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Product Development
Aerospace connector development. USB-C · HDMI · High / Low Current.
SIGNAL ACQUIRED / HERMOSILLO, MX
JULIOMONTAÑO
Thermal & Mechanical R&D Engineer
Aerospace · Defense · Automotive
Heat Transfer · Electronics Cooling · Product Development
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SIGNAL
Engineering Summary
ID_0001LIVEJULIO MONTAÑO
HERMOSILLO, MX
Mechanical foundations.
Thermal focus.
BASE
Mechatronics · Tecnológico de Monterrey
RANGE
Hardware · Simulation · Research
METHOD
Build · Test · Iterate
CURRENT SYSTEM
TE Connectivity
2026 — PresentAerospace, Defense & MarineNew Product DevelopmentHermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
ROLE ASSIGNMENT
Research & Development Engineer
Technical designation: Thermal Engineer
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Thermal
Electronics thermal simulation.
ANSYS IcepakAEDTElectronics Cooling
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Prototype Lab
CNC · Additive Manufacturing · X-Ray · Thermal Shock.
Team / customer environmentBoeing · Lockheed Martin · General Dynamics
THERMAL SIGNATURE
From Cooling Vehicles to Cooling Electronics
THERMAL_PROFILE.exeACTIVE
- CURRENT
- Electronics Cooling
- SIMULATION
- ANSYS Icepak / AEDT
- PREVIOUS
- Automotive Cooling Systems
- RESEARCH
- Heat Transfer · Thermoelectrics
COMMON THREAD
Thermal has always been the system.
EXPERIENCE
Before Aerospace
2023 — 2025
Ford Motor Company
Design & Release Engineer · Cooling Systems
~$1M
SAVINGS
−20%
WARRANTY INCIDENTS
2025
HERMOSILLO LAUNCH
Bronco Sport · Maverick · Escape · Edge · Lincoln Corsair
2021 — 2022 · HVAC / PROJECT ENGINEERING
Diseño de Proyectos e Ingeniería
Hospital HVAC design · Thermal calculations · $2M+ project delivery
RESEARCH OUTPUT
From Industry to Research
RP-001
Estimation of the Availability of Electrical Energy from the Thermal Energy Extracted by Thermoelectric Modules: Case Study in Monterrey, México
Estimated electrical energy available from rooftop temperature gradients using thermoelectric modules.
ThermoelectricsHeat Transfer
RP-002
Passenger-Oriented Intelligent Suspension with a Biodynamic Model and Skyhook Control
Evaluated passenger comfort through biodynamic modeling and Skyhook suspension control.
Vehicle DynamicsControl Systems
RP-003
Computing and Assessment of Discrete Angle Positions for Optimizing the Solar Energy Harvesting for Urban Sustainable Development
Optimized discrete solar-panel angles for greater annual energy harvesting without continuous tracking.
Solar EnergyOptimization
OUTPUT
Selected Builds
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THERMAL / ENERGY
Thermolabs
Thermal engineering, in the browser.
Heat-transfer and thermal-analysis tools built for engineers.
Thermal AnalysisWeb DevelopmentModeling
View →EMBEDDED / COMPUTER VISION
Automatic Licence Plate Reader
Vision on the edge.
YOLO computer vision on custom Raspberry Pi hardware.
Computer VisionRaspberry PiYOLO
SOFTWARE / AUTOMATION
CrystalMarkets
Market testing, automated.
LLM workflows and semantic similarity for product validation.
AI WorkflowsAutomationProduct Development
Archived buildACADEMIC BASE
Education
DEGREE_01
Tecnológico de Monterrey
B.S. Mechatronics Engineering
2018 — 2023
ControlRoboticsThermalAutomotive
TECHNICAL STACK
SYSTEMS ONLINE
MODE: THERMAL / CAE · MODULES ACTIVE: 5 · CORE: THERMAL
SELECT OPERATING MODE
Thermal Systems Design & Analysis
CORE COMPETENCY
ANSYS Icepak
ANSYS Electronics Desktop / AEDT
ANSYS Workbench
Electronics Cooling
CATIA
SolidWorks
GD&T
Product Development
DFMEA
APQP
8D
Launch Support
MATLAB / Simulink
Python
Data Analysis
React / TypeScript
n8n Automation
SECONDARY SYSTEMS
Built Outside Engineering
Horizon Technologies
MANNED AERIAL VEHICLE
Electromechanical architecture · Y Combinator S21 top 10%.
Mechanical SystemsPropulsion
CrystalMarkets.io
AI PRODUCT VALIDATION
Automated market analysis · 1,000+ users · 13 countries.
AI Workflowsn8n