Being an Engineer Podcast

Who is David Freedman? Like all great engineers, David Freedman started with Legos. That quickly grew into a fascination not just with mechanical building but with automation and software, which [...]

Jesseca Lyons Jesseca Lyons exudes love for the engineering craft. Her sincere passion for what she does is so evident as she shares her experiences working in automation, understanding customer [...]

Robert Whirley When Robert Whirley’s professors during school had him and his classmates use simplified assumptions to teach engineering problem solving his response was always “but what if these [...]

Russ Aldridge Russ Aldridge and co-founder Marc Christenson started Sisu in 2010 as an integrator for their former employer NI (National Instruments). They have expanded the company far beyond [...]

Robert Futch Robert Futch grew up building Legos, toy rockets, fixing vehicles, and developing video games…it seemed inevitable that he would become an engineer. As CTO at Delta Development Team, [...]

Devon Campbell Devon Campbell is the founder and Managing Director of Prodct LLC.  Product is a Boston-based, boutique advisory firm focused on helping emerging entrepreneurs and early-stage [...]

Jon Speer Early in his career, Jon Speer was spending too much time updating the team’s Excel spreadsheet. They used to track quality and regulatory-related progress during device development [...]

Tommy Davis Tommy Davis has progressed his career as an engineer dramatically. From welding together home-grown farm tools to sophisticated statistics for assessing risk management, Tommy shares [...]

Patrick Stephens What’s it like working in a small engineering startup vs a large established corporation? How do you motivate your engineering team? What are the most important skillsets for [...]

Alex Kim From engineering roles at iRobot to Sensata to Thermo Fisher,  Alex Kim shares with us the top skills that product designers need, the importance of understanding your “why”, and his [...]