NOTE: This job is not for a full-time employee role.

Are you the change agent responsible for deploying a model-based definition (MBD) initiative? 

If so, you might be a good fit for Lifecycle Insights’ Industry Expert Program. 

We are paying $150 to $300 an hour to interview subject-matter experts about how their organizations have decided to assess, plan, and deploy MBD initiatives across their company and supply chain. 

Excellent candidates have worked to assess, plan, and deploy initiatives for: 

• Engineering to develop design documentation, moving from 2D drawings to 3D models with PMI, 
• Procurement or sourcing to use a 3D model with PMI as part of their RFQ or RFP process,
• Manufacturing to develop machining toolpaths based on a 3D model with PMI, 
• Quality to develop inspection approaches using a 3D model with PMI, or 
• Suppliers to accept and use a 3D model with PMI for their internal processes to deliver materials back to your company. 

In a model-based definition (MBD) initiative, engineering creates design documentation as 3D models with embedded PMI instead of 2D drawings. These deliverables are used throughout the product development and production processes to make mechanical components, assemblies, and products.

You can learn more about our industry expert program at the following links.

• Video Orientation on Loom: https://www.loom.com/share/85f0548b5e0b442b95153cbd42572771?sid=aa90edaf-9781-4306-b4cf-2c6b06ad96ef
• IEP Page at our Website: https://www.lifecycleinsights.com/career/industry-experts-program/

This role will support our research, publishing, and strategy services.

• Contribute remotely through simple, one-hour interviews. We’re looking for you to provide industry insights. We can do that quickly and easily through scheduled interviews. You share your knowledge and expertise. There is no obligation beyond that.
• Share your input. We form our perspective. Your insights are one of many inputs we use to develop our independent perspective internally for our projects. Your insights will not be used directly in our projects or shared with our clients.
• You are paid once the interview is complete.
• Keep your day job (or stay retired) and receive supplemental pay. Your engagement with Lifecycle Insights doesn’t change your current employment state. Keep doing what you are doing, whether that includes working full-time for another company or enjoying retirement. We’ll provide payment for your contributions.
• Set up to avoid conflicts of interest. Our engagement with you will focus on the business dynamics and trends, processes and practices, roles and responsibilities, organizational structures, and types of solutions in the industry. We will not broach or discuss anything related to your employer. Share this engagement with your employer as appropriate.
• We get started with a short interview. To ensure there is a good fit, we’ll have a short discussion to ensure the engagement works for both parties. If it is a fit, we’ll proceed to get a limited contractor agreement in place and paid projects.

Responsibilities

• Respond to interview requests promptly, within two business days.
• Attend scheduled interviews, participating through online platforms like Zoom.
• Answer interview questions to the best of your ability without sharing any information about your current employer’s efforts in the industry.