Being an Engineer
by Aaron Moncur
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About this podcast
The Being An Engineer podcast is a central repository in which we collect and share industry knowledge & best practices associated with the discipline of engineering. We hope that engineers throughout the world will benefit from this content as they connect with the companies, technologies, people, resources, and opportunities that are relevant to their engineering or engineering-adjacent roles. Contact us at [email protected]. Intro and Outro music by John Martell
Episodes
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- Ryan Pickens | AI Tools You Can Use Today for Hardware Development · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 47Send us Fan Mail What if AI could help you take a hardware product from concept to production in a fraction of the time? In this episode of Being an Engineer, Aaron Moncur sits…
- Mark Blakey & Ruben Inzunza | Behind The Scenes: How Pipeline Developed EZ Motion · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 46Send us Fan Mail What if mechanical engineers could automate motors, pneumatic actuators, and testing equipment without needing to write complex code or rely on a dedicated…
- Ghulam Murtaza | Overcoming Adversity: An Inspiring Tale of Perseverance · 42 min · Season 7 Episode 45Send us Fan Mail Ghulam Murtaza is a Controls Project Engineer at Vanderlande with a background spanning industrial automation, robotics, controls, data science, cloud computing…
- Eron Flory | Toastmasters for Engineers, and FIRST Robotics · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 44Send us Fan Mail Eron Flory has built a career around turning difficult engineering problems into real products—and, increasingly, around helping other engineers learn how to do…
- James Bryant | A Process For Engineers to Succeed at Home & at Work · 43 min · Season 7 Episode 43Send us Fan Mail Dr. James Bryant, Ph.D., P.E., is a dynamic force in the engineering and leadership development arenas. With a robust background in civil engineering, James has…
- Elad Einav | How To Engineer Covered Medical Device Stents · 45 min · Season 7 Episode 42Send us Fan Mail Elad Einav is a mechanical engineer, entrepreneur, and Co-Founder and CEO of Medibrane, a medical-device contract development and manufacturing organization…
- PDX 2026 Starts Soon—Get Your Ticket Now · 1 minSend us Fan Mail PDX 2026 starts October 20 in Phoenix, AZ. Practical training for growth-minded engineers. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/ Subscribe to the…
- Matt Ketterer | The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Episode · 58 min · Season 7 Episode 41Send us Fan Mail This episode of Being An Engineer takes a detour from engineering and onto the mats as Aaron sits down with Pipeline Design & Engineering Principal Controls…
- Dakota Welker | User Needs, Design Inputs, Verification & Validation · 43 min · Season 7 Episode 40Send us Fan Mail Dakota Welker is a mechanical engineer, product developer, and founder of Think MedTek, an engineering consultancy focused on helping startups transform…
- Elif Miskioglu | The Science of How to Build Engineering Intuition · 54 min · Season 7 Episode 39Send us Fan Mail Elif Miskioğlu is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Bucknell University and a scholar of engineering education. She holds a B.S. in Chemical and…
- Antonio Valadez & Nate Post | Building Better Engineers Through Better Leadership · 1 h 6 min · Season 7 Episode 38Send us Fan Mail Nate Post and Antonio “Tony” Valadez bring decades of combined experience leading engineering, manufacturing, continuous improvement, and new product…
- Jacob Evink | From CAD to Mechanical Curiosity: Student Engineer Spotlight · 36 min · Season 7 Episode 37Send us Fan Mail Jacob Evink is a mechanical engineering student at Western Michigan University with interests in mechanical design, robotics, manufacturing, and product…
- Robert States | How Engineers Can Thrive in Corporate R&D · 47 min · Season 7 Episode 36Send us Fan Mail Robert States is Vice President of Technical Services at Cormica Medical Device & Pharmaceutical Testing, where he supports clients across medical device…
- Michael Brooks | How BayCath Medical Is Rethinking Catheter Development · 47 min · Season 7 Episode 35Send us Fan Mail Michael Brooks is the founder and CEO of BayCath Medical, a Silicon Valley medical-device company specializing in the design, development, and contract…
- Tony Kelbert | Authenticity, Engineering, and the Business of Manufacturing · 1 h 11 min · Season 7 Episode 34Send us Fan Mail Tony Kelbert is a mechanical engineer, manufacturing strategist, and Chief Burrito Officer at AeroGrowth, an organization focused on helping precision…
- S7E33 Sam Thomason | The Black Magic of Nano-Machining · 60 min · Season 7 Episode 33Send us Fan Mail Sam Thomason’s career sits at the intersection of technical sales, manufacturing automation, Japanese business culture, and advanced machining. With more than 14…
