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2001-2008Software Engineer · aerospace

Embraer: Aerospace Engineering Systems

Third-largest aircraft manufacturer globally. 7 years building engineering portals, 15 automated workflows, Linux clusters, and systems for 50+ engineers.

7 years building systems where bad specs ground aircraft

7
years
50+
engineers served
15
workflows automated
300%
batch speedup

Seven years at the third-largest aircraft maker

I was a Software Engineer at Embraer, the third-largest aircraft manufacturer in the world. Commercial, military, and executive aircraft. Seven years.

Four systems, one direction

Shipped

  • Required:
    TechData Web Portal for 50+ engineersAircraft technical documentation. Java, XML, Oracle, SAP integration.
  • Required:
    WebTasks intranet: 15 automated workflowsPHP, Shell, and Perl. Cut hours of manual processing daily.
  • Required:
    8-node Linux cluster for distributed jobs+300% batch performance for engineering simulation data.
  • Required:
    From technical publications into core engineeringBy automating every manual process I touched.

Spec first, verify always

At Embraer, you don’t ship code that mostly works. If the spec is wrong, the plane doesn’t fly. Specify first, verify always.

Stack

  • Java
  • XML
  • Oracle
  • SAP
  • PHP
  • Perl
  • Shell
  • Linux