Where my engineers at?

[Space King]

Hey-oh! I'm new to the T4R community and was wondering how many of my fellow engineers are out there. I've worked in the aerospace industry for 15+ years, mostly in research and development. Before that, I worked with semiconductors and computers (with a brief detour into IT).

Anyway, I'd like to hear from you.

 

[APhelps]

EE here (been in the defense industry for about 9 years).

I look forward to the day of when I quit being an engineer as an occupation.

 

[apohl17]

EE/ME/Physics here :cheers:
Coolest achievement was back in college building a plasma reactor from the ground up for water treatment purposes.
Although, as much as I enjoy Solidworks and CAD, it doesn't compare with the 'Runner and the outdoors! haha

 

[Space King]

EE/ME/Physics here :cheers:
Coolest achievement was back in college building a plasma reactor from the ground up for water treatment purposes.

Now that does sound cool. I spent my years in college studying the Brownian motion of distilled spirits.

 

[Flyinmonkey]

Cheif Engineer on a tug boat... haha not the engineers y’all are.:tea:

 

[APhelps]

EE/ME/Physics here :cheers:
Coolest achievement was back in college building a plasma reactor from the ground up for water treatment purposes.
Although, as much as I enjoy Solidworks and CAD, it doesn't compare with the 'Runner and the outdoors! haha

That's a major reason why I think engineering as an occupation isn't great.

College tends to be the most interesting time of your career.

 

[Bumbo]

Sales Engineer… sometimes I feel like this guy.

 

[Transient]

CE here in heavy civil construction industry.

 

[MarkAlan]

Electromagnetic Interference Engineer at NASA, before that defense side.

 

[Seattle206]

Software Engineer, where my nerds at?

Google, Facebook, and Apple application developers...Where y'all at?

 

[Chris In Milwaukee]

Biomedical Engineer, here. Currently a technical instructor for a physiological patient monitor manufacturer, although much of my career was spent in IT. Go figure.

 

[TRDFerguson]

Mechanical Project Engineer at a plant making building materials. Only been out of college for 3ish years aka I barely know what I'm doing.

 

[CrashMcLarson]

Civil Engineer, Roadway Design. People always have an opinion about roads I had nothing to do with... haha

 

[TomsPro]

Electrical engineer, wide band gap semiconductor fabrication/diffusion...
yep, its magic....

 

[aabottom]

BS Physics
MS Electrical Engineering
Optical Scientist for DoD for decades.

Built lasers for DoD. Can model anything with a photon in it.

 

[Flighht2k]

Everyone on the internet is an engineer.

 

[T4R2014]

Sales Engineer… sometimes I feel like this guy.

Real talk though, I'm moving into this field from being a business analyst. Anything I should know?

 

[Ghostrider]

Non practicing chemical engineer. IBM hired me and did 30 years of their engineering but not ChE. Actually heading to a ChE reunion today at Auburn

 

[Bumbo]

Real talk though, I'm moving into this field from being a business analyst. Anything I should know?

Tough question…

I am dealing with customers in a technical sales roll. I liaison between the design engineers, project managers/engineers, installers, and manufacturing vendors. Having polished diplomatic communication skills appears to be more important than just being right. It’s something worth continually striving to improve.

Even if you know the answer/solution, it is often times better to lead someone to the answer and let them own it, vs telling someone what to do right out of the gate. It’s challenging and time consuming, but the end result tend to be better.

In a management/leadership role, or any team environment for that matter:
Use “WE” instead of “I”
Use “OUR” instead of “MY”

 

[Tuco S.]

Civil Engineer, Roadway Design. People always have an opinion about roads I had nothing to do with... haha

Same here! The worst part is when you drive on roads you designed and you notice every little thing you did wrong.