Furkan Yildiz
@furkanyildiz
Operations and engineering professional blending process optimization with AI evaluation.
What I'm looking for
I am a mechanical engineer with an M.Sc. in Engineering & Management, experienced in operations, manufacturing engineering, requirements engineering, and AI model evaluation. I have managed full administrative and financial operations for a small business while delivering process improvements, technical documentation, and stakeholder communication that boost operational transparency and efficiency.
I have hands-on manufacturing experience at John Deere, where I designed production support equipment, improved assembly processes, and led a seat-frame provisioning project, and I have worked as a freelance AI evaluator performing dataset QA and annotation to improve LLM outputs. I seek roles that combine technical problem solving, process optimization, and AI-driven improvements to create measurable business impact.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Freelance AI Evaluator
Outlier.ai & Mindrift.ai
Jan 2022 - Jan 2025 (3 years)
Conducted AI model evaluation, annotation, and linguistic QA for large-scale datasets, delivering feedback loops and quality assurance to improve model outputs per strict guidelines and metrics.
Operations & Administrative Manager
Small Business (Roofing Industry)
Jan 2020 - Jan 2025 (5 years)
Managed full administrative and financial operations for a 4-person roofing company with five-figure monthly revenue, improving process efficiency and financial transparency while handling contracts, payroll, and stakeholder communication.
Manufacturing Engineer
John Deere GmbH & Co. KG
Mar 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 5 months)
Analyzed cab production processes to identify bottlenecks, improved technical documentation workflows, and collaborated with cross-functional teams on manufacturing flow and quality assurance improvements.
Designed production support equipment and tooling, created work instructions and plant layout visualizations, and led process improvement projects that corrected planning errors and improved production accuracy.
Requirements Engineer
Xtronic GmbH
Performed requirements analysis, clustering, and documentation for automotive projects and supported implementation of structured requirement management processes across stakeholders.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Hochschule Mannheim
Master of Science, Engineering and Management
2023 - 2025
Master of Science in Engineering and Management with specialization in IoT, cybersecurity, digital value creation, and systems architecture.
Hochschule Mannheim
Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
2018 - 2022
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering covering mechanics, materials, design, fluid/thermodynamics, and manufacturing systems with an industry internship semester.
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