- S7E32 Steven Szymeczek | From Taking Things Apart to Teaching Engineers How to Build · 46 min · Season 7 Episode 32Send us Fan Mail Steven Szymeczek joins the podcast to share a career shaped by curiosity, hands-on learning, and a willingness to explore new opportunities. He traces his path…
- S7E31 Stanley Leong | Engineering Your Finances: A Former Electrical Engineer’s Guide to Building Wealth · 50 min · Season 7 Episode 31Send us Fan Mail Stanley C. Leong brings an unusual and highly relevant perspective to the world of engineering career development: he started as an engineer, then built a second…
- S7E30 Steve Riley | Small Improvements, Big ROI: Lessons from the Factory Floor · 37 min · Season 7 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail Steve Riley brings a unique perspective to Being An Engineer because he is not an engineer by title, but he has spent his career working directly in the…
- PDX 2026 Tickets Are 50% Off August 3–7 · 1 minSend us Fan Mail PDX 2026 is October 20-21 in Phoenix, AZ. Attendee tickets are 50% off August 3-7 only. Learn more and register at https://pdexpo.engineer/ Subscribe to the show…
- S7E29 Heylands Lowry| Building an Engineering Culture of Continuous Improvement · 38 min · Season 7 Episode 29Send us Fan Mail Heylands Lowry is a globally experienced continuous improvement and operational excellence leader with deep expertise in Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and…
- S7E28 Justin Rittenhouse | What Engineering School Doesn’t Teach You About Industry · 49 min · Season 7 Episode 28Send us Fan Mail Justin Rittenhouse is a mechanical engineer, educator, and industry leader whose career sits at the intersection of advanced engineering analysis, manufacturing…
- S7E27 Daniel Kurnianto | The Engineering Journey Behind the World's First Electronic Coffee Tamper · 50 min · Season 7 Episode 27Send us Fan Mail Daniel Kurnianto has built his career at the intersection of mechatronics, lab automation, product management, and hands-on mechanical design. With more than 19…
- S7E26 Paul Vizzio | From Prototype to Product: How Paul Vizzio Engineered RemieDog Into a Real Hardware Business · 40 min · Season 7 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail Paul Vizzio is a seasoned hardware engineering leader with deep expertise in building complex electromechanical systems and scaling them from early prototypes to…
- S7E25 Yesenia Avellaneda | Engineering, Medicine, and Manufacturing Leadership · 31 min · Season 7 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Yesenia Avellaneda is an engineering leader whose career sits at the intersection of innovation, operations, and impact. Currently a Senior Project Engineer…
- S7E24 Larry Copponi | The Most Important Skill To Get Hired As An Engineer · 41 min · Season 7 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail For more than 40 years, Larry Copponi has been working at the intersection of engineering talent and product innovation. Today, he serves as Vice President of…
- S7E23 Jordan Kapitanoff | Screw Manufacturing, LEAN Processes, and Investing for Engineers · 51 min · Season 7 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail Jordan Kapitanoff is a mechanical engineer by training and a transformation leader by practice. A graduate of Kettering University with a BSME and an MBA from…
- S7E22 Amelia Howe | Developing Medical Device Injectrodes for Pain Reduction, & Project Management Best Practices · 52 min · Season 7 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail Amelia Howe is a biomedical engineer and R&D project manager whose career spans startups, research labs, and established medical device companies. She currently…
- S7E21 Rod Scholl | Pro Tips from 30-Year Analyst For Accurate Simulations (FEA & CFD) · 47 min · Season 7 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail Rod Scholl is the Founder and Principal Analyst at Epsilon FEA, an engineering services company he launched in 2008 to specialize in advanced numerical analysis…
- S7E20 Mahantesh Hiremath | How to Influence Public Policy As An Engineer · 52 min · Season 7 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail Dr. Mahantesh Hiremath has built a rare engineering career at the intersection of deep technical rigor, systems thinking, leadership, and service. Across more…
- S7E19 Ryan Schoonmaker | How to Take A Structured Approach to Solving Engineering Problems · 53 min · Season 7 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail Ryan Schoonmaker has spent roughly two decades in medical device product development, building a career around solving hard engineering problems in high-stakes…
- S7E18 Aaron Moncur | Building Pipeline, the Being An Engineer Podcast, and Engineering Communities · 1 h 1 min · Season 7 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail In this special role-reversal episode of the Being An Engineer podcast, longtime host Aaron Moncur steps into the guest seat while previous guest Mike Romance…
