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Schedule Interview NowMy name is Paul H. and I have over 5 years of experience in the tech industry. I specialize in the following technologies: Design for Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Design, Industrial Design, Medical Device, etc.. I hold a degree in Master of Industrial Design, , , . Some of the notable projects I’ve worked on include: GOAL3 health monitor medical device, Quatt heat pump development, Lightyear One Solar car, Ola Electric Scooter, Supersola DIY Solar Panel, etc.. I am based in Breda, Netherlands. I've successfully completed 33 projects while developing at Softaims.
I approach every technical challenge with a mindset geared toward engineering excellence and robust solution architecture. I thrive on translating complex business requirements into elegant, efficient, and maintainable outputs. My expertise lies in diagnosing and optimizing system performance, ensuring that the deliverables are fast, reliable, and future-proof.
The core of my work involves adopting best practices and a disciplined methodology, focusing on meticulous planning and thorough verification. I believe that sustainable solution development requires discipline and a deep commitment to quality from inception to deployment. At Softaims, I leverage these skills daily to build resilient systems that stand the test of time.
I am dedicated to making a tangible difference in client success. I prioritize clear communication and transparency throughout the development lifecycle to ensure every deliverable exceeds expectations.
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Every once in a while a project comes along that rethinks the world as we know it and makes you proud to be able to contribute to its cause. The Lightyear One solar car certainly belongs to this category. Studio Mango works alongside the team of Lightyear One and Granstudio in the realization of this project. The role of Studio Mango is focused on the design assistance, engineering, prototyping and manufacturing of all the exterior lighting units of the vehicle. Currently, up to 12% of all European greenhouse gases are emitted by cars, a number that will quickly increase if things remain as they are today. This is especially true in other parts of the world where a growing middle class is increasingly buying vehicles. In addition, many countries are struggling to build the infrastructure required to charge electric cars. These problems were recognized by several members of the award-winning World Solar Challenge team of the Technical University of Eindhoven. With their knowledge of the developed technology from the races they started to dream about the world’s first solar car for daily use. This idea inspired them to found the Lightyear company and not long after its founding they partnered with Studio Mango amongst a host of other talented companies to assist in the design and engineering to bring the Lightyear One to life. The exterior design of the vehicle is a hyper aerodynamic shell with the lowest Cx value (drag coefficient / air resistance) rated of any car in the world to date. To reach such a low drag coefficient Lightyear rethought the concept of a car from the ground up to optimize the airflow around and under the car; optimizing every part from the chassis to the side mirrors and from the crash cone to the luggage compartment. Not only does it make the car look sleek, but it drastically reduces energy consumption. The roof and bonnet have 5 square meters of solar cells integrated in them, these have been specially developed by Lightyear to ensure that shadow spots do not bring down efficiency as with normal panels. These integrated solar cells on average charge the batteries with an additional 12 kilometers per hour even whilst driving so the “solar” range continues to extend with every hour of sunlight up to 20.000 km per year. Besides the panels it is the optimized aerodynamics, state-of-the-art use of materials to reduce weight, relatively small battery and in-wheel motors which gives the Lightyear One a range of up to 725 km. The LED powered outer lighting units are a marvel of optimal use of lightguides and a minimal amount of LED’s to ensure low power consumption and increase the overall range of the vehicle; their design and materialization stands out and makes them one of the coolest features of the vehicle. The Lightyear One was selected as national icon by the Dutch government as the most groundbreaking project with global impact in 2019. Get ready to have the sun power your future road trips, no need to stop for gas or charging no more just for drinks and sandwiches.
In recent years great technological developments and digitalization have taken place in the automotive industry. Whilst many other forms of transportation have been lagging behind; scooters being one of them. In 2015 the team behind Etergo identified this issue and the opportunity to develop a better solution. As a result of their efforts the concept for the AppScooter was developed. Shortly after introducing the concept to the public, Studio Mango started working together with Etergo. Studio Mango was involved in the engineering & development of several components for the AppScooter. Such as all drive light units, the multimedia speaker and the drive sound generator. During a period of 1,5 years of continuous development Etergo has become one of the brightest stars of the Dutch start-up scene. At Studio Mango we are very proud to have worked together with the team of Etergo on the development of this fantastic piece of Dutch ingenuity and to have offered our support in: Design for manufacturing (DFM) of all LED lighting units. Consultancy & assistance for homologation (High beam, Low Beam, DRL, Front and rear Indicators, Rear position and brake light. Sourcing capable and affordable manufactures. Support in manufacturing of certified/homologated prototypes for road testing. Design and engineering of the multimedia speakers. Etergo was aquired by Ola Electric in 2019.
