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Guilherme Farenzena

Guilherme Farenzena

Didcot,Oxfordshire

Summary

Experienced professional with a strong background in hardware design and safety protocols implementation. Proficient in IEC 61508, ISO 13849, and IEC 62061 standards, with expertise in FMEA analysis, simulation, and hardware tests. Demonstrated leadership in safety practices and risk assessment, complemented by advanced skills in AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN P8, and Altium Designer. Adept at signal integrity, power integrity, requirement tracking, documentation, PLC programming, and CAD software proficiency. Committed to advancing safety measures and optimising hardware performance through meticulous analysis and innovative solutions.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2020
2020
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Functional Safety Engineer

STFC
Didcot, England
11.2020 - 03.2025
  • Functional safety engineer, working full time developing personal protection systems for - Beam Lines
  • Among activities, Safety verification, FMEDA, Fault three analysis
  • Development of schematics with Autocad electrical and EPLAN, PLC programming and commissioning of systems with people management
  • Main Projects: NILE Beam Line: Responsible for design the panel according with IEC 62061 responsible for: Panel design, Board Calculation, Power Calculation, Cable routes, C&E, IO schedule, PLC code, All safety documentation supervising installation and commissioning, Documentation, and developed test and Proof Test document
  • NILE High Voltage: Responsible for design and commissioning a HV relay control system interlock for NILE Beamline according to IEC ISO13849, responsible for: Panel design, Power Calculation, Cable routes, All safety documentation
  • CHIPIR High Voltage: Responsible for design and commissioning a HV relay control system interlock for ChipIR Beamline according to IEC ISO13849, responsible for: Panel design, Power Calculation, Cable routes, All safety documentation
  • Pre-Injector: Main Project worked on ISIS; the Pre-injector will be allocated in the Injector of the particle accelerator before that will be test in a separately test stand
  • I have been working since the conception of the Safety Requirement Specification, SIL Verification, panel design and PLC programming
  • Project Designed according to IEC 62061 Standard
  • Responsible for: Panel design, Board Calculation, Power Calculation, Cable routes, C&E, IO schedule, PLC code, All safety documentation, Commissioning

Full Hardware Engineer

FAURGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
01.2019 - 03.2020
  • Full-time hardware engineer responsible for designing and testing failsafe analog inputs and HART analog input modules
  • The project was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Calculations, schematics, and related printed circuit board for both projects
  • FMEA and MTBF analysis in both projects
  • Define technical criteria for public tenders for instruments (oscilloscope, differential probes and ESD generator)

Hardware Engineer

UNISINOS
São Leopoldo, Brazil
11.2012 - 12.2018
  • He was part of a team with hardware and software engineers responsible for developing projects for companies within the University
  • Team that ended up being reinforced with interns (bachelor's students in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science)
  • Main projects: SIL3 CPU: development, testing and validation (with T
  • V Rheinland) CPU and digital I/O modules for functional safety applications
  • Responsible for hardware design, schematics, simulations, calculations, failure analysis (FMEA), MTBF, prototyping, testing and documentation
  • Multifunctional meter: Complete design of a circuit board to measure voltage, current, digital inputs (for water and gas flow meter) and interface with Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz) and Ethernet (up to 100 Mbps) devices)
  • Responsible for schematics, routing, and prototyping
  • Intelligent Manipulator: Design of the controller and interface boards of an industrial manipulator that facilitates the handling of heavy loads
  • In this project, the team was reinforced by two mechanical engineers with whom I interfaced and met the requirements

Education

Master (MSc) - Electrical Engineering: Power and signal integrity analysis in connectors

UNISINOS

Bachelor's degree - Control and Automation Engineering (Mechatronics)

PUC-RS

Skills

  • IEC 61508
  • ISO 13849
  • IEC 62061
  • FMEA analysis
  • Simulation
  • Hardware tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • AutoCAD Electrical
  • EPLAN P8
  • Hardware Design
  • MTBF analysis
  • Altium designer
  • Signal integrity
  • Power integrity
  • Requirement Tracking
  • Documentation
  • PLC programming
  • Leadership in safety practices
  • Safety protocols implementation
  • CAD software proficiency

Certification

  • IEC 61508, ISO 13849, TUV Rheinland, 11/01/12, São Leopoldo
  • SIWAVE, Ansys electronics, ESSS, 07/01/18, Eldorado
  • ADS keysight, Keysight, 09/01/18, São Leopoldo
  • Altium Designer, SKA, 09/01/13, São Leopoldo
  • English Course, UPTIME, 07/01/17, Canoas
  • Guard Logix PLC programming, Milton Keynes, 12/01/21
  • AutoCAD Electrical Advanced, Didcot, 01/01/24
  • ESC Functional Safety cyber-Security, Didcot, 07/01/24
  • EPLAN P8 Part 1 & 2, Didcot, 02/01/24

Languages

English
Portuguese
Spanish
German

Custom

  • Travelling
  • Reading
  • Football

Timeline

Functional Safety Engineer

STFC
11.2020 - 03.2025

Full Hardware Engineer

FAURGS
01.2019 - 03.2020

Hardware Engineer

UNISINOS
11.2012 - 12.2018

Bachelor's degree - Control and Automation Engineering (Mechatronics)

PUC-RS

Master (MSc) - Electrical Engineering: Power and signal integrity analysis in connectors

UNISINOS

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