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What are some of the key responsibilities and daily tasks you handle as an engineer in your role?
What are the key responsibilities and daily tasks you manage as a hardware or aeronautic engineer across various work environments? Could you share examples of projects you've worked on, the skills and tools that are essential for your role, and your career path in the engineering field?
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Bryan’s Answer
Hello!
I am a computer engineer at IBM. I help design their processors that are used. My main responsibilities are schematic, layout, and tool runs on my macro (what we call our individual projects). Because we are early in a new project a lot of my time has been spent working on schematic and layout (layout is the physical project... just at the SMALLEST scale for my job). What's included in this is a lot of communication with other teams and other team members to make sure I'm making my macro the correct size and specifications.
Like previous mentioned, I need to be able to communicate with other teams well enough to explain my project (in my case they know all the terminology). I also have to be able to understand what they want. Even in college I had this experience when I did more PCB and embedded systems type projects.
My rough path in engineering was
1 co-op and 2 internships at the same aerospace company and working at IBM. Between those 2 companies I went from System Level > Embedded Coding > VLSI design
A lot of tools I've used have been custom tools that the company made in house. I know many places are getting away from this practice so don't be afraid to ask when talking to companies. The biggest thing is communication between teams.
I hope this helps a little!
I am a computer engineer at IBM. I help design their processors that are used. My main responsibilities are schematic, layout, and tool runs on my macro (what we call our individual projects). Because we are early in a new project a lot of my time has been spent working on schematic and layout (layout is the physical project... just at the SMALLEST scale for my job). What's included in this is a lot of communication with other teams and other team members to make sure I'm making my macro the correct size and specifications.
Like previous mentioned, I need to be able to communicate with other teams well enough to explain my project (in my case they know all the terminology). I also have to be able to understand what they want. Even in college I had this experience when I did more PCB and embedded systems type projects.
My rough path in engineering was
1 co-op and 2 internships at the same aerospace company and working at IBM. Between those 2 companies I went from System Level > Embedded Coding > VLSI design
A lot of tools I've used have been custom tools that the company made in house. I know many places are getting away from this practice so don't be afraid to ask when talking to companies. The biggest thing is communication between teams.
I hope this helps a little!
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john’s Answer
I'm a mechanical engineer in the food industry. Some of my responsibilities are to ensure we have the best machinery to do the job so that we are efficient, safe and produce the highest quality product possible. Responsible for ensuring all equipment is maintained and preventive maintenance is performed on schedule and that any equipment that breaks down, I get it repaired as soon as possible. I spend time regularly observing my team who work on the equipment. I look to see if they are struggling or working too much and not utilizing the equipment to do the job it was designed for. I'll train machine operators and mechanics on operating and repairing the equipment. Continuous improvement of the process is an ongoing daily occurrence.