Being an Engineer

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Michael Kubba | Working for Apple, Tesla, and Google Jul 15, 2022

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Who is Michael Kubba?

Michael Kubba is an experienced and hands-on product development leader who has led hardware, systems, manufacturing and operations teams across multiple industries including wearables, robotics and consumer electronics. Michael has a passion for user-centric design and a focus on taking products from concept to production. A few companies for which Michael has worked include Apple, Google, and Tesla, and he currently serves as COO at Fellow, where they produce high end coffee hardware products.

Aaron Moncur, host

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Jeff Gothelf | Forever Employable: How to Stop Looking for Work and Let Your Next Job Find You Jul 08, 2022

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Jeff Gothelf helps organizations build better products and executives build the cultures that build better products. He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond.

Starting off as a software designer, Jeff now works as a coach, consultant and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management and human-centered design.

Most recently Jeff co-founded Sense & Respond Press, a publishing house for practical business books for busy executives. His most recent book, Forever Employable, was published in June 2020.

Forever Employable: How to Stop Looking for Work and Let Your Next Job Find You
Rafael Testai, co-host

ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

The Being an Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.

The Being An Engineer podcast is brought to you by Pipeline Design & Engineering. Pipeline partners with medical & other device engineering teams who need turnkey equipment such as cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us on the web at www.teampipeline.us

We hope you enjoyed this episode of the Being an Engineer Podcast.

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You can find us under the category: mechanical engineering podcast on Apple Podcasts.

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Aaron Moncur and Rafael Testai love hearing from their listeners. Feel free to email us, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcast and Spotify!

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Zach White | How to be the CEO of Your Own Career Jul 01, 2022

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Zach White is a widely regarded coach known for changing the game in engineering career & leadership coaching. He has worked with hundreds of engineering leaders from top technology companies, to industry leaders in manufacturing and design. Zach is the Founder and CEO of Oasis of Courage, known as OACO, a fast-growing company with unique and proven coaching programs exclusively for engineers. He also hosts a top rated show, The Happy Engineer Podcast.

Topics and questions discussed:

· Forget Work-Life Balance
· Get Out of your Comfort Zone!
· Master your Mindset
· Build your Blueprint
· Do Less
· Learn how to get into action quickly
· What does taking full reasonability look like?
· What makes coaching someone with an engineering background different?
· How is your approach unique from ordinary career and life coaching?
· How do you figure out what we want?
· What can spur someone into action?

Schedule free coaching call here. Tell him Rafael Testai from the Being an Engineer Podcast sent you!

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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 leaving a review for us.
You can find us under the category: mechanical engineering podcast on Apple Podcasts.
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Aaron Moncur and Rafael Testai love hearing from their listeners, so feel free to email us, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcast and Spotify!

About Being An Engineer

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Ashutosh Shukla | Engineering Premium Brands, Building Engineering Community, & Inventing MFG Processes Jun 24, 2022

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Ashutosh Shukla holds a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked for esteemed brands such as Bose, Apple, Snap (makers of Snapchat) and Facebook (now Meta). Over the years Ash has served in the roles of mechanical design engineer, mechanical engineering manager, product design engineer, and currently serves as Director of Mechanical Engineering at Rivian.

Bonus Content: After the show Ash shared the S.T.A.R. method with me (not his invention, but has been used to great success over the years by him). Use this method the next time you need a concise way to present information (format answers when in a job review, frame content when presenting an engineering update, etc): Situation, Task, Action, Result
Aaron Moncur, host

ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

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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 leaving a review for us.

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Being an Engineer podcast is a go-to resource and podcast for engineering students on Spotify, too.

Aaron Moncur and Rafael Testai love hearing from their listeners. Feel free to email us, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on Apple Podcast and Spotify!

