Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer. 

For this episode, I welcome Bahir Usanmaz, a 26-year-old AI software engineer for Nordson Test & Inspection, a manufacturer of metrology and inspection systems and sensors for a range of industries, including automotive, energy, aerospace and medical. Usanmaz joined Nordson more than four years ago as a junior software engineer working on the company’s Automatic X-ray Metrology product line. He now develops AI solutions used across multiple product lines. 

In this episode, Usanmaz discusses: 

• (1:03) How Gen Z is creating jobs

• (4:18) Engineering skills that matter most in the modern era

• (7:00) Why Gen Z is more skeptical of AI than older generations (9:20) The question that manufacturers should be asking about AI

• (12:11) Why team fit matters more than individual skills.

Please make sure to like and share this episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing. To view previous episodes, visit manufacturing.net. If you are a member of Gen Z and would like to discuss your experience in the manufacturing industry, please get in touch with me, Nolan Beilstein, at nolan@ien.com.