Ricardo Esteves Borges

Profile

Software engineer with a strong background in backend development and engineering-driven problem solving. Experienced in building reliable and maintainable .NET-based systems in industrial and enterprise environments.

Skills

• Programming: C# / .NET
• Backend: ASP.NET, RESTful Web APIs
• DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, Git, container-based workflows
• Connectivity & Messaging: OPC-UA, MQTT, Solace, Kafka, MongoDB

Professional Experience

Robert Bosch GmbH
Software Engineer

• 02/2018 – Present: Full-time Software Engineer
• Design and development of backend services using C# and .NET
• Development and maintenance of RESTful APIs
• Worked on connectivity topics, integrating industrial protocols and messaging systems
• Collaboration and source control using Git and Azure DevOps
• CI/CD pipelines and container-based workflows

• 08/2017 – 01/2018: Voluntary Internship
• Supported backend development tasks and automated data collection for analysis
• Worked with C#/.NET and internal Bosch tools under supervision

• 01/2017 – 07/2017: Mandatory Internship, PA-ATMO1 / PJ-CSP
• Worked on automation and control tasks: developed MATLAB tools for MIM data analysis, software for PLC-camera integration, and Simulink-based PLC model generation

Education & Projects

M.Sc. Mechatronics
University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Specialization: Software and Control Engineering
• Master Thesis:
  Analysis and design of temperature control strategies for a pressure-assisted sintering process at Robert Bosch GmbH (Feuerbach) in cooperation with ISW, University of Stuttgart
• Project: Sweating Guarded Hotplate Automation
  Automation of thermodynamic measurement setup to determine material properties.

B.Sc. Mechatronics
University of Stuttgart, Germany

• Bachelor Thesis:
  Development of a method for the design of cable-driven robots for given applications at Fraunhofer IPA in cooperation with ISW, University of Stuttgart
• Project: LEGO Mindstorms Autonomous Navigation
  Implemented intelligent navigation algorithms for LEGO Mindstorms robots.

Undergraduate Studies
Unicamp, Campinas, Brazil

• 03/2008 – 07/2011: Diploma in Mechatronics (not completed)
• 09/2011 – 08/2012: Exchange Year at University of Stuttgart

High School
Colégio Nacional, Uberlândia, Brazil

• Graduated: 12/2007

Languages

• Portuguese – Native
• German – Fluent
• English – Good working proficiency