Alexandre Rodrigues

Senior Mechanical Engineer · San Francisco Bay Area

I bring complex
systems online.

Capital projects / Site launch / Commissioning

15+ years taking plants and production lines from drawings to steady operation. Today I deliver capital retrofits inside live Amazon delivery stations, with zero safety incidents.

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Alexandre Rodrigues
15+years in the field
100+capital projects
2,400+assets installed at Amazon, zero incidents
+400%production yield at Halio
2granted patents
01Selected projects

Systems I've brought online

  1. 2026–Current

    Capital retrofits in live delivery stations

    Amazon · CA, AZ, CO

    5 projects ($2M+) in 8 months: conveyors, stow systems and storage, installed while the stations kept running. 2,400+ assets, zero safety incidents, +62% peak capacity at one site.

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  2. 2021–23Delivered

    Scaling production for electrochromic glass

    Halio · Hayward, CA

    An automated batch system that raised anode yield 400%. A rectification system that reached 99.98% solvent purity and saved up to $600K a year.

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  3. 2019–21Delivered

    60+ food-processing equipment projects

    Heat and Control · Hayward, CA

    $80M in revenue, from design through installation and commissioning, as the customer's main technical contact.

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  4. 2018–19Delivered

    40+ elevators installed

    thyssenkrupp Elevator · Pennsylvania

    $85M+ in projects on active construction sites, leading crews of up to 25 alongside general contractors.

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  5. 2014–16Delivered

    L75 rocket-engine turbopump

    Brazilian Space Agency · Brasília

    Helped manage turbopump production for Brazil's L75 liquid-propulsion engine, and designed parts of its combustion-chamber test bench.

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  6. 2011–12Delivered

    CFB biomass gasification plant

    Gaslin · Linhares, Brazil

    Took a 50-ft circulating fluidized bed reactor through scale-up, construction and commissioning. Designed the L-valve that removes ash while the plant runs.

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From the field. Click a photo to see the projects.

Amazon, Seattle HQ, Amazon · 2026 Production scale-up, Halio · Hayward, CA Food-processing equipment design, Heat and Control Elevator installation, thyssenkrupp · PA L75 rocket engine, Brazilian Space Agency L75 engine hardware, Brazilian Space Agency CFB gasification plant, Gaslin · Brazil On site, In the field Plant walkdown, In the field Equipment start-up, In the field With the crew, In the field
02AlexRod Labs

AI for operations teams. Engineers or not.

Practical AI workflows for the people who keep operations running. The system I built for planning and reporting is used by 7 teammates and has saved an estimated 350+ hours.

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  1. InputSite-walk voice notes
  2. Step 1Transcribe, group by area
  3. Step 2Punch list: item · owner · due
  4. Step 3Human review
  5. OutputPunch list, ready to send
03What colleagues say

“Alex was a very resourceful senior mechanical engineer on my Systems Engineering Team. A very well-organized project engineer with an appreciation for developing an understanding of the engineering fundamentals of a problem to properly approach the solution.”

John GallipeoJohn Gallipeothen Senior Group Lead, Halio

“I was impressed with Alex’s ability to communicate, guide and motivate people to learn something new.”

Nalini SindphaleNalini SindphaleSr. Software Engineer, Halio
04Contact

Let's bring the next one online.

Let's talk about commissioning, site launch and capital projects. I also take expert calls on gasification, process equipment and project delivery.

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