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Hüseyin Özcan
Last position:
Freelance Technical Project Manager at Karl Hess GmbH & Co. KG
- Project management for Porsche interior plastic parts
- Ensuring complete and smooth information flow between the customer and internal departments
- Creating and monitoring resource, schedule and overall project plans
- Active support and independent customer handling
- Coordinating technical discussions and pricing discussions
- Organizing, running and documenting coordination meetings with development and controlling
- Preparing quotations with cost specifications, analyses and presentations
- Independent cost negotiations, change handling and final negotiations
- Carrying out deviation analyses
Volker Wagner
Last position:
Analyst – Platform Optimization at TradingView ProRealtime
Programming custom indicators with ProBuilder (for the ProRealTime platform)
6 months RCP - Rabe Academy (Basics - Trading Account - TWS Interactive Brokers) Focus: price movement ETH - stock NVIDIA (NASDAQ and CBOE)
- 500 hours total (TradingView & ProRealTime), of which approx. 1,500 hours of tick data analysis using ProRealTime
Systematic market analysis, development of custom indicators, pattern recognition.
Ãœmit Demir
Last position:
Managing Director at SELF Consulting und Trading Germany
- Successful integration of new business areas
- Support for change management projects
- Introduction of lean management and digitalization initiatives
- Management of external partners, interim managers, and consultants
- Successful implementation of growth and transformation strategies
- Plant expansion
- Plant relocation
Stephan Johne
Last position:
Technical Writer at pro-beam
Technical writer at a special-purpose machine manufacturer for implementing the requirements of the EU-MVO into technical documentation and FMEA moderation. Role: Technical writer and FMEA moderator
Frank Meier
Last position:
EHS / Product HSE Manager at Deutsche Bundesmarine
PHSE engineering and management Project management in a global industrial company and with the end customer German Federal Navy
Artur Schmalz
Last position:
Marketing Consultant // Strategy & Campaigning at Stadtwerke Lübeck
- Marketing consulting for the business units EDL@Home and Commodity (electricity & gas)
- Development and implementation of the marketing/sales strategy in close coordination with the department head
- Definition and expansion of key channels (web, app, portal, social, paid, sales partners)
- Goal, annual, and budget planning for the EDL@Home business unit
- Leading and running team workshops to define goals & develop campaigns
- Campaign/content planning for different target groups
- Concept and implementation of the regional multi-channel sales campaign incl. A/B testing
- Optimization of the customer experience across all channels
- Technical support/advice for the product teams during iterative implementation
- Building and managing a campaign dashboard to measure success
- Managing external agencies and internal teams
- Regular results presentations and reporting to department leadership
- Active stakeholder management
Kartheek Kumar Kothapalli
Last position:
Advisor & Investor (Limited Partner) at Destrosolutions
- Advised the executive team on the strategy, architecture, and development of an AI-powered Product Security Operations Center (PSOC); a cybersecurity operating system for software-defined cyber physical connected systems.
- Provided strategic guidance on product vision, regulatory alignment, and market positioning, supporting capabilities across threat intelligence, vulnerability management, compliance automation, and autonomous product security.
Abhishek Nair
Last position:
Fullstack Developer at DAMALO GmbH
- Own full-stack development of an AI-native enterprise platform built on TypeScript, React, Vite, tRPC, Hono, and PostgreSQL, delivering AI-powered consulting workflows to B2B clients.
- Designed and shipped a multi-agent AI system using ReAct framework and Claude skills-style workflow patterns, including an intelligent PM assistant with rich system prompts, slash commands, tool integrations, and streaming chat UI.
- Architected an LLM evaluation framework: rubric-based LLM-as-judge, golden datasets, regression testing, and automated quality gating — ensuring consistent AI output quality at scale.
- Integrated LangFuse for end-to-end LLM tracing, conversation replays, and evaluation pipelines, enabling data-driven prompt optimisation that reduced token costs and response variance.
- Built with Drizzle ORM, pgvector, and knowledge graphs for structured data access, semantic search, and relationship-aware AI reasoning across the platform.
