Being an Engineer

Send us Fan Mail Erin Thorp holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and spent many years working in that industry as a project engineer and project manager before pivoting her career into leadership mentoring. Erin’s career these days is focused on professional speaking and leadership development coaching. She is also the author of “Inside Out Empathy”, a book she wrote about exploring the...

Send us Fan Mail After years of, in her words, corporate engineer drudgery, Erin abruptly quit her job and jumped headfirst into finding a way to make it on her own. Seven years later, she has built an optical engineering consultancy, and grown a network of talented, independent hardware engineers, many of whom she coached to help them find the tools and mindset needed to survive on their own. Aar...

Send us Fan Mail A rerun of one of our most popular episodes! David is the former flight director for the Mars Curiosity rover and shares some of his experiences working for NASA. David Oh is the former flight director for the Mars Curiosity rover, and current systems engineering manager and system architect at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the upcoming Psyche launch. On this episode,...

Send us Fan Mail Chris Denney has a degree in electronics engineering and is CTO at Worthington Assembly Inc , where they specialize in small volume prototype and production runs of highly complex printed circuit boards, or PCBs. Chris is also cohost at the Pick, Place, Podcast where they discuss the pcb assembly process and design tips that will make your manufacturer love you. https://circuithub...

Send us Fan Mail John White holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as a Ph. D in industrial engineering. John’s career has spanned over 50 years, the vast majority of that being spent in academics. He has held titles over the years including, but not limited to, Dean of Engineering at Georgia Tech, Chancellor at the University of Arkansas, and assistant director for engineering at the Natio...

Send us Fan Mail Scott Summit is a senior industrial designer with decades of experience in innovation, design, and entrepreneurship. Scott started a company doing 3D printing for exoskeletal fixation that was ultimately acquired by 3D Systems, where he then ran a skunkworks style team exploring just how far the industry can push 3D printing. http://www.summitid.com/ Aaron Moncur, host We hope you...

Send us Fan Mail Glenn Hickman is a technology executive with Arizona farmer roots focused on producing results in integrated hardware-software ecosystems. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering, and an MBA. Wrap.com Aaron Moncur, host We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast. Help us rank as the #1 engineering p...

Send us Fan Mail Darragh  Hudson holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and has been designing and building products, teams and organizations in China since 2005. Darragh’s experience includes consumer, medical and domestic product design and manufacturing, and he is the founder at KD Product Development where one of their specialties is setting up supply chains for new product introductions. da...

Send us Fan Mail Ryan Kircher holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Colorado School of Mines in Metallurgical Engineering. He has been working in the Additive Manufacturing industry for many years and has experience in Medical Devices, Process Validation, Process Improvement, Risk Analysis, Failure Analysis, and Design for Additive and Manufacturing Engineering. https://www.kircherco...

Send us Fan Mail Ramzi Marjaba holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering as well as a Master’s degree in Engineering Management. He started his career in software development and eventually made his way into the sales engineer world. He is currently a senior sales engineer with Keysight Technologies, and also runs the website WeTheSalesEngineers.com where he helps other sales engineers develop the...

Send us Fan Mail Samuel Feller is a Mechanical Engineer and has hopped around quite a bit in his career, from structural to aerospace defense to medical to consumer, Kickstarter campaigns, Amazon, Tulip, consulting and even running his own business selling panic button light switches and writing about engineering best practices. Aaron Moncur, host We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an E...

Send us Fan Mail Arne Lang-Ree holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a Master’s degree in product design from Stanford University, and has worked within a variety of design areas from toys to sports to premium products. He is the founder and CDO of Spanner Product Development where he and his team develop exquisitely crafted consumer products in the heart of Silicon Valley. Aaron...

Send us Fan Mail Danny Smith is an R&D Manager and Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years of experience specializing in medical device product development, personnel supervision, and project management. Danny leads cross-functional project teams from initial concept through product launch and has deep skills in designing and launching medical devices via design control, establishing quality ma...

Send us Fan Mail Ray Kampmeier is an Electrical Engineering consultant & Product Developer. Ray earned his EE degree from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and in 2015 founded his company The Humble Transistor (or THT for short). There, he and his team provide Electrical Engineering and firmware development services spanning from proof-of-concept prototyping to designs for mass production. A...

Send us Fan Mail Pradyut Paul holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, as well as an MBA from Yale. Among other things, he managed several new product programs at Apple including the iPhone 8, 8+, 10s, 10s Max, 11, as well as early development of AirTags. Pradyut says about himself: “I'm not very smart, but I'm smart enough to know that engineers shouldn't be...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Hanchett , CEO and founder of Atlis Motor Vehicles , discusses how he started this new EV company with us on the Being An Engineer podcast. Mark is a mechanical engineer and former Director at Axon (formerly Taser). He has the following to say about developing new technologies: “I believe that to change the world we need to build it ourselves. We cannot wait for the governmen...

Send us Fan Mail Stan Bentley 's background includes a mix of Electronic Design and Manufacturing. He started Diversified Systems ('72) in his garage after graduating with a EE degree and grew it to nearly 700 people doing electronic Design, PCB Fabrication, and Assembly. In 2010 Stan started DIVSYS doing similar activities but without the heavy manufacturing and eventually sold that bus...

Send us Fan Mail Holding a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Andre Sotomayor worked at GE for nearly 9 years as a design engineer for gas turbine engines before becoming an operations leader in 2017. He then moved to Johnson and Johnson where he currently works as a principal engineer in their Vision group manufacturing contact lenses. Jocko Willink – Extreme Ownership Aaron Moncur, hos...

Send us Fan Mail Mark Wehde is chair of the Mayo Clinic Division of Engineering, assistant professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, fellow in the Mayo Clinic Academy of Educational Excellence, and associate lecturer for the University of Wisconsin MBA Consortium program. He is the executive leader of a team of engineers, software developers, and proje...

Send us Fan Mail Sam Wicoff is a biomedical engineer specializing in the design of mechanical fixtures and PCBs which form part of production assembly lines. Working closely with 3rd-party vendors and machine shops, Sam handles the entire design life cycle from design conception to implementation on the production floor. Aaron Moncur, host We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer...

Send us Fan Mail Brett Dooley is a mechanical engineer at Bosch-Rexroth . He collaborates with business owners and engineers to develop targeted solutions for motion control and automation challenges. He uses his wide experience in business development, industrial repair, and a decade as an electronics tech in the US Navy submarine force to ensure delivery of an effective and robust automation sys...

Send us Fan Mail In her first podcast appearance since her breakthrough hit podcasting series “ Scared of Everything ,” Kayla Moncur makes her debut on the Being An Engineer podcast to share with the engineering community what it’s like being married to an engineer. She explains a concept called “emotions” and how normal people have them, and how engineers can learn to read these “emotions” in ord...

Send us Fan Mail Dylan is a manufacturing & R&D engineering manager at Protolabs , where he and his team manufacture prototypes and low-volume production parts using 3D printing, CNC machining and injection molding & other manufacturing processes. We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast. Help us rank as the #1 engineering podcast on Apple and Spotify by leavin...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel Lazier is a hands-on problem solver with a background in mechanical engineering and product development. These days, however, Daniel spends his time as product marketing manager at Markforged where they make industrial strength 3D printed parts made of Nylon, carbon fiber, and metal. We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast. Help us rank as the #1 e...

Send us Fan Mail Ray Baker is the business development manager at IJ Research (a leading supplier of hermetically sealed brazed assemblies). He has held roles in sales, pneumatic applications specialist, accounting, and holds an MBA in business, management and marketing. And as if that weren’t enough, he also DJs and emcees parties. We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast...