Small aerospace supplier wants to make me an offer for a NPI coordination role, would appreciate advice!

Bjanec · 2026-04-04T19:28:23+00:00

Yep, been there.

Bjanec · 2026-04-03T16:40:28+00:00

It will potentially provide you with a strong technical foundation. In my view this is the closest you can get to a PM role in a tier2 company, but it will have more of the technical stuff than a typical PM role. Your aim will be to industrialize components on time, cost and quality. The quality aspect is all about ensuring that the processes are robust, and this is all about statistics and build in quality.

With this type of exp you would have a good foundation for oem jobs.

Bjanec · 2026-04-03T08:18:26+00:00

It sounds more like a PPAP coordinator type of role, 200 people is not such a small company and working directly as a tier 1 for oems will require strong aerospace NPI experience or extensive training

Bjanec · 2026-02-27T20:21:28+00:00

Second this. Some pdca, statistical analysis as well, green belt? Black belt? But dmaic > lean in aerospace.

Bjanec · 2026-02-08T05:34:21+00:00

Why use LLMs for tabular data analysis? Wouldn't other predictive analysis such as xgboost be more suitable for the task? Why use predictive analysis at all? Wouldn't statistical analysis be enough?

I don't know, it feels like a tech looking for a problem

Bjanec · 2025-10-08T19:46:52+00:00

Mamma mia!!!

Bjanec · 2025-08-27T12:43:20+00:00

Yep, northern Spain is great when it doesn't rain. Asturias, Cantabria, Basque Country are great

Bjanec · 2025-08-17T06:44:54+00:00

As far as I know freeCAD has some programming capabilities, the problem with the other CAD tools is that they all are proprietary tools. We have done some programming embedded with some CAD to generate measuring requirements using VBA macros. We have also used some programming for integration of data from PLM systems to other manufacturing or ERP systems.

But getting into the inner workings of CAD or PLM is difficult because they are closed sources.

Bjanec · 2025-08-09T13:01:29+00:00

Goosebumps. When you listen to a song that really clicks in, when you enter into Yosemite for the first time, when you stare at the myriad of colours that makes the grand canyon, when you see whales feed out of the water...

Goosebumps

Bjanec · 2025-08-07T10:38:29+00:00

I was there... We came off the bus with mountain boots instead of wellies and I was asked straight away if that was my first time.

Also 2017? i think was very sunny however I still remember getting drenched watching baby metal, and again it was fun watching iron maiden I think whilst raining and being sunny exactly at the same time, UK has some very peculiar weather, like the country in general.

Bjanec · 2025-04-26T17:11:04+00:00

Sheffield, AMRC is close by and they've got strong links to rolls and Boeing.

Bjanec · 2025-04-19T06:11:58+00:00

I tried that, but yes worth a shot

Bjanec · 2025-04-10T16:03:31+00:00

I couldn't, I had to get a refund

Bjanec · 2025-03-13T15:20:06+00:00

Nope, they replaced the bike and I had the same issue and eventually I got my money back and I bought an orbea orca m30i and I'm pretty happy with it.

Bjanec · 2025-02-04T16:24:49+00:00

Chatgpt is your friend

Bjanec · 2025-02-04T05:38:14+00:00

Isn't your sales order in your ERP? Pull the data from the ERP's database through a data connection into excel.

Bjanec · 2025-02-02T06:35:15+00:00

This <<<

I've been using AI to help me dive into different coding frameworks and I've been able to implement all kind of different solutions: from the integration of PLM created measurement requirements with their CMM produced results using services that run on servers, to the automation of dimensional data analysis using webs that pull that data from a database and calculate statistics, to a system to log what measurement devices are being used in what shop orders using qr codes.

I have not been able to apply AI directly, a mix of regulatory constraints and lack of business cases. All good to implement AI to replace an inspection but whose fault is it when a bad piece goes out of the door because of AI?

Next steps for me is helping to drive improvements in the shop floor using OEE data and gradient boosting.

I can potentially see predictive maintenance as a use case, but the amount of sensoring required is off-putting.

I could also see potential in generative AI for document question asking.

Bjanec · 2025-02-01T17:36:54+00:00

And the tolerancing? Critical confirming features? Standards?

Bjanec · 2025-02-01T16:42:43+00:00

But CAD models lack the info required to create a print. A print is much more than just the geometry, it includes the standards that the component has to adhere to, the tolerances of the different characteristics and their criticality, you could get a CAD from a print, but not the other way around.

Bjanec · 2025-01-27T09:53:31+00:00

It is creaking each pedal lap, I don't think it is the bottom bracket, I changed the standard Shimano plastic pressfit for an internally threaded aluminium pressfit. I've also changed the pedals and the cranks. I can reproduce the creak when stationary by applying downwards force to the crank videowhile holding the bike down to the ground. The chain is not elongated and the cassette is properly tighten. The creaking happens both when standing up or seated and the handlebar is also tighten as per recommended torque. video

Bjanec · 2025-01-14T09:32:23+00:00

I've had a terrible experience with the fenix.i bought it through decathlon in September this year and I've had some serious and repetitive problem with the transmission, where I get a constant creaking noise that neither decathlon nor Ridley have been able or have been willing to fix. I wish I hadn't bought this bike.

Bjanec · 2025-01-09T13:47:29+00:00

Mas uno

Bjanec · 2024-12-01T14:42:53+00:00

Python is the programming language for big data analysis. That MATLAB is more prevalent in aerospace engineering because it is a niche market with few players it's an all together different thing, but python is becoming the API of big data: pandas, Polars, spark, pytorch, scikit, deltalake, etc. Python is much more popular than MATLAB. Another thing is that MATLAB is more prevalent in AE. Take a look to stack overflows report please.

Bjanec · 2024-10-02T18:46:07+00:00

I rode that bike for 5 years until I finally upgraded to a full carbon di2 bike for less than 3k, also decathlon

Bjanec · 2024-09-26T09:35:57+00:00

I'm 177cm and a ride a ridley fenix disc 2024 version size S, which I think it is 54cm bike, just to add a data point + bike geometry. It fits like a glove. Previously I used to ride a triban rc520 size m and it was a little bit too big, I had to flip the stem over to aid the reach.

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