Jose Rafael Lara Dominguez
Madison,AL
Summary
Proactive Automation Engineer possessing in-depth knowledge of various programming languages and best practices for development. Solutions-based collaborator well-versed in testing and simulating automated machinery, developing, and implementing automated testing methodologies and supervising testing activities. Offering more than 20 years of experience creating and applying technology to monitor and control production and delivery of different kind of mathematical models.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Process Automation Engineer
Nucor Decatur
Melt Shop
01.2022 - Current
- Development and implementation of automation projects for Melt shop processes.
- These projects including, Vision Machine, Machine learning and Neural Network for anomalies detections and regression and classification problems.
- The benefits provided by these projects include increased production, improved quality of castings, reduced costs by decreasing unplanned downtime, reduced energy consumption, and extended lifespan of refractory material.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify areas for process improvement.
- Conducted root cause analysis to troubleshoot automation system failures.
Automation Senior Engineer, Project Leader L2
Ternium México
Monterrey
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Development and implementation of automation projects by values around 600 MUSD.
- I participated in the design, development and commissioning of a green field hot rolling mill with a capacity of 4.4 million tons per year.
- Developed and optimized production workflows to enhance efficiency and reduce downtime.
- Conducted root cause analysis for equipment failures, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
- Mentored junior engineers on best practices for equipment maintenance and troubleshooting techniques.
Automation Senior Engineer, Project Leader L1
Ternium México
Monterrey
01.2014 - 01.2018
- Development and implementation of automation projects.
- I have developed and implemented adaptive mathematical model for annealing process type batch, adaptive setup model for reversible cold mill,
- Additionally, I develop and implement a vision system to measure head dimension defects in the rougher mill among other vision projects.
- All these projects were programmed in C and C++ using SQL as database and Windows server 2016 as Operative system.
- Led engineering projects to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs.
Education
Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence
UNIR Spain
La Rioja Spain09.2026
Skills
- Customer support
- Python programming
- Industrial automation
- Control systems
- API integration
- Robotic process automation
- Software development
- Machine learning
- Process design
- Simulation modeling
Timeline
Process Automation Engineer
Nucor Decatur
01.2022 - Current
Automation Senior Engineer, Project Leader L2
Ternium México
01.2018 - 01.2021
Automation Senior Engineer, Project Leader L1
Ternium México
01.2014 - 01.2018
Master of Science - Artificial Intelligence
UNIR Spain