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Oh, this automotive industry…

Subcontractor-Tier 2, supplier-Tier 1, and finally OEM. When I was a student, I dreamed of becoming an engineer who develops cars. The path to this goal was winding. For some time now, I have been working on cars, and soon these cars will premiere in Poland!

It wasn’t until 3 years after graduation that I got my foot in the door of the automotive industry. I landed at a subcontractor and made electric motors for sunroofs and other systems in cars.

The next stage in the development of my career as a vibroacoustics engineer was turbochargers. These components are already a direct supplier of components to car manufacturers. This was a higher technological level, with many challenges in the field of vibroacoustic research and development. Seven years is a significant amount of time to build a laboratory, develop methods, and conduct tests leading to the improvement of turbocharger acoustics quality.

The next 4 years involved developing my brand – Vibroacoustics Engineer (NVH Engineer). This was a whole range of projects in various industries. The majority of it was IT, working on two apps and one program. There were also power generators, sunroofs, an e-commerce lingerie store, a large catering project, heat pumps, fans and heat recovery ventilators, and others.

In 2024, the cherry on top appeared – literally and figuratively. Chery Automobile is a Chinese OEM. I’m doing what I’ve long wanted to do: testing and optimizing vibroacoustics in cars. Together with colleagues from Chery Europe, we are introducing Chinese brands to the European market.

The Omoda 5 will debut in Poland in May, and the Jaecoo 7 will follow soon after the Omoda. https://www.omodaglobal.com/

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Paweł Niedermaier

Intuitive creative process vs algorithms

🥱 Bored with “Lean” and “Six Sigma” – methods common in Automotive, I was looking for knowledge on how to approach problem solving innovatively. Methodological optimization and “nibbling” percentages is not always the right solution, when it’s begging to be “turned upside down”. My creative approach in problem solving was ‘somehow’ intuitive, based on ‘some’ experience, being ‘somehow’ more open to solutions and ‘somehow’ having flashes of ideas. Often this approach led me to come up with ‘some’ solution. However, I was also often left with an idea and the thought “what next?”.

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