jamesbmcleod

Industrialisation Engineer / Researcher

Hello,

I have a diverse background that bridges engineering, research, and business. I began my career in mechanical engineering, designing and building electric race car batteries, and later worked as an industrialization engineer in the automotive sector. My path evolved into research—first on post-pandemic reindustrialization, then into immersive VR environments and predictive choice models for drone delivery services during my MBA. I code daily in Python and C#, and have experience across Unity, and MATLAB I've adapted to a wide range of roles: from technical design to managing product releases and studying consumer behaviour through advanced modelling. I’m now looking for roles in Web3 that challenge me, allow me to grow internationally, and let me contribute with my multidisciplinary background. I’m eager to join and learn from a specialized team, and bring energy, versatility, and a drive to build impactful solutions.

My name is James McLeod. I enjoy exploring and immersing myself in new cultures, meeting new people, surfing, basketball, road tripping, hiking, snowboarding and everything that requires me to be outdoors.

I look forward to seeing what offers will appear, and I appreciate you taking the time to read my bio!


Experience: 3 years

Yearly salary: $0

Hourly rate: $0

Nationality: 🇵🇹 Portugal

Residency: 🇵🇹 Portugal


Experience

RESEARCHER – IMAFUSA, URBAN AIR MOBILITY FRAMEWORK
ISCTE – Business Research Unit (BRU)
2024 - 2025
Developed Social Acceptance Experiments using Virtual Reality, VR, Environments. Developed VR environments and tools in Unity used for data collection to apply in predictive tools for lawmakers, authorities and ImAFUSA stakeholders. Represented ImAFUSA project at SESAR JU Annual Conference 2025: Digital European Sky Market Place exhibition.
TEACHER – DA VINCI LAB
LEYSIN AMERICAN SCHOOL (LAS)
2024 - 2024
Worked as a teacher and facilitated hands-on, interdisciplinary STEM projects, blending creativity, technology, and problem-solving to inspire innovation. Designed and delivered engaging lessons, fostering collaboration, critical thinking, and a passion for learning in a diverse, international student community.
REINDUSTRIALISATION RESEARCHER FOR WP8 WORK PACKAGE
IST – INSTUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO
2023 - 2024
Aiding Portuguese companies, such as COLEP Packaging and Plasoeste, alongside Prof. Paulo Peças, develop and implement post-pandemic industrial recovery and modernization projects, though project management action.
INDUSTRIALIZATION – INDUSTRIALIZATION ENGINEER
VISTEON PORTUGAL
2022 - 2023
Audi Panorama Display Industrial Project: working with suppliers and product development teams from concept, quote and industrialisation of Automated Production lines for Audi, Ford and Maserati infotainment products. Aided Process Engineering Team in maintaining and improving Maserati production Line, and in doing so, improved situational awareness, and developed rapid problem-solving abilities and team management skills. Developed and implemented solutions and improvements to standardise procedures, optimise Cycle Times (CT), improve worker ergonomics, and guarantee required production goals.
FORMULA STUDENT POWERTRAIN DEP. ACCUMULATOR DEVELOPMENT RESP.
FORMULA STUDENT TÉCNICO
2020 - 2022
Designed and developed tractive system accumulator, and lead manufacturing functions for FST10e, FST10d, and FST11 prototypes Kevlar accumulator and inverter containers. FST11 would later go on to win the 2022 Formula Student Spain Driverless Cup. Lead Structural design studies and tests for Kevlar composite structure and implementation in the FST 11 prototype Tractive system containers. Developed rapid work pace and determination, suited to the competitive motorsports and automotive environment.

Skills

business-development
data-science
english-teacher
events-manager
sales-engineer
operations
english
french
german
portuguese
spanish