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Nicolas C.

Mechanical Engineer | 2D CAD Drafting & Parametric 3D Modeling (Inventor, SolidWorks)

Mar del Plata, Argentina

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About

I design for the shop floor and turn drawings into clean, editable CAD.

Mechanical/industrial engineer leading design and development at a truck body manufacturer, with prior experience designing rotomoulding and thermoforming machinery. I work in Autodesk Inventor every day and also use SolidWorks, AutoCAD and FreeCAD.

What I deliver:

2D CAD from images, sketches or PDFs
- AutoCAD DWG and DXF redrawn at true scale, with clean layers, dimensions and title blocks.
- Laser, plasma, waterjet and CNC-ready DXF: closed contours, no duplicate lines.
- Drawing standards, templates, dynamic blocks and parametric constraints.

Parametric 3D CAD from 2D drawings or photos
- Parts and assemblies in Inventor, SolidWorks or FreeCAD, delivered native plus STEP, IGES or STL.
- Sheet metal (flat patterns, bend tables), weldments, machined and plastic parts.
- Manufacturing drawings and BOMs.
- Excel-driven models and product configurators (iLogic, design tables).

Recent results:
- A parametric truck body generator that cut drawing time per body from 8-12 hours to about 1 minute.
- A batch DXF exporter that handles about 300 sheet metal parts a week in one click.
- Sheet metal redesigns that cut fabrication time by 20%.
- FEA-based structural checks (Inventor Stress Analysis).

English C1, Spanish native, GMT-3.

Experience

Lead Design and Development Engineer Ochoa Ingeniería · Full-time Apr 2026 – Present 6 mos Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Truck body design and development, end to end: from the customer requirement and the chassis through 3D modelling in Autodesk Inventor, subframe and mounting decisions, production drawings, BOMs and flat patterns for laser cutting and press brake forming, within an ISO 9001 quality system. Wrote Inventor iLogic rules that generate each product variant and its manufacturing documentation, cutting design time by nearly 80%. Parameterised AutoCAD 2D drawings and analysed plant layout and logistics, reducing delivery times by 30%.
Design and Development Engineer Vultrack · Full-time Feb 2024 – Jan 2026 1 yrs 11 mos Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Design and development of rotomoulding and thermoforming machinery, from concept through manufacturing documentation and installation, in a plant certified to ISO 9001:2015. CAD design and DFM in Autodesk Inventor and AutoCAD: 3D models, production drawings, BOMs and sheet metal flat patterns. Plant sketches and layout designs for new machinery, production capacity expansion projects, technical datasheets and standardised product compositions, shop-floor databases and terminals for real-time production data, and the ISO 9001:2015 quality management system.
Engineering Intern Vultrack · Internship Feb 2024 – Apr 2024 2 mos Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Engineering internship in a rotomoulding and thermoforming machinery plant: internal improvement projects to increase productivity, maintenance planning, inventory control sheets for production traceability, technical datasheets and product compositions to optimise purchasing, and daily production performance indicators.
Technical Assistant Taller de Avionica · Part-time Mar 2020 – Nov 2023 3 yrs 8 mos Batán, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina Laser engraving and design of aluminium plates for avionics systems, crack inspection on steel using dye penetrant testing, and technical support interpreting electrical diagrams and carrying out mechanical assemblies.

Education

Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata Engineer's Degree, Industrial Engineering (mechanical specialisation) 2020 – 2026 Faculty of Engineering (FI-MDP), Mar del Plata, Argentina.

Other experience

Self-employed: IT Support and Digital Automation (Aug 2018 - Present) Self-employed technical services in Mar del Plata, Argentina, run alongside my engineering work.

- Build, repair and maintenance of desktop computers.
- Quoting and upgrade planning for new and existing equipment.
- Fault diagnosis using a multimeter and specialised hardware and software tools.
- Remote access setup and basic Windows server administration.
- Preventive hardware cleaning and maintenance.
- Technical advice and remote assistance for clients.
- More recently, building AI-assisted digital automations for small businesses: n8n workflows and ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ assistants that handle customer and internal queries.