Being an Engineer

Send us Fan Mail Bob Hankins brings over 20 years of dedicated experience in the medical-device industry, spanning engineering leadership, product development, process improvement and strategic technical oversight. As Director of Engineering at TE Connectivity , he leads a global team of engineers and scientists focused on designing, developing and delivering innovative customer-centric medical de...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Roberts is the North American Regional Sales Manager for Bodycote’s S³P technologies, where he oversees the sales team and rep network responsible for bringing one of the most unique surface hardening processes to manufacturers across the country. The S³P family of treatments—including Kolsterising—uses low-temperature carbon diffusion to create exceptionally hard, wear-resi...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Heimendinger is an engineer and inventor whose career spans business intelligence at Microsoft and IBM, to cutting-edge food-tech innovation. Early in his career he served as a program manager at Microsoft, then pivoted into culinary science, co-founding the pioneering sous-vide company Sansaire, which raised over $823 K via Kickstarter to make sous-vide accessible to home c...

Send us Fan Mail In this short trailer, Pipeline Design & Engineering announces a new service we quietly piloted in 2025—and are officially opening up in 2026.  Pipeline is a team of engineers who design and build custom machines, fixtures, and automation systems for manufacturers working on complex, real-world problems. Like most engineering teams, we rely heavily on custom machined parts—and...

Send us Fan Mail Aaron Eden brings more than three decades of building, testing, and shipping practical innovation. At Intuit, he focuses on AI-driven process automation; partnering with product, operations, and analyst communities to eliminate manual toil and design customer-centric solutions at scale. His posts highlight ongoing hiring and growth around intelligent automation and a practitioner’...

Send us Fan Mail Presented by Mike Landis, Director of Engineering at Pipeline Design & Engineering  In this PDX Webinar, Mike Landis shares the practical project management framework Pipeline uses to manage engineering development projects, balancing budget, schedule, scope, and risk.  The session includes a walkthrough of Pipeline’s engineering project budget and schedule tracking spreadshee...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a recording of a webinar with guest Chris Denney . Watch the recording for free on The Wave . Think your manufacturer keeps screwing up your circuit boards? The truth might be that the design itself is setting them up to fail. In this webinar, we uncover the most common PCB design mistakes that frustrate manufacturers — and how engineers can prevent them. This sess...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a rerun. Andrew and Lisa are Menlonians (team members at Menlo Innovations ). They do things different there. And even though they develop software products, the processes they use are supremely applicable to developing hard goods products, as well. Join us as we discuss “the Menlo way” and paired work, kindergarten skills, storycards, and other methods of producin...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a rerun. Rob Donley has a deep understanding of how engineering works. Kicking off his engineering career from a young age building RC cars and model rockets, he has provided design and leadership capabilities for many companies over the years, and brings to the table not just the ability to design something, but to understand the many facets that accompany develop...

Send us Fan Mail Join us on-site at Stryker as we explore the world of packaging engineering with Eric Richins , a packaging engineer with 10 years of experience in the industry. In this insightful interview, Eric discusses the various aspects of packaging from primary to tertiary, highlighting the importance of packaging in maintaining product sterility and efficiency in production. He shares int...

Send us Fan Mail In this special format-breaking episode of the Being An Engineer podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down together—no guest, no script—to talk through an issue almost every engineer has bumped into at some point: the slow erosion of professional communication. The conversation starts with a LinkedIn post Brad wrote after experiencing repeated ghosting during his job search—even after mult...

Send us Fan Mail In this special episode, Aaron and Brad introduce Pipeline Media Lab (PML) — a new initiative built for engineers , by engineers. We talk about why we’re creating PML: engineers don’t need more ads, they need education, practical insights, and real stories from people solving hard problems. PML brings all of that into one ecosystem—podcasts, events, webinars, community, and more—t...

Send us Fan Mail Few people enter the MedTech world because of a personal experience with the technology itself—but for Brent Lavin , that’s exactly where it began. At just 23 years old, a CT scan that revealed an urgent medical issue also sparked a lifelong passion for medical technology and its power to save lives. That moment became the foundation of a career devoted to driving innovation in he...

