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Jan Hrnek

Design Engineer

Brno, CzechiaBorn 02/2005Driving licence BSelf-employed · Company No. 22246894+420 602 689 340jan.hrnek.05@gmail.comLinkedIn

Education

autumn 2026

SDU Odense, Denmark

Erasmus+ exchange — upcoming

2024 – present

Brno University of Technology, FME

Mechanical Design Engineering (BSc)

2020 – 2024

SPŠ a VOŠ Sokolská Brno — technical secondary school

Industrial Design

Experience

2024 – present

Self-employed

Freelance design engineer · Company No. 22246894

My own trade licence, under which all the work below runs. Technical design and consulting for industrial clients — from the 3D model through production documentation to automating repetitive tasks.

04/2026 – present

Lemmacon s.r.o.

CAD technician — 3D modelling and documentation

3D modelling, sheet metal part design and technical documentation in SolidWorks. I built a custom bill-of-materials system with a material library and VBA macros, and automated DXF export from sheet metal parts.

04/2026 – present

ZK METAL s.r.o.

CAD technician — 3D modelling and documentation

Technical drawings and 3D models of steel structures to order. I am running the whole solar carport project on my own from the concept — 3D model of the steel structure, structural calculations to Eurocode and visualisations for the client presentation. Production drawings follow once the calculations are verified.

09/2025 – 03/2026

Solidcon s.r.o.

CAD technician — 3D modelling and documentation

CAD work on site: 3D modelling and technical drawings for a range of parts, in close contact with the shop floor over manufacturability.

06/2025 – 02/2026

MEDIA MIX s.r.o.

CAD technician — 3D modelling and documentation

Technical drawings for a ventilated drip tray. Design of an automated system for applying release agent to mould parts and for safer handling when the mould opens. Documentation and 3D model revisions across projects.

01/2024 – 06/2025

JM Klima s.r.o.

CAD technician — HVAC documentation

Long-running work on HVAC documentation for residential buildings. Drawings of air handling units and ductwork in AutoCAD, including running updates on live projects.

05/2023

Voith Turbo

Mechanical Designer — internship

Design of a stand for displaying gearboxes at events. It included a cutaway in the gearbox housing so the internals could be seen. I worked in PTC Creo.

05/2022

Voith Turbo

Manufacturing Process Engineer — internship

Writing manufacturing process sheets for various gearbox parts. Work on the shop floor and operating a range of machines.

Certifications

CSWP

Certified SolidWorks Professional — Dassault Systèmes, 2024

CSWA

Certified SolidWorks Associate — Dassault Systèmes, 2024

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Skills

I work in

SolidWorks, SolidWorks Visualize, Fusion

Experience with

AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, PrusaSlicer

Office

Excel, Word, PowerPoint, LaTeX

Languages

Czech (native), English (B2, certified)