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Re: What's your day job?
My day job has changed since this thread started...
I now build rockets. More specifically, I'm a Technician Trainee at SpaceX, working in the stir welding department. The machines do the welding; my coworkers and I clean up, set up, and clean up the welds, along with moving the finished sections of rocket around. (Another group takes the sections and makes them into a rocket body.) |
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I work on radio telescopes part time, and build Nixie tube wristwatches in my spare time. Both seem to be about equally lucrative, but one has benefits.
When you think of a radio telescope as a 5 story building full of every sort of electronics from superconducting cryogenic receivers to big 50 HP motors and everything in between, all of it serial number one, you can see why it's fun. |
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Currently, I am working for a small start-up company called Microlution that manufactures micro-machining centers that can make precise and small parts. We currently have 3 micro CNC mill product lines (3 and 5 axis), with one micro CNC lathe product line that will be released this spring.
http://microlution-inc.com/ (New website is also coming soon...) I am a mechanical engineer working as the testing engineer, which is one part mechanical, one part electrical, one part software, one part lasers, and one part organization. I troubleshoot various problems with functionality and performance, and ensure final quality. On working for a small company: it is very challenging and very rewarding to see that your work has a clear impact (sometimes immediately). There are plenty of pressure and deadlines along the way. Before this job, I had a variety of jobs, including testing massive diesel engines, simulating small crack growth out of material impurities, determining properties of mud in a lab, and adding sensors to blow-out preventors. The best thing about becoming an engineer is that you learn how to learn. Your education doesn't end with your degree. It stops when you stop asking questions. |
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I work as an engineer at Microsoft. If you use Visual Studio 2012 or Blend, you're using my (and a bunch of other people's) work.
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#125
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I have been working at The Boeing Company for around 3.5 years now and recently switched sites from Philadelphia to the St. Louis area. I work in a group called ImDev, or Immersive Development, and help programs get the most out of their 3D product data.
In large companies management of 3D CAD & Visualization data is becoming an increasingly important and difficult task. Being able to provide visualization of the latest version of a vehicle to multiple disciplines throughout the company is no small undertaking. I get to work on tight deadlines for programs that need their data yesterday, but I also get to work with some emerging technologies that makes my job fun. Last edited by Ryan Dognaux : 18-01-2013 at 10:13. |
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My current day job includes, designing and assisting assembly of Test Gauges. For ALTEK Company. The gauges are for Soda Cans, aerosol cans, food cans, and stuff like that. To tell the pressure of failure, to tell the Coefficient of Friction, and rating of the coatings, and some other stuff.
I also am a Volunteer Firefighter, its surprising how much more STEM i get from Firefighting than my engineering job. Learning + "Playing" with different cars, structures, tools, and whatever else tends to go bad. I got my climber idea from the latter truck, and the shooter idea from the spreaders. I am looking for a more advanced day job. I got this job threw School and FIRST. now i am looking for a job that i can learn more from. |
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I am a Naval Architect & Marine Engineer. I studied to design ships and marine power plants in college. Now work as a full time engineer. I do software development for data analysis, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, and work with underwater robotics and structures for alternative materials and composites for marine application. In my free time I mentor 2 FRC teams and 4 FLL teams.
There is more, but if I told you I would have to kill you. |
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I'm the Mathematics Department Chair and teacher at the high school that my Robotics Team runs out of. I teach Algebra 2 and Trigonometry at both the regular and honors levels. I will also likely be teaching calculus next school year.
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#129
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I have worked for the United Technologies Aerospace Systems / Space Systems for almost 31 years, building various life support systems for NASA and the US Navy, including the EMU (extravehicular mobility unit, the space suit), oxygen generation, life support (human waste, water reclamation, thermal and humidity control), cooling and gas management systems for the NASA Space Shuttle, International Space Station and US Navy submarines. 1 1/2 years ago, I moved from the assembly side of the hardware to the Quality side as a Mech Inspector. I am the next to last set of eyes before these multi million dollar pieces of space life support equipment keeping our astronaurts alive, go out the door. (The last set of eyes are the DCMA / Gov't Inspectors who rely HEAVILY on us to do our jobs right.)
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Interesting story:
One of our head mentors graduated from our high school in the 70s and played football like some of our mentors. He went on to get various degrees in engineering and work abroad. Around 10 years ago, he returned to our town and started as Director of Corporate Engineering at our primary sponsor company. He was very enthusiastic when we came to them about receiving machining help and funding. Just comes to show how you never know who you can meet in FIRST. |
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I agree.
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Day job: Build armies of solar cleaning robots
Night job: Mentoring Citrus Circuits Hobby: Building robots and robot accessories Favorite sport: Robotics Strongest Memories: Robotics Primary reason for traveling: Robots Dreams: Robots Do I have a robot problem? ......Nah!!!! |
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I love this thread. It shows the diversity available in STEM related fields. Better yet, shows that if you can make things that people want or need, you are in demand. Thanks to everyone for contributing.
Myself, I am a corporate fellow at Oak Rodge National Labs Manufacturing Demonstration Facility. We print stuff... big stuff... Including FIRST robots. http://youtu.be/HXvIMRklWiM |
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Still in college, but after graduation I'll be going to Green Hills Software to work on their embedded compiler and/or their static analyzer. It's not directly robotics-related, but the experience working with large groups on real problems has helped a lot in internships.
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#135
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Re: What's your day job?
Oceanographer at the Naval Oceanographic Office.
More specifically, I'm the technical lead of the branch of the acoustics department which provides direct ASW (anti-submarine warfare) environmental product support to the US Navy. I've been in this position the past five or six years. Before that, I collected acoustic data and processed/synthesized it into ocean acoustic databases for about 20 years. |
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