- Led TanStack React Query migration across the application — replacing manual state management with centralised caching and automatic refetching, reducing data-fetching boilerplate significantly.
- Practiced AI-native development throughout: Claude Code, Codex, Perplexity SDK, and LLM-assisted testing across the full development lifecycle. Deployed on Vercel + Azure ACA with Biome for linting/formatting.
Jens Matthaei
Last position:
Automation project manager at Capgemini Engineering @ ACC Battery Factory
PSA, Peugeot Citroën, France (10/2023 – 05/2024)
- Launch Manager for electrode production rolling lines
- Setup, modernization, and commissioning of cleanroom production equipment
- Management of a team of 15 Chinese technicians
- Recovery of a three-month delay and on-schedule delivery
Abir Banerjee
Last position:
Independent Consultant — Project Management at Freelance
- Managed complex CAPEX and process enhancement projects for Guidepoint, AlphaSights, L.E.K. Consulting, and NanoHelix involving cleanroom expansions, automated bioprocess systems, and validation program rollouts.
- Established and maintained comprehensive project schedules integrating engineering, validation, quality assurance, and operations milestones ensuring GMP compliance and regulatory readiness.
- Oversaw FAT/SAT coordination with vendors for bioprocess skids, monitoring instrumentation calibration, and clean utility validation protocols.
Nikhil Shanmughan
Last position:
Configuration Management and Systems Engineer at Schaeffler AG
- Managed engineering configuration and change activities throughout the product development lifecycle for chassis and power electronics systems.
- Coordinated implementation of engineering changes between development, manufacturing, validation, and quality teams.
- Maintained product traceability and configuration consistency across prototype, pre-series, and series production phases.
- Administered requirements and configuration baselines using Windchill, Jira, and Confluence.
- Supported change control boards and engineering review meetings to assess impacts, risks, and implementation plans.
- Ensured compliance with development processes and quality standards through configuration audits and lifecycle reviews.
- Coordinated manufacturing readiness activities and monitored implementation of approved changes.
Thomas Lüftl
Last position:
Interim Plant Manager and Head of Task Force at Central Lubrication Systems Company
- Analysis of planning processes and management system
- Observation and evaluation of managers
- Derivation and implementation of personnel measures
- Interim production management
- Establishment of proactive production planning processes
- Implementation of a management operating system from the shop floor to the management team
- Reports and structured meetings
- Interim Production Manager and Head of a task force
- Repeatable throughput increased by 10%
Andreas Seidl
Last position:
Consulting on quality management and regulatory affairs at Curevius GmbH
Manufacturer of medical devices
- Creation and further development of quality management systems according to EN ISO 13485
- Gap analysis of existing quality management systems according to ISO 13485
- Consulting and support in customer projects in the field of quality management and
- Proof of regulatory compliance for medical devices of all risk classes
- Preparation of technical documentation according to MDR
- Gap analysis of the risk management file according to ISO 14971:2019
Jozsef Ferincz
Last position:
IT project management, introduction of AI-supported software development
- Industry: software manufacturer
- Tasks: project management; tracking and coordination of projects; stakeholder management; change management; prioritization of requirements; alignment of architecture; supplier management (internal and external); release management; monitoring defect resolution with the teams; AI-supported software development, software testing and code analysis; AI prompting, prompt engineering
- Software: Jira, Confluence, MS Project, MS Teams
- Environment: IT, software development, agile, artificial intelligence (AI)
Zoran Popov
Last position:
Founder & Automotive Consultant at QM-Service Automotive
- Consulted for Daimler AG, Porsche, BMW, Smart and global supply industry players including VW, Continental, Magna, Webasto, JCI, Mahle, Valeo, Grammer, Woco, Hella, Brose, Faurecia, Lear and Dräxlmaier
- Achieved ISO TS 16949 certification within 12 months instead of two years
- Implemented and trained QM department; managed production and plant operations
- Executed relocation of Tier 1 VW Passat sealing systems production to Poland (360 workplaces)
- Led the Slovenia Porsche AG OEM headlights project: supplier development, Q-gate implementation, definition of boundary samples, intensive operator training, productivity increase, cost reduction, shop floor Pareto error evaluations, corrective actions, and ensured IATF 16949 & VDA 6.3 certifications and delivery quantities
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Statistics of experts using FMEA
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
3.4 years
Positions per freelancer
13
Top business areas
Quality Assurance, Project Management, Product Development
Top industries
Manufacturing, Automotive, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Quality Assurance, Operations, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
92%
Master's degree or higher
50%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
4
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
98%
Based on our profile pool as of 6 Sep 2026.
