Senior Electronic Engineer · Hardware, software and AI for connected products

AlexandreSalomão Dias

I take technology from the first prototype to another team's hands.

7+ years at STIHL and Electrolux, now in the engineering innovation department. My work sits where hardware, software and AI meet: electronics and PCB design, Python data acquisition and test automation, and AI-based workflows, for connected products like robotic lawnmowers and smart appliances. Most engineers are deeply technical or good communicators. I work as the bridge between the two, across countries and in English.

Alexandre Salomão Dias
5+ yrsLeading projects, plus an MBA in project management
−20%Failure analysis time, field DAQ system
−30%Shipping cost, local validation
5Countries in my Electrolux innovation team

Profile

Open it up, understand it, draw it, hand it over.

As a kid I took apart the blenders, the mixers and the lawn mower just to see what was inside. Today I develop sensors and PCBs for home appliances, and I built the system that tests robotic lawn mowers in the field. The instinct never changed. What grew around it was the range: I can design the circuit, lead the project, and then explain it clearly enough that another team can run it without me.

That range is deliberate. I started in manufacturing process engineering, stabilising production variables and expanding a plating line. I moved to R&D for validation, embedded software and hardware on robotic mowers and battery-powered tools. I engineered circuits and PCBs end to end, and today I work where hardware meets software: Python data acquisition, Raspberry Pi prototypes, sensor integration, software validation and project management. I have led projects for more than five years, backed by an MBA in Project Management with a thesis on risk management in electronic projects, and I now lead innovation projects in Electrolux's engineering innovation department (Advanced).

The part companies worry about when they hire across borders, whether documentation, async work and cross-cultural collaboration will actually hold, is the part I have already done. I built a data acquisition system end to end and transferred it to an engineering team in Germany, including the how-to guides and the weekly ramp-up meetings that made them owners of it. At Electrolux I do the same with engineers in Italy, Sweden, China, the United States and Thailand.

Hardware and software

Schematic to board in Altium and KiCad, firmware for STM32 and ESP32, Python data acquisition and hardware-in-the-loop testing, LLM-based workflows and automations.

Product development

Innovation and pre-development, prototyping, software and hardware validation, durability and standards testing.

Project leadership

5+ years leading projects in practice, from a plating line expansion to international R&D projects, backed by an MBA in Project Management. Coordination across certification, quality, process engineering, suppliers and regulatory requirements.

Technology transfer

Documentation, ramp-up cadences and training that let a team in another country own the technology. Now across five countries.

Work experience

Four roles. The scope widened at every step.

From stabilising electrical current on a production line to leading innovation projects with engineers in five countries, with an international technology transfer in between.

Jan 2026 — Present

Curitiba, Brazil

R&D Senior Electronic Engineer

Electrolux Group

Engineering Innovation · Advanced

Global Swedish group developing, manufacturing and distributing household and professional appliances for food preparation, preservation, dishwashing, laundry and cleaning.

5-country R&D team Zero added BOM cost VOC sensing Raspberry Pi DAQ
  • Led innovation projects within an international and multicultural team across Italy, Sweden, China, the United States and Thailand, aligning technical scope, timelines and deliverables across engineering cultures.
  • Developed a prototype and validation methodology for semiconductor VOC sensors to detect odours in dishwashers, from sensor selection and Raspberry Pi-based data acquisition to a real product prototype, building the technical base for a new smart-sensing feature.
  • Developed an electronic system to measure drum rotation speed and unbalance in washing machines with zero added BOM cost, using electronics and signals already in the product.
Feb 2023 — Dec 2025

São Leopoldo, Brazil

R&D Engineer

STIHL Power Tools Ltda

Family-owned German group developing, manufacturing and distributing power tools for agriculture, forestry, landscaping, construction and private garden owners.

−20% failure analysis time −30% shipping cost −15% dev cycle Tech transfer to Germany
  • Led the first international project: a real-time data acquisition system for robotic lawnmower field testing. I managed the project, guided the software team, and engineered the entire circuit and PCB system. It cut 20% of the time spent in failure analysis.
  • Transferred that technology to the German engineering team through step-by-step how-to guides and a weekly ramp-up cadence, until the team was contributing and owning it.
  • Embedded software development and hardware validation for battery-powered tools, plus cross-functional project management with certification, process engineering and quality.
  • Regionalised specification and durability testing for Brazil, cutting shipping costs by 30% and shortening the development cycle by up to 15%.
  • Led a 12-hour electrical and electronics training programme to standardise in-house knowledge.
Mar 2021 — Jan 2023

São Leopoldo, Brazil

Process Development Technician

STIHL Power Tools Ltda

  • Managed the expansion of a hard chromium plating line, raising output capacity by 33%.
  • Designed control methodologies to stabilise production variables, reducing operational deviation on critical dimensions by up to 10%.
+33% line capacity −10% deviation
Mar 2019 — Jan 2021

São Leopoldo, Brazil

Process Engineering Intern

STIHL Power Tools Ltda

  • Applied a systematic engineering approach that reduced electrical current variation by 80% in critical processes, strengthening operational stability and manufacturing reliability.
−80% current variation

Want to see my project portfolio?

I share it on request, with more detail on the projects above. Ask by email or WhatsApp and I will send it over.

Capabilities

What I can own end to end.

Electronics design
PCB design, schematic to layout Sensors Battery-powered systems Motor drives (PMSM, FOC) Data acquisition Raspberry Pi Sensor integration System integration
Product development
Pre-development Prototyping Embedded software Software validation Hardware validation Test plan design Durability testing Standards compliance Failure analysis
Project leadership
Project leadership, 5+ years MBA in Project Management Risk management Cross-functional coordination Technology transfer Technical training Supplier interface Regulatory requirements Multicultural teams
Software
Python Firmware for STM32 and ESP32 Hardware-in-the-loop test platforms MATLAB PSIM MS Project Jira Confluence MS Office LLMs AI workflows and automations
CAD · 8 yrs
Altium Designer KiCad AutoCAD Inventor Revit
Prototyping
End-to-end product prototyping Concept to working prototype Proof-of-concept builds Prototypes for lab and field testing
Manufacturing
Process engineering Statistical process control Capacity expansion Surface treatment / plating Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Languages
Portuguese, native English, fluent Spanish, basic

Education

Engineering, then the discipline to run it.

2022 — 2024
UFRGS

MBA, Project Management

UFRGS, Production Engineering Department, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Thesis on risk management in electronic projects.

Postgraduate
2016 — 2022
UFRGS

Degree in Electrical Engineering

UFRGS, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Thesis on PMSM motor drive systems.

BSc
2023

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Certified 2023, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Certification

Beyond the job description

Machines built because I wanted to build them.

2021 — 2022 · UFRGS, Porto Alegre

E-Power, Powertrain Engineer

Responsible for the conception and design of the motor drive system for the first electric vehicle built by the electrical and electronic engineering department. University-sponsored project.

2017 — 2020 · UFSC, Joinville

Nautilus, Team Head

Led development and construction of a small-scale tugboat for the DUNA International Nautical Design Challenge. University-sponsored project.

Away from the bench: competitive sailing, film photography, cycling, reading and travelling.

Want to see some of my film photography?

See my photos on Lomography

Contact

Let's talk.

Product engineering, electronics and PCB design, or technical project management. Based in Curitiba, Brazil, and ready to travel when a project needs it.

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