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Lisa Lloyd | Engineering with Inventors, Starting Inexpensively, and Diverse Teams Jun 17, 2022

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Lisa Lloyd is a veteran inventor/entrepreneur, voracious learner, and wicked good problem solver. She licensed her first product, the French Twister, when she was only 23 and went on to license 6 more to major household names. She also won the coveted investment of Daymond John on Shark Tank and has appeared on numerous talk shows like Dr. Phil, GMA and Fox News featuring her success. Now she helps inventors around the world go from "What if?" to "WOW!"

https://www.theinventionaccelerator.com/

Recommended Books:
Competing against luck (Clayton Christensen)
Jumpstart Your Business Brain (Doug Hall)
Aaron Moncur, host

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ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Watch the show on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TeamPipelineus

Chris Luecke | Solving Marketing Problems with an Engineer Mindset Jun 10, 2022

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Chris Luecke helps industrial companies turn marketing expenses into marketing investments. He is a podcaster, marketer, and self-proclaimed "media maverick" in the manufacturing industry. As the host of the podcast Manufacturing Happy Hour, Chris interviews leaders in the industrial sector to simplify and explore the latest trends and technologies impacting modern manufacturers.

In this episode, we discuss how engineers and manufacturers can more effectively tell their story through digital content, and what the most common branding mistake being made by engineers is. We also hear from Chris about the most common excuse he hears from people when it comes to resisting making content, as well as what tips he has for people that want to start leveraging digital content to communicate what their companies are doing from an engineering and manufacturing standpoint?

Rafael Testai, co-host

Music: Big Hopes by Piotr Pacyna
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Idara Uko | Pacemakers, Principal Engineers, & Product Fit Jun 03, 2022

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In this episode we talk about the nuts and bolts of how implantable pacemakers and defibrillators work, the difference between a principal engineer vs an individual contributor/project engineer, and how to ensure your team is developing the correct product (as opposed to simply developing the product correctly).

Idara Uko holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering, as well as an MBA. Working at Medtronic where he serves as Director of Software Operations, he has over fifteen years of experience in the regulated medical device industry, including R&D, market assessment, market development, understanding voice of the customer, system design, system verification & validation and product support.
Aaron Moncur, host
ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Crispin Weinberg | 3D printed patient-specific models for surgeons May 27, 2022

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Crispin Weinberg is an anatomical engineer & entrepreneur, and President of Biomedical Modeling Inc. , which produces 3D printed patient-specific models for surgeons and providing anatomical engineering services for medical device designers. Previously he served as Chief Scientific Officer of Angio-Oncology Sciences, Inc., co-founder of Organogenesis Inc., and Research Fellow at MIT. PhD (Neurobiology), Harvard University SM (Physics), SB (Mathematics), the University of Chicago.

In this episode we discuss the process on how to convert scan data to 3D CAD files, the benefits of proving surgeons with patient-specific models prior to surgery, and Crispin's biggest success stories.

Biomedical Modeling Aids Guatemalan Conjoined Twins

ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

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Joe Bogusky| Surgical Robots, Catheter R&D, & Seahorse Tails May 20, 2022

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A senior mechanical engineer at Intuitive Surgical, Joe Bogusky has been working in the medical device engineering field for 25 years. Joe’s focus is developing innovative, minimally invasive medical devices and he has been involved with every stage of the process from identifying the clinical need through manufacturing. Most recently, Joe’s experience has been focused on engineering surgical robots.

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Joe Bogusky, LinkedIn
Intuitive
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About Being An Engineer

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

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Matt Perez | Being Able to Explain What You’re Doing May 13, 2022

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Matt Perez has been training users for the past 12 years and has worked professionally in CAD and CAM solutions for over 20 years. Through his company, CADucation, he provides top level content creation services to software companies, helping train the next generation of designers, inventors and creators. His company company provides CAD and CAM digital training. He spends his time and energy creating educational content helping designers, engineers and machinists connect the dots between their practical knowledge and the digital design tools of their choice.

http://caducator.com/

How the multicolor pen works:

https://blogs.solidworks.com/tech/2021/08/mechanism-library-multicolor-pen.html

Matt’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg70DWh6Cu7NuRaILAUC1mw

Rafael Testai, Co-host

ABOUT BEING AN ENGINEER

PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/

Subscribe to the show to get notified so you don't miss new episodes every Friday.

Watch the show on YouTube: www.youtube.com/@TeamPipelineus