAE BAJA all-terrain vehicle
transmission and brake systems for competitive and
scientific purposes, using CAD, FEA and
mathematical models.
Project Author : Conical brake system for small vehicles,
presented at the XVI international congress SAE BRASIL 2007
awarded among the 3 best projects in Latin America.
The brake system proposed could transmit power through a
conical face, using a 12 degrees angle, obtaining a torque 4.8
times greater than a conventional disk brake for the same
comparative parameters.
12. Prototype manufactured (1,5 x 1,5 x 0,6m)
Technical drawings
FEA simulation
( Landing gear)
Founding member and technical responsible for the
design and structural analysis of radio controlled
prototype models for competitive and scientific
purposes, using CAD computational tools and
mathematical modeling.
UFPB: SAE Aerodesign Project
13. UFPB:AgroBaja Project
Responsible for the CAD Design and FEA analysis of the transmission system of the
Agrobaja (agricultural prototype), with development of the quick coupling systems,
for easily connection with water pumps, sugarcane grinders, forages or other rural
equipment.
Transmission with couplings Final Conceptural design
14. UFPB: TECMEC – Mechanical
engineer Jr. Company
Design and manufacture of components for refrigeration industry, and
special equipment for small farms mechanization of and micro industries.
Chair mechanism to assist in the study
of children with motor disabilities
Hidraulic press
15. UFPB: Monitoring and publications
Monitoring:
• Monitor of General Mechanics (2005-2006) and Technology Mechanical II
(Metallurgical processes - 2006-2007) disciplines, giving didactic support to
undergraduate students in these disciplines and supporting the researches
performed at the Mechanical forming lab.
Publications:
• 2007 - Morais, J. M. M .; Guedes, P. V .; Lopes, R.R .; Oliveira, G. N. J. Design of
Conical brake system for small vehicles. XVI International Congress and
exhibition of mobility technology SAE BRASIL 2007: awarded among the three
best in Latin America.
• 2006 - Guedes, P. V .; Lopes, R.R .; Morais, J. M. M .; Nunes, V. Development of a
Vehicle Suspension System with Direction of Efforts. National Congress of
Students of Mechanical Engineering - CREEM: João Pessoa - Paraíba.
16. Volunteer Job
SAE Brasil – SAE Baja Northeast committe member
Period: Since 06/2008.
• SAE Baja judge on regional, national and international competitions;
• Develop 2500 future engineers in automotive area since 2008.
• Northeast Project leader from 2010 to 2014;
• Engineering Judge leader in ten Regional events, Engineer Judge member in
four Brazilian national competition and one in international (Wisconsin, USA).
2016
2008
Endurance grid
17. Complementary data
• English language – advanced;
• Portuguese (native);
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Microsoft project;
• Engineering software: Solidworks 2015, Autocad 2017, Femap with NX
Nastran 2011, FLUX 2D (Thermal analysis), Matlab and Simulink;
• Programing: C, Matlab and VBA;
• Green belt trained and certified.
18. “Nothing is particularly hard if you
divide it into small jobs”
(Henry Ford)
+55 71 9 9185 2006
e-mail: jorgemario1901@yahoo.com.br