A solar panel which you simply plug in your socket and you’re done. No installation by expensive professionals that requires permanent infrastructural changes to your roof. A modular system which allows you to simply start with one and expand whenever you like. The Dutch start-up Supersola introduces plug & play solar panels to make solar energy available and accessible to everyone. They contacted Studio Mango to take their original product to the next level There was a lot of interest from energy companies and big retailers, but the system was too expensive. Supersola challenged Studio Mango to reduce manufacturing costs, improve ergonomics plus aesthetics, and make the product smaller to fit in the back of a car (to enable in-store purchases). The design of the first series was based on a big rotational moulded base that had to be filled with water to weigh the system down. For the assembly a large number of expensive custom metal components were required which took a lot of time to install. After careful examination our engineers concluded that a revision of the complete system would result in cost optimization and improved usability. Instead of hinging the solar panel on the base, the new design integrated the tanks within the panel. This concept became the focal point for further development. Additional ergonomic improvements were integrated in the design throughout the process. Dividing the large base into four smaller tanks with integrated handles was an important improvement. The tanks can be filled under a tap and easily slide in and out of the system. To increase the cost efficiency of the Supersola, other production methods had to be used. The large rotational moulded base was replaced by a structure using extrusion profiles, injection- and blow moulded parts. These production methods significantly reduce the cost per part in mass production. In addition, these techniques provide more design freedom, which enabled us to integrate multiple functions into each part and enabled an improved overall appearance of the product. Various prototypes, iterations of components and assembly methods have been tested, evaluated and improved. Several methods have been investigated for much faster and easier assembly. One of the main challenges to be overcome during design for manufacturing, was how to tackle the huge tolerance differences between injection- and blow moulding. Injection moulding has a tolerance well within tens of millimetres, but this is much larger for blow moulding. Thanks to the expertise of our engineers and close contact with our production partners, this could be taken into account early in the design and prototyping process to avoid problems and delays later on. The result of all our efforts is an aesthetically improved, and easier to use ‘plug and play’ solar panel. With a 25% cost reduction on production components and a greatly decreased assembly time, it makes sales at the desired price point possible.
Higo is a high-tech, but user-friendly telemedicine diagnostics device for the population which can monitor a huge amount of symptoms at home and enables digital contact with a certified clinician. During the clinical trials it was discovered that this same device is also capable of monitoring and detection of COVID-19. Besides being a helpful tool to determine whatever illness you might have from home and advising how to treat an injury; Higo is a great solution for parents as well. One of the most stressful moments a parent can have, is when their young child gets sick and not knowing what is wrong with their little one. Often so, symptoms of sickness can occur in the middle of the night or in weekends, when clinicians are not readily available and thus leading to even more stress. Understandably nobody wants to wait in a fully packed emergency room where there is an additional risk of getting in contact with more viruses and bacteria. Higo is an innovation from Horizen which is a start-up accelerator from Warsaw (Poland). Studio Mango was contacted early 2019 to execute all the design & engineering work to bring their idea to life. The kicker was that the device had to be realized and certified by a notified body within that same year which is a huge challenge to achieve for any medical device, particular for one that is as innovative as Higo. Higo is the digital doctor that fits in the palm of your hand; a telemedicine diagnostics device with certified clinicians providing a diagnosis from the Higo back office who are available 24/7. In a real life scenario when a child wakes up feeling sick in the middle of the night, a parent can perform several body exams guided by this device. The data of these exams are sent to the available clinicians at the Higo back office where they will advise parents on how to provide care and what steps to take next. All of this can be done from home without the need of visiting the emergency room. Telemedicine devices also relieve the workload in emergency rooms as there is no need for personal visits if the online clinician has diagnosed that only medication is required. So, what makes this device so innovative? Higo brings 9 different exams together in one affordable solution aimed for mass market adaptation. Each of these exams had to be clinically validated as clinicians at the Higo back office would be basing their diagnosis on the data the devices are sending to them. Studio Mango worked alongside the teams of Higo, the electronics developer Zign Innovations and a host of doctor’s through all the design stages, quickly validating proof of concept prototypes and moving to a fully integrated working prototype within a time frame of 9 months. In this “pressure cooker” of design and engineering our team worked on the aesthetic design, ergonomics, optomechanical engineering, integration of electronics, graphic user interface (GUI), design for manufacturing, design for assembly, certification procedures and setting up production of the device. One of the main challenges was cost control as a clinically validated digital otoscope costs around € 4.000,-. We had to create a device costing far less and which is also able to run 8 additional exams, besides the otoscope exam. To make this possible everything had to be engineered from the ground up; as individual working devices in one kit would be far too expensive to lead to an affordable solution for the average household. For that reason, we integrated all electronics in the main device, avoiding the need for 3 different (expensive) image sensors (camera’s). But as each of these exams are completely different and require their own unique settings and camera focus a lot of optomechanical engineering, lightguides design and prototyping had to be carried out to reach the desired working results.
The NRGSPOT is a striking object in the public space, this is what Eneco wanted to achieve with the first ever (global) fast charging station for electric vehicles. The integrated solar panel on top receives enough energy to operate the NRGSPOT, through a connection to the power grid vehicles are supplied with green energy. The 4 power points in the NRGSPOT can charge: cars, scooters & bikes simultaneously. Together with partner companies, the patented fast charging technology and payment/ registration module (software application) was developed. Besides developing the NRGSPOT Studio Mango was also responsible for all licenses, legal documents and the actual placing of the NRGSPOT with contractors and power grid management. The new NRGSPOT has a modest design which makes it suitable to be placed in any public space, drawing enough but not too much attention. Important for the users is that the charging station is easy and intuitive to use, the user is informed through information on the integrated screen and light signals. Through the use of the national public transportation card (OV chip) the threshold to use the charging station is very low (everybody in the Netherlands will receive this card). The charging station has a modular design so in the future it will be easy to add additional charging points or different types of charging options. At the moment 2 versions exist, one for bicycles and scooters and one for automobiles and trucks.
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