Zhendi technology recruitment

"On the other hand" is also his mantra. Things are good or bad or gray, always playing games in his mind. This seems to confirm what he often said in many public occasions: the main reason for a person's success is that he bet something contrary to consensus.

Indeed, this bookish person can't compare with the entrepreneur who fights chicken blood. But he is now the founder and helm of Power Vision, a robot company with artificial intelligence technology as its core, which won the "Oscar" Edison Invention Award in the scientific and technological field.

Kevin·Z Summit relaxed in a chair, talking about the cognitive subversion of "de-Welch" within GE from the time of Jack Welch, and relishing the data of Dyson's 5 micron vacuum cleaner. When talking about how a precision equipment goes from design, engineering, simulation to real production, he will get up quickly and draw on the blackboard, trying to make every link clear and easy to understand.

Zheng Weifeng, with a calm voice and little emotional ups and downs, is a slow-moving technical school. Resigned in 2008 and went to sea. He didn't even think about starting a business all the time. "I just want to find a project to survive first." Those who say that they have come up with big dreams are "all bragging" in his eyes.

Therefore, he can't presuppose that Judy can make a leap in more than a dozen technical fields after more than ten years of wrestling in the field of unmanned systems and virtual simulation, and become the only national specialization in mass production of aerial, surface and underwater drones in the world. A particularly new "little giant".

At the same time, it is also the only electric surfboard company in the world that can produce hydrofoils and racing boards at the same time. Its WaveShark can make waves on the water, which is almost like the ceiling of this category in the world.

Now, this "ceiling" photo is hanging on the wall opposite Zheng Weifeng's office at the moment; On the back wall of his desk, there is also a disassembled version of the PowerEgg Dome drone, which is full of design sense.

Whether it is PowerEgg or underwater drone PowerRay, Judy has dozens of products that have won the German red dot design. Zheng Weifeng said that the product was so ugly that it was "uncomfortable" to take out. This aversion to "plagiarism" from technology to value is constantly urging Zheng Weifeng to continue to cross the border and embark on the road of vertically integrated design and development.

"The result is that you have to build R&D (teams) all over the world." Zheng Weifeng said that this is the fate of enterprises to participate in global market competition, but on the other hand, it has also achieved today's Zhendi. In his view, the growth path of all enterprises should be "different". It's better to be different than better.

The road of growth

Looking back on Zheng Weifeng's entrepreneurial experience, we will find that 20 12 is a singularity.

On the occasion of starting a business for three years, Zheng Weifeng happened to see two multi-rotor drones with cameras at an exhibition that can't remember the name. This made him smell the opportunity of intelligent technology for the first time.

At that time, domestic artificial intelligence technology had not yet developed, and few people set foot in the drone industry. However, the "unmanned" product paradigm made Zheng Weifeng realize that the general trend of "intelligence" and "unmanned" has begun.

In the absence of technical accumulation, Zheng Weifeng plunged into it. But the internal coating of the engine alone has caused the team a headache for a long time. Zheng Weifeng realized that this gap, which has nothing to do with scale but only related to manufacturing technology, is the first obstacle to knocking on the door of intelligent robots.

At that time, Zheng Weifeng was still studying EMBA in Central Europe, perhaps inspired and influenced by his classmates, and he tried to turn his vision overseas. Faced with the problems of Wi-Fi interference and image transmission distance in UAV technology, Zheng Weifeng thinks that if there is no state-of-the-art technology in China, he should look for it internationally. By integrating global technical resources and independently developing and using SDR technology, the team reduced the cost of a set of 65,438+10,000 yuan Wi-Fi image transmission module to less than 100 yuan.

But the road to the international market is not so easy: the first problem is that the supply chain cannot be found. For example, if you want to be a camera on a drone, you won't be ignored by big brands; Either you can only choose products with poor technology, and customers in the global market will not accept it; Zheng Weifeng had to build his own research and development all over the world, from Germany to Finland, Poland and the United States.

The attention and protection of intellectual property rights abroad also makes Zheng Weifeng dare not be careless in independent innovation. "Selling products on a global scale, without patents, is equivalent to streaking." Patents can not only protect themselves better, but also show global users the strength of China enterprises. "

It is precisely because of these experiences that Zheng Weifeng said that his favorite book now is the handbook: from finance to intellectual property protection, what is used to make up what is like a puzzle, and it is a circle and a bigger picture.

These forced breakthroughs have now become pieces of patented technology, covered with the wall of Judy Science and Technology Museum, which is nearly 30 meters long and 3 meters high. At present, Zhendi owns more than 1000 independent intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, copyrights).

"In the field of intelligent robots, we rely on drawings, components, screws, piles of electronic materials and lines of code. This is not something that any company can do immediately with billions of dollars. " Many people ask Zheng Weifeng what is the core technology? He thinks there is no core technology. Robots are products of cross-border integration, and they are all core technologies.

New examination questions of the times

Zheng Weifeng, a technical background, followed the trend of the times at the beginning of college graduation and plunged into the hottest network technology company at that time. 2006 54 38+0-2008, from R&D engineer to product manager. However, these companies are either OEM or agency business, and "core technology" does not seem to be in the genes of these so-called awesome technology companies at that time.

"Once the aircraft wing is frozen, it is possible to destroy the included angle of the original Bernoulli equation. At this time, you have to use simulation to calculate how big and thick the ice will be. " Zheng Weifeng said that behind this company is a research and development team of a university professor, which only focuses on the direction of ice analysis, but this is also a very important issue for aircraft. A piece of software can sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Behind Boeing, suppliers of more than a dozen small companies like this abound, and their characteristics are enough to be combined into one. It seems that since then, Zheng Weifeng, who has never been out of resonance with technology, has a natural sense of closeness and certainty in mastering core technologies.

Zheng Weifeng said that in the history of Zhendi's development, there were also moments that could not last long.

20 16 August, Judy released the world's first folding drone PowerEgg. However, after only 1 month, competitors quickly launched their first folding drone. "The volume is smaller than ours and cheaper than ours. Suddenly, the market structure has changed dramatically. At that time, I began to think about transformation, and then began to explore underwater drone products and markets.

Zheng Weifeng said that although this transformation and exploration is not too late, it still made him face the most serious dilemma on 20 18. It was also at that time that Rui Daglio's words inspired him: "Think independently and decide what you want, what is the truth;" Facing the fact, how did you realize your wish? "

Zheng Weifeng began to think, what is the "Tao" he keeps exploring? Although looking back today, Zhendi has spanned more than 20 majors, the brand-new products "falling from the sky" are constantly challenging the technology and the market and customers. The continuous iteration of products and the cultivation of the market are the next bigger challenges.

"This is a new test question put forward by the times for this generation of entrepreneurs." Zheng Weifeng said, "The previous generation of entrepreneurs had their times and missions. When our generation gets up again, there will be no environment at that time. The traditional way of playing just can't be sold. Only by finding a breakthrough in technology and constantly making up for your shortcomings can we go on and break out. "

More than a decade ago, Chinese innovation might mean imitation and forgery. But today, China has become the second largest economy in the world. In Zheng Weifeng's view, China must encourage innovative companies.

And these entrepreneurs also have paths that must be followed. "With three years as a cycle, the pressure has gradually adapted. Whether you are starting a business or your own life, you are an ascetic, and you are even less happy. " But Zheng Weifeng feels that only being different is what makes him feel happy and valuable at this moment.