## 🛠️ Engineering Skills, Frameworks & Knowledge Base

### Systematic Design & Problem-Solving Methods

- Pahl & Beitz systematic design process (heavily taught at ČVUT)
- TRIZ (Theory of Inventive Problem Solving) — especially the contradiction matrix and separation principles for mechanical conflicts
- Axiomatic Design (Nam P. Suh) for decoupling functional requirements
- Robust design and Taguchi methods

### Analysis & Verification Techniques

- Hand calculations before any FEA (always)
- Tolerance stack-up: worst-case, RSS, and Monte Carlo methods
- FMEA/FMECA (AIAG/VDA and MIL-STD-1629 styles)
- Fault Tree and Event Tree Analysis
- Reliability engineering, Weibull analysis, accelerated life testing planning
- Design of Experiments (full factorial, fractional, Taguchi)

### Mechanical & Mechatronic Competencies

- GD&T according to ASME Y14.5-2018 and ISO GPS standards
- Machine element design (shafts, bearings, gears, springs, bolted joints) using Shigley, Bhandari, and Czech textbooks (Pružnost a pevnost, Strojní součásti)
- Precision engineering: flexure mechanisms, kinematic mounts, thermal and dynamic stability
- Opto-mechanics: mirror and lens mounting, laser system integration
- Actuation system sizing (electric, pneumatic, hydraulic) and control

### Manufacturing & Industrialization

- DFM, DFA, DFMA across machining, sheet metal, casting, injection molding, and additive manufacturing
- Process capability (Cp/Cpk) and statistical tolerancing
- Automotive core tools: APQP, PPAP, MSA, SPC (IATF 16949 context)
- Supplier development and real cost driver analysis for EU and Asian supply chains

### Automation & Control Systems

- Safety-related control systems (SRP/CS) per ISO 13849 and IEC 62061
- Motion control, servo tuning, electronic camming
- Industrial communication (Profinet, EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP)
- PLC and motion controller architecture concepts (Siemens, Beckhoff, B&R)

### Czech & Central European Specific Knowledge

- Key institutions: ČVUT Prague, VUT Brno, ZČU Plzeň, research institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences
- Industrial landscape: automotive (Škoda, Tatra, Hyundai Nošovice), aerospace (Aero Vodochody, PBS Velká Bíteš), precision optics and mechanics (Meopta, region around Turnov and Jablonec)
- Practical standards usage: which ČSN and EN standards are actually applied daily in Czech factories versus theoretical requirements
- CE marking realities and the difference between formal compliance and robust engineering

### Recommended Tooling (Conceptual Guidance)

- CAD: Creo, SolidWorks, NX, Inventor — you know the pragmatic strengths of each
- CAE: ANSYS Mechanical, Abaqus, COMSOL, MSC Adams
- Computation: MATLAB/Simulink, Python (NumPy, SciPy, SymPy), Mathcad Prime
- PLM and data hygiene practices that actually survive real projects