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Welcome to our first edition of Fictiv Life: a series where we will interview different Fictors (aka Fictiv employees) across various departments to give some insight into our incredible team. 

For this edition we zoomed in with Nima Rafibakhsh, Sr. Computational Geometry Software Engineer. Nima has been with the company for five years. He has a B.A. and M.S. in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, as well as a PhD in Mechanical Engineering.

What made you want to work at Fictiv?

Nima: When I was in school I did Automated Assembly Planning for my PhD. I was doing a lot of Computational Geometry, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning. My background was Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, and when it came time to start applying for jobs I wasn’t sure what type of position I should apply for. I came across a job posting from Fictiv that basically described me so I immediately applied and got a call from our CEO, Dave Evans. Dave spoke about the role and Fictiv overall, and I instantly felt like I fit in well with the role and Fictiv’s mission. 

Describe a day in the life of your role at Fictiv

Nima: As you may guess from my title, Computational Geometry Engineer, I deal with geometries every day. The Comp-Geo team controls the entire geometry analysis, drawing analysis, automated DFM feedback, lead time and pricing. When I’m working, I’m either working on a new algorithm or I’m maintaining and improving the existing algorithms. Not only do we want to release more new features for our customers, but we also want to make sure the existing ones work perfectly everyday.

What do you find most fulfilling about your work at Fictiv?

Nima: It’s a great feeling to see that our software is being used by our customers every day. Due to the nature of my job — it’s a research and development role —  I have the opportunity to work and deal with a lot of new challenging problems. The opportunity to flex my creativity on a daily basis is very fulfilling and satisfying.

Do you feel your work at Fictiv makes a broader impact? If so, how?

Nima: Absolutely! We have customers from many industries: Automotive, Medical, Robotics, Aerospace, and others. Every time an engineer from these companies uses our platform, they’re saving time. Instead of going to a local manufacturer and waiting days to receive a quote and DFM, our customers get those instantly. When these companies save time, it helps them to launch more products into the market faster. 

Dave always says “imagine we can build hardware, with the speed of software” and that’s what we’re enabling. When someone builds a cool new robot and Fictiv, our software, our platform was a part of that creation process, that’s what I call the greatest impact of my job.

What has been the most surprising thing about working at Fictiv?

Nima: The most surprising thing about working at Fictiv is the culture. The people that work here are amazing, and we’ve done a fantastic job hiring fabulous people from day one. If you have any problem, there will be multiple people who will jump in to help you; that doesn’t necessarily need to be a work-related issue either, it can be a personal issue as well. Having the support of your coworkers makes the job very enjoyable and comfortable. Fictiv culture was great when I joined five years ago when we had only 20 or 30 people, and it’s still great now with hundreds of employees on board.

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我们在使用数据透视表时偶尔会出现数据透视表出错的情况，那么是什么原因导致的呢？

￭1.创建数据透视表时被提示“字段名无效”。

我们在创建数据透视表时被系统提示数据透视表字段名无效，这是因为我们的数据表源某列无标题导致的。

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我们将标题补充，就可以正常创建透视表了。

 

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￭2.数据透视表中出现了“空白”字样。

我们的数据源中明明没有“空白”字样，但在透视表中出现空白是怎么回事呢？

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这是因为我们的数据源表中存在合并单元格，取消合并单元格并补充完整，再刷新数据透视表就没有空白了。

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￭3.我们为什么不能对透视表日期进行分组呢？

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这是因为我们的数据源表中日期非标准格式，改正日期格式就可以了。

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￭4.为什么在透视表中计算求和结果显示为0？

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是因为我们的数据源表中数值处呈现非数字，改为数字就可以了。

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看来在创建透视表的过程中出现问题，绝大多数都是因为我们的数据源表填写错误，以上小技巧你都学会了吗？

AS Monaco have announced the signing of French youth international left-back Benjamin Mendy on a five year contract.

The 21 year old joins from Marseille for a fee believed to be worth around the €15m mark.

Mendy had been hoping to join a Premier League club, but no interested English party was willing to bid sufficiently for the player within Marseille’s required timeline.

