3 ms·
Prototyping engineer sounds like my ideal work situation. How did you end up doing a gig like this?
by noman-land 7y ago
Prototyping engineer sounds like my ideal work situation. How did you end up doing a gig like this?
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- TaylorAlexander 7y agoWell it definitely started with me working on many projects since I was a kid. I soaked up a lot of knowledge across different related disciplines and my own portfolio of projects proved that. I also intentionally look for jobs that are away from the center of my previous experience, so I have a varied resume. Then I got an email from a recruiter for a contract position for mechatronics prototype engineer at google X. I brought two backpacks full of projects and for the position. Six months in to that role the manager running our research team left and they moved me to a test engineer. It was never the same and after a total of two years when my contract ended I found a new place to go. I knew what I wanted to I purposefully asked hiring managers if the role would allow me to prototype across different disciplines. Anyone that said “we have electrical engineers for PCB design and mechanical engineers for 3D printing, we just need you to do X” I would try to avoid. In the end the job I found was very special but I got here by working towards it on my daily life for a long time.
- michaelrpeskin 7y agoThat’s what I do. For me it’s in the math and algorithm side. The key is being able to craft up proofs of concept and scripts fast. Show their value. Document well so the dev team can implement and the be able to quickly learn the next topic. I love it.