Send us Fan Mail Brogan Miller , PE is a startup veteran, product engineer, and the founder of Doula Studios , a consultancy dedicated to helping early-stage hardware companies bring their ideas into reality. Calling himself a “doula for startups,” Brogan supports entrepreneurs as they navigate the often-chaotic birth of new products, offering hard-won wisdom, technical expertise, and a get-it-don...

Send us Fan Mail Rick James is the Chief Executive Officer at SimuTech Group , North America’s largest ANSYS Elite Channel Partner. With a 25+ year career at the intersection of mechanical and electrical engineering, he has spearheaded multi-million dollar projects, FEA analyses, drop testing, and reliability-driven design efforts in industries from semiconductors to medical devices. Holding a Doc...

Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is Jeremy Jarrett , an attorney at Sacks Tierney in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he focuses on corporate, securities, and finance law. Jeremy brings more than 10 years of experience advising businesses on complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, commercial lending, and equity and debt financings. His clients have ranged...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Stevenson is a versatile mechanical engineer whose career spans high-profile tech companies, outdoor gear innovators, and entrepreneurial ventures. After earning his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, Ryan launched into product development roles that combined advanced CAD, manufacturing engineering, and user-focused design. He contributed t...

Send us Fan Mail This episode is a rerun. In this fascinating episode of Being an Engineer, our host Aaron Moncur sits down with Greg Mark, a visionary entrepreneur who revolutionized 3D printing with Markforged and is now transforming design workflows with his AI company, Backflip. Greg shares insights into his entrepreneurial journey, technological innovations, and the power of persistence. Main...

Send us Fan Mail Ramzi Marjaba is a seasoned Solution Engineer and consultant currently with Veeam Software, working remotely from Ottawa since March 2025. Prior to this, he spent nearly four years as a Senior Solution Specialist at Keysight Technologies, managing Eastern Canada accounts and mentoring both SEs and account executives. Earlier in his career, he held technical roles at Spirent Commun...

Send us Fan Mail This is your final call to join us at PDX 2025 – The Product Development Expo, happening October 21–22 in Phoenix, Arizona.  PDX is not your typical conference—it’s a hands-on training experience built specifically for engineers who design and develop physical products. Learn directly from industry experts in areas like GD&T, DFM, automation, additive manufacturing, motion con...

Send us Fan Mail James Davis, widely recognized as FluxBench , has built a following by making electronics approachable, fun, and practical. With a mission to “keep the magic smoke inside the components where it belongs,” James is passionate about teaching engineers, makers, and hobbyists how to move beyond simple projects and start creating production-ready designs. On his YouTube channel, FluxBe...

Send us Fan Mail Matt Puchalski is a roboticist and entrepreneur shaping the future of automation in manufacturing. As the founder and CEO of Bucket Robotics —part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch—Matt is building next-generation 3D vision systems designed to supercharge flexible manufacturing environments. His company combines high-quality monocular cameras with edge computing to enable real-t...

Send us Fan Mail Sam Holland is a mechanical and product design engineer whose journey threads through influential design labs and breakthrough products—from MakerBot’s pioneering 3D printers to livestream hardware at Vimeo, and now forging his own path through Informal.cc. At MakerBot, he served as Technical Lead on the Method 3D printer and spearheaded subsystems for the Replicator Z18, work tha...

Send us Fan Mail Jason “Wally” Waldron is the founder and CEO of Exitology , a company dedicated to helping custom manufacturers, industrial services, and supply chain firms scale their businesses rapidly and exit with maximum value—on their own terms. With nearly two decades of experience advising business owners and engineering-driven teams, Wally specializes in accelerating company growth—up to...

Send us Fan Mail Duann Scott is a globally recognized leader in computational design, additive manufacturing, and the emerging intersection of software and fabrication. With a background in industrial design and a PhD research foundation from the University of South Australia, Duann launched BITS to ATOMS in 2009 to explore how digital tools would revolutionize product design and manufacturing. Wh...