Paulo Magacho is an Instrumentation and Automation Engineer with 12 years of experience at the intersection of industrial automation and software development, currently driving Industry 4.0 and IIoT initiatives at Petrobras in Rio de Janeiro. He brings deep expertise in PLC development (GE, Altus), industrial protocols (Modbus, IEC61850, OPC, Profibus) and automation monitoring using OpenStack, Zabbix, Tomcat and virtualized environments. Equally at home in embedded and cloud-native stacks, Paulo has an independent software background spanning mobile, Node.js, Java, C/C++, Docker, AWS and Azure, and has contributed to high-profile projects such as a NASA iPad app through Topcoder. His academic foundation includes a DSc. from UFRJ and specialized IEC61850 training, reflecting a blend of rigorous research (CERN ATLAS instrumentation work) and practical field supervision. Known for bridging hardware and software teams, he excels at turning complex instrumentation requirements into robust, maintainable IIoT solutions.
12 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Digital Factory Mastermind, Digital Factory Mastermind at IIot University - 4.0 Solutions
DSc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, DSc., Electrical and Electronics Engineering at UFRJ - Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Specialist, Electrical Automation (IEC61850), Specialist, Electrical Automation (IEC61850) at Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações - Inatel
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Paulo Magacho - Instrumentation And Automation Engineer