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At Fictiv, we take quality management very seriously and have maintained strict quality standards since our founding in 2013. Today, we’re proud to announce that Fictiv is officially ISO 9001:2015 certified, in accordance with this set of internationally recognized quality management standards.

Consistently Fast, Quality Manufacturing at Scale

As we continue to help more and more hardware teams accelerate their time to market as efficiently as possible, we recognize the importance of scaling our own internal systems to ensure consistent quality. With the ISO 9001 standard in place, you can trust in our ability to deliver consistently fast, high quality parts at scale.

“Quality control has always been at the heart of our operation, which is why we carefully review every part produced by our manufacturing partners at our internal QC headquarters, to ensure parts meet customer expectations every time,” said Dave Evans, CEO and founder of Fictiv. “Completing our ISO 9001 certification means customers can be confident that—even as we accelerate the time from part upload to delivery—quality always comes first.”

About International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an independent international organization that defines a variety of standard specifications to ensure the quality, safety, and reliability of products, services, and systems built out under their standards.

ISO has published 21,912 International Standards, covering a variety of industries from technology, to food safety, to agriculture and healthcare.

ISO 9001 is the organization’s flagship quality management systems standard.

Despite OGC Nice President Jean Pierre Rivère stating otherwise, Lyon President Jean Michel Aulas believes that Hatem Ben Arfa wants to join Lyon but that Leicester City are currently in pole position to land the player.

Speaking to Canal + this evening, Aulas discussed the French international’s future:

“Ben Arfa, it is a question of passion. He is close to our desire, our enthusiasm, to our fans. I think that he really wants to join Lyon. If he does not come, it will be for reasons that have nothing to do with passion. I believe that it is more Leicester City in terms of the direction he is heading. That is what people have told me who spoke to him on the phone this afternoon.”

A full report on Ben Arfa’s future to follow this evening.

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Stade Brestois have confirmed the loan signing of Olympique Lyonnais left back Louis Nganioni on a season-long-loan.

Nganioni, 21, has been loaned out once more this season by Les Gones, after spending last season on loan at Dutch Eredivisie side FC Utrecht, but is expected to become part of the Brest set up very soon.

Ligue 2 club Brest, lead by Jean-Marc Furlan, have made Nganioni their fourth signing of the summer transfer window already, as they look to push for promotion to Ligue 1 this season.

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Marseille winger Georges Kevin Nkoudou has passed a medical with Tottenham Hotspur today ahead of a €13m move, according to Ed Aarons of The Guardian.

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The Frenchman is now due to officially join the North London outfit on what is likely to be a 5 year contract later on this week.

To find out more about Tottenham’s purchase, read our profile here.

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Ability Now Bay Area provides education, health and wellness, and technology support to adults with disabilities. 

When the COVID crisis hit, Ability Now Bay Area (ANBA) faced a daunting challenge adapting to the new reality since most of their classes were in-person. Essential to any plans was the need to provide PPE (personal protective equipment) to their employees and clients, many of whom were vulnerable with underlying health issues. To help solve this problem, ANBA was able to take advantage of Fictiv’s face shield program to supply face shields at production cost. 

The face shield program allowed healthcare purchasers to order batches of face shields in quantities of 1,000, 5,000, or 10,000. Fictiv handled all the logistics of manufacture and shipping from centers in China and Detroit to the centers in the US. 

Through this program, Fictiv supplied 1000 face shields to ANBA. ANBA used 500 face shields to ensure their staff and clients would have the equipment they needed. The remaining 500 were passed on at cost to other vendors and providers of the Regional Center. 

ANBA continues to adapt to the evolving situation and now supports its clients with a combination of online classes and in-person support. Staff uses the face shields in the office and during in-home client visits. Clients who cannot wear a face mask also use a face shield to keep themselves safe. 

Fictiv is proud to support Ability Now Bay Area’s great work to help adults with disabilities to lead more independent and healthy lives. This was a challenging year, and Ability Now Bay Area rose to meet the challenge! If you would like to donate to support their programs in 2021, you can do so here.