Roland Smith
Composite Design Engineer at VDL Fibertech Industries BV
Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands
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Top SchoolRoland Smith is a Composite Design Engineer based in Eindhoven with 27 years of hands-on experience designing, manufacturing and testing carbon- and glass-fibre reinforced composites. He has spent decades translating customer requirements into quotations, production tools and reliable parts—specializing in patient tables for X‑ray and MRI devices. His background spans product development, production troubleshooting and process implementation at Philips Healthcare and VDL Fibertech, giving him end-to-end expertise from concept to factory. Roland combines practical shop-floor problem solving with engineering design rigor and has built a toolkit of software aids to streamline composite design and manufacturing workflows.
27 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Engineering, Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Engineering at Fontys Hogescholen
English, German
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Github Skills (110)
datetime10
security-hardening10
python10
vulnerability-scanners10
hipaa10
vulnerability-detection10
unix10
aix10
linux10
vulnerability-assessment10
pci10
performance-optimization10
mechanical-engineering10
composite10
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Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
rsmith-nl/build
Apr 2016 - Jan 2022
Contributions:5 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 9 months
rsmith-nl/nctools
Oct 2009 - Nov 2018
Contributions:287 commits, 35 pushes, 3 branches in 9 years 2 months
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