His experience in Germany led to employment with the General Motors Corporation in Brazil, and later with a General Motors subsidiary in the United States, the Fokker Aeroplane Company, where he began his career as an aircraft design engineer.
His experience in Germany led to employment with the General Aviation, the air branch of General Motors Corporation in Brazil. In 1931, he came to the United States and began work with a General Motors subsidiary, where he began his career as an aircraft design engineer.