I had a "Principles and Practices" class in my undergrad (EE) that used the Hyatt Regency walkway incident as a case study for this exact reason. Raytheon (my

I had a "Principles and Practices" class in my undergrad (EE) that used the Hyatt Regency walkway incident as a case study for this exact reason. Raytheon (my first employer) also had a habit of putting EE and ME new grads on production support, so that they could become familiar with the company's products as well as be more conscious of testability and manufacturability issues with designs.