Simón Valbuena

Simón Valbuena has worked in various roles in the engineering field since 2016. From 2016 to 2018, they worked as an NDT Inspector at TurboPre Services C.A., where they performed non-destructive tests on rotating equipment components and wrote reports explaining the results. From 2018 to 2019, they worked as a Design Engineer at Tierra Alta Sistemas de Producción S.A., where they developed parts and machines for the oil industry and used CAD softwares to design and evaluate parts and steel structures. Since 2019, they have been working as a Mechanical Design Engineer at MAF RODA AGROBOTIC, where they design food processing and packing equipment including various conveyors, box fillers, elevators, grade tables and pack tables. Simón has also made improvements to existing equipment parts to reduce the use of raw material and manufacturing lead time. In 2022, they will be taking on a new role as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Slip Robotics.

Simón Valbuena graduated from La Universidad del Zulia in 2018 with a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering. Simón studied at the university from 2012 to 2018.