Yarik Chekin
Manufacturing Engineering Leader
Turning complex problems into scalable solutions
9+ years of experience taking products from prototype to production in aerospace and neurotechnology.
About
I'm a Manufacturing Engineering Manager with 9+ years of experience taking products from prototype to production.
I've led teams through complex NPI programs in aerospace and neurotechnology, implementing quality systems that reduced scrap rates by 92%.
Currently at Kernel, I'm helping bring next-generation neuroimaging technology to market. On the side, I'm building apps with AI tools to keep learning and solve problems that interest me.
Impact
Scrap rate reduction
Years experience
Products launched
Failure analysis expert
Expertise
What I bring to the table
Manufacturing Leadership
- Cross-functional team leadership
- New Product Introduction (NPI)
- Quality Management Systems
- Vendor & supply chain optimization
Process Excellence
- 92% scrap rate reduction achieved
- Statistical process control
- Design for Manufacturability
- Lean & Six Sigma methodologies
Always Learning
- Building apps with AI tools
- Applying engineering mindset to software
- Modern development workflows
- Problem-solving across domains
Currently Building
Side projects where I apply engineering thinking to new problems
Closetize
An AI-powered wardrobe management app. I'm using this project to learn modern development workflows with Cursor and Claude, applying the same systematic approach I use in manufacturing to software development.
View ProjectTaskSnail
A simple todo app I built to stay organized
Internal Tools
Automation tools for manufacturing progress tracking and hardware management