Design engineering
Design across disciplines: mechanical systems, system architecture and product development. 3D modelling, FEM, technical drawings, from concept to production.
Design, data & code for real problems
Design. Data. Music.
Building practical solutions across design, data science and music.
ES / EN / DE · Based in Germany, working remotely worldwide.
What I do
One person, several crafts
Bringing together design, data science and software to approach problems from both analytical and practical perspectives.
Data analysis & machine learning
Python for cleaning, exploring and modelling data. I build analyses, visualisations and ML prototypes, and automate repetitive workflows with scripting, bash and Linux.
Music & creative tech
Helping artists and labels with digital strategy, AI tools, distribution and audio production. I've been a performing musician for years, so the technical side comes from doing, not just studying.
Communication & collaboration
Clear communication across disciplines and languages, connecting engineering, data and creative work.
Projects
Selected work
A few things built, designed or performed across data, engineering and music. More on Forgejo.
Data & software
Data Analyst · WBS capstone
From Headlines to Headphones
How do global events shape musical success? Integrating news and music datasets (1990-2024) with NLP and embedding techniques to uncover how real-world events influence music popularity, genres and artists.
Data · ETL
City Data
An ETL pipeline for collecting and analyzing city demographic data, from ingestion to analysis.
Data Scientist · Independent
Trovo
A local-first songwriting assistant that generates double-filtered rhyme tables: words that rhyme with a target and relate to the theme. Built as a PWA with an offline mode.
HomeLab · Infrastructure
Self-hosted Homelab
A growing open-source infrastructure built with Docker Compose: databases, reverse proxies, media and more. A laboratory for learning by doing.
Programming · Game
The Hangman
The classic hangman game, reimplemented in Python as a clean, playable terminal game.
Data Analysis · Consultancy
Market Entry Analysis
Viability analysis of a partnership with Magist for Eniac's expansion into the Brazilian market.
Engineering
Mechanical Designer · Energy storage
Vanadium redox flow battery plates
Design and development of plates for vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFB) at 1st Flow Energy Solutions, focusing on stack optimization and performance.
Mechanical Designer · Software & engineering
Design engineering
Designing and improving series components for special machinery, especially sports machines, at Ernst Knoll Feinmechanik. Also implemented a communication interface for decentralized energy storage on embedded Linux.
Diploma thesis · Mechanical Engineering
Transport prototype for bicycle touring
Design and construction of a transport solution for bicycle touring equipment, using 3D modelling and finite element analysis.
Music & arts
Bass & composition
Soundgauallee
Pop-Steady Ska band: bass and composition, blending ska, reggae, latin, rock and hip-hop.
Musician · Theater
Theater in den Bergen
Live performance for "Ehrsberg ist Überall", collaborating with actors, directors and technical teams: arrangements and on-stage support.
Cuatro & Bass · Composition · Touring
Independent musician
Toured South America as a freelance musician, performing live across multiple genres while handling logistics and artistic direction independently.
Bass & composition
La Pepa Verde
Latin jazz fusion band, blending latin, jazz, rock and experimental sounds.
Actor · Music · Props
DireActores
A theatrical and political group dedicated to mirroring Venezuelan political and social daily life. Led the creation of performance requirements for each production, coordinating creative and technical needs.
Director · Design
ReciCrear
Design and development of products with recycled materials: sustainability, the 3Rs and creativity applied to real objects.
About
About
I work across design, data and music. My background is in mechanical engineering, specifically 3D modelling, FEM and technical drawings, but the most interesting problems I find sit at the intersection of design, data and creativity. I moved into data science: Python, ML, NLP, through certifications and projects.
Music has always been the other half. Bass player, composer, touring musician across South America for a few years. Stage, studio, theater, artistic projects managed end to end.
These days I combine all of it. Engineering when a decision needs to be technically sound. Creative thinking when it needs to be bold. And practical know-how to keep things grounded.
- Open source first, tools that stay in your hands.
- Collaboration across disciplines, bringing in complementary expertise when a project benefits from it.
- Learning by building, testing and refining ideas in practice.
- Automating repetitive work to focus on what matters.
- Sustainability in mind, in products, energy and decisions.
Languages
Three languages, one creative process
Spanish, English and German take turns every day: in engineering meetings, in data project documentation or writing song lyrics.
Available for new projects
Contact
Let's build something
Tell me about your data, your music, or your machine. I'll get back to you with a clear, practical answer.
Email
hola@akuilera.space
LinkedIn
Pedro I. Aguilera
GitHub
@akuilera
Forgejo
Akuilera
Location
Germany · remote worldwide
Currently open to: design engineering projects, data analysis & ML, music & creative-tech consulting, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
I collaborate with a trusted network of specialists.