- S7E17 Joe Couitt | How to Design for Swiss Machining · 43 min · Season 7 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail Joe Couitt is the founder of JMC Swiss Solutions, a Phoenix-based consulting firm dedicated to CNC Swiss applications and machining optimization. With more than…
- S7E16 Chad Walters | Constraints, Iteration, & Industrial Design in Product Development · 50 min · Season 7 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail Chad Walters is an experienced product design leader with more than two decades of experience developing complex products across healthcare, life sciences…
- S7E15 Mustafa Poonawala | Diagnostic Clinical Trials, Prioritization, & Decision Latency in Engineering · 42 min · Season 7 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail Mustafa Poonawala is a globally recognized leader in medical device and diagnostics innovation, known for his ability to translate strategy into execution across…
- PDX Webinar Trailer, Engineering for Success: Making Product-Market Fit an Actionable Design Goal · 1 minSend us Fan Mail Watch the webinar here! Great engineering alone does not guarantee product success. Achieving product-market fit—ensuring that a product truly meets user needs…
- S7E14 Brad & Aaron | How To Accelerate The Speed of Engineering (Episode 3 of 3) · 52 min · Season 7 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of the three-part series on accelerating the speed of engineering, Aaron Moncur and Brad Hirayama zoom out to focus on the organizational…
- S7E13 Brad & Aaron | How To Accelerate The Speed of Engineering (Episode 2 of 3) · 52 min · Season 7 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail In part two of this three-part series on accelerating the speed of engineering, Aaron Moncur and Brad Hirayama shift the focus from individual habits to team…
- S7E12 Flash Training: Design for Assembly: Why Fewer Screw Lengths Makes Everything Easier · 4 min · Season 7 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail Watch this flash training here: https://youtu.be/QCy9i4TB2b4 When engineers design parts in isolation, it’s easy to unintentionally introduce dozens of slightly…
- S7E11 Brad & Aaron | How To Accelerate The Speed of Engineering (Episode 1 of 3) · 49 min · Season 7 Episode 11Send us Fan Mail In this special kickoff to a three-part miniseries, Aaron Moncur and Brad Hirayama explore one of the most important—and often overlooked—skills in engineering…
- Engineering Industry Evangelist · 3 minSend us Fan Mail Pipeline Design & Engineering About Pipeline Pipeline solves difficult manufacturing problems through automation, custom equipment, fixtures, and product…
- S7E10 Daniel Gledhill | How to Win at People-Centered Leadership in Engineering Teams · 55 min · Season 7 Episode 10Send us Fan Mail Daniel Gledhill is a seasoned manufacturing and engineering leader whose career bridges high-risk industrial operations and precision-driven medical device…
- S7E9 Brad & Aaron | Top 5 Takeaways After Interviewing Over 300 Engineers · 58 min · Season 7 Episode 9Send us Fan Mail After more than 300 episodes of conversations with engineers, founders, and technical leaders, certain patterns start to emerge. In this special retrospective…
- S7E8 Matt Ketterer | Professional Growth through Interdisciplinary Exploration · 47 min · Season 7 Episode 8Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we join Matt Ketterer, a seasoned engineer, at Pipeline Media Studio's inaugural session. Matt shares his career journey, from his initial foray…
- S7E7 Mike Romance | Industry 4.0, Production Transfers, & People-Centric Leadership · 57 min · Season 7 Episode 7Send us Fan Mail Mike Romance has spent nearly two decades operating at the intersection of manufacturing engineering, automation, validation, and operations leadership within…
- S7E6 Bob Hankins | Medical Device Engineering Leadership & Working With the FDA · 41 min · Season 7 Episode 6Send us Fan Mail Bob Hankins brings over 20 years of dedicated experience in the medical-device industry, spanning engineering leadership, product development, process…
- S7E5 Scott Roberts | The Stainless Steel Hardening Process Most Engineers Don’t Know Exists · 38 min · Season 7 Episode 5Send us Fan Mail Scott Roberts is the North American Regional Sales Manager for Bodycote’s S³P technologies, where he oversees the sales team and rep network responsible for…
- S7E4 Scott Heimendinger | Developing the World’s First Home-Kitchen Ultrasonic Chef’s Knife · 59 min · Season 7 Episode 4Send us Fan Mail Scott Heimendinger is an engineer and inventor whose career spans business intelligence at Microsoft and IBM, to cutting-edge food-tech innovation. Early in his…
- Custom Machined Parts: High Quality, Low Cost, Fast Turnaround · 3 minSend us Fan Mail In this short trailer, Pipeline Design & Engineering announces a new service we quietly piloted in 2025—and are officially opening up in 2026. Pipeline is a team…
- S7E3 Aaron Eden | How Engineers Can Use AI Today · 55 min · Season 7 Episode 3Send us Fan Mail Aaron Eden brings more than three decades of building, testing, and shipping practical innovation. At Intuit, he focuses on AI-driven process automation…