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Average rates of experts using FMEA
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 6 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
What FMEA covers
FMEA, or Failure Modes and Effects Analysis, is a structured way to find how a product, process, or system can fail and what the impact would be. It helps teams focus on the risks that matter most before defects reach customers or production.
Where it is used
- Product design reviews and DFMEA work
- Process analysis and PFMEA for manufacturing
- Quality planning, safety reviews, and corrective actions
- Supplier risk reviews and change impact checks
Strong FMEA work connects engineering judgment with clear documentation. It is common in automotive, industrial equipment, electronics, medical devices, and other regulated environments where risk control must be traceable.
Tools and methods
Professionals working with FMEA often use APQP documents, control plans, process maps, and quality records to support the analysis. They also work with scoring logic, action tracking, and review templates so teams can move from risk identification to practical mitigation.
When to bring in specialists
Companies bring in freelance expertise when an internal team needs support for a new launch, a late design change, a supplier issue, or a quality problem that keeps returning. Outside specialists are also useful when a project needs an independent view, a fast workshop facilitator, or help aligning engineering and operations.
What strong experts do
- Lead focused workshops and ask the right failure questions
- Separate real risks from low-value noise
- Write actions that can actually be implemented
- Keep the analysis clear, current, and auditable
The best professionals do more than fill in a template. They understand the product or process well enough to challenge assumptions, connect causes and effects, and keep the team honest about what can fail and why.
Skills around FMEA
Good FMEA work often sits next to root cause analysis, control planning, problem solving, reliability thinking, and quality systems work. Strong specialists also know how to communicate with design, manufacturing, supplier, and quality teams without losing the thread of the analysis.
Frequently asked questions
The facts hiring teams ask for most often when it comes to FMEA.
FMEA is used to find likely failure modes, understand their effects, and decide which risks need action first. Teams use it to improve product design, stabilize processes, and support quality and safety decisions before problems spread.
FMEA is mostly forward-looking: it asks what could fail and what that would mean. Root cause analysis is usually reactive and starts after a defect, complaint, or incident has already happened. Many teams use both, because one helps prevent problems and the other helps explain them.
A strong FMEA specialist should be able to work in both areas, but the right focus depends on your project. DFMEA is better when the product design is still changing, while PFMEA fits process steps, tooling, and manufacturing risks. Some projects need both to stay aligned.
A useful FMEA expert usually also knows control plans, process mapping, quality planning, and practical problem solving. In technical environments, they may also need enough product or process knowledge to challenge assumptions and turn findings into usable actions.
A FMEA project needs someone who has done more than fill in a worksheet. They should have experience leading discussions, judging severity and detection realistically, and translating workshop output into actions that owners can complete. Complex or regulated work benefits from deeper domain knowledge.
Yes, FMEA can be done remotely when the specialist has access to the right drawings, process flows, quality records, and stakeholders. Workshops are often easier in person, but remote sessions work well if the team is prepared and the process is documented clearly.
A good FMEA specialist asks sharp questions, connects failure modes to real process or design steps, and keeps the analysis readable. Look for clear action logic, strong facilitation, and the ability to turn a long list of issues into a focused risk picture.
FMEA is the method. DFMEA means Design FMEA, and PFMEA means Process FMEA, which are two common ways to apply it. The core thinking is the same, but the questions, data sources, and actions differ depending on whether the risk sits in the product or the process.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects is 107 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 859 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects, 92% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 50% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.4 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects are German (100%), English (96%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects are Manufacturing (83%), Automotive (82%), and Professional Services (38%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used FMEA in their recent projects are Quality Assurance (94%), Project Management (83%), and Product Development (81%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used FMEA
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