Send us Fan Mail Rick James is the Chief Executive Officer at SimuTech Group , North America’s largest ANSYS Elite Channel Partner. With a 25+ year career at the intersection of mechanical and electrical engineering, he has spearheaded multi-million dollar projects, FEA analyses, drop testing, and reliability-driven design efforts in industries from semiconductors to medical devices. Holding a Doctor of Engineering in Engineering Management and both BSME and MSME degrees from Southern Methodist ...
Nov 14, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 46
Send us Fan Mail Our guest today is Jeremy Jarrett , an attorney at Sacks Tierney in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he focuses on corporate, securities, and finance law. Jeremy brings more than 10 years of experience advising businesses on complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, recapitalizations, commercial lending, and equity and debt financings. His clients have ranged from early-stage startups to large public companies, spanning industries such as technology, oilfiel...
Nov 07, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 45
Send us Fan Mail Ryan Stevenson is a versatile mechanical engineer whose career spans high-profile tech companies, outdoor gear innovators, and entrepreneurial ventures. After earning his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Boise State University, Ryan launched into product development roles that combined advanced CAD, manufacturing engineering, and user-focused design. He contributed to Apple’s Vision Products Group, where he helped shape the Vision Pro by developing complex surfaces...
Oct 31, 2025•54 min•Season 6Ep. 44
Send us Fan Mail This episode is a rerun. In this fascinating episode of Being an Engineer, our host Aaron Moncur sits down with Greg Mark, a visionary entrepreneur who revolutionized 3D printing with Markforged and is now transforming design workflows with his AI company, Backflip. Greg shares insights into his entrepreneurial journey, technological innovations, and the power of persistence. Main Topics: The origin story of Markforged and carbon fiber 3D printing Innovative design principles in...
Oct 24, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 43
Send us Fan Mail Ramzi Marjaba is a seasoned Solution Engineer and consultant currently with Veeam Software, working remotely from Ottawa since March 2025. Prior to this, he spent nearly four years as a Senior Solution Specialist at Keysight Technologies, managing Eastern Canada accounts and mentoring both SEs and account executives. Earlier in his career, he held technical roles at Spirent Communications, Alcatel‑Lucent, and Nortel, starting as an embedded software tester and evolving into a ne...
Oct 17, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 42
Send us Fan Mail This is your final call to join us at PDX 2025 – The Product Development Expo, happening October 21–22 in Phoenix, Arizona. PDX is not your typical conference—it’s a hands-on training experience built specifically for engineers who design and develop physical products. Learn directly from industry experts in areas like GD&T, DFM, automation, additive manufacturing, motion control, project management, and more. With 50+ sessions and 35+ exhibitors offering real-time consultin...
Oct 15, 2025•2 min
Send us Fan Mail James Davis, widely recognized as FluxBench , has built a following by making electronics approachable, fun, and practical. With a mission