Drone Engineer — Computer Vision, Deep Learning & Machine Learning for Defense

Mechanical engineer with two decades of engineering behind me — 15+ of them in offshore oil & gas: subsea operations, marine propulsion (Rolls-Royce, SCHOTTEL), compressor package engineering (Sauer), vessel maintenance and project management in environments where equipment failure is not an option.

There's a straight line running through that career: making machines watch machines. Predictive maintenance with oil and vibration analysis. Online remote monitoring of critical equipment that extended docking intervals by 25%. R&D planning for remote inspection of oil platforms in operation. For years I built systems that detect failure before humans can — now I'm taking that thread to its next form: computer vision and deep learning for unmanned systems of any domain — aerial, ground, surface or subsea — applied to the defense sector.

I'm building the transition in public, one commit at a time.

• article-forge — AI-powered Python pipeline that turns a topic into a publish-ready MDX blog article: SEO conflict check, metadata, writing, automated QA and translations. My training ground for pipeline architecture, LLM API integration and disciplined engineering docs (ADRs, Conventional Commits).
• UAV Drone Academy — educational platform on drones and unmanned systems: multilingual blog (EN · PT-BR · ES · UK) and a YouTube channel.

• Computer vision, deep learning and machine learning applied to unmanned systems
• Python pipeline engineering and LLM API integration
• From remote inspection and condition monitoring to perception systems: teaching machines to see what I spent years inspecting

• 15+ years in offshore & subsea operations: inspection projects, asset integrity, dry docking, NDT project environments
• Marine propulsion and compressor systems — service, failure analysis and engineering leadership at Rolls-Royce, SCHOTTEL and Sauer Compressors
• Mechanical design and 3D prototyping: SolidWorks, engineering calculations, CAD-to-part workflow with 3D printing — from trailer chassis design to drone frames
• Multidisciplinary team leadership under international standards — MBA in Project Management (FGV), MBA in Maintenance Engineering (UFRJ), postgraduate degree in Naval & Offshore Floating Systems Engineering (UFRJ)
• Lifelong builder: FPV drone builds, electronics, web development and Unreal Engine
• Trilingual: English, Spanish, Portuguese (native)

LinkedIn — open to conversations about unmanned systems, defense tech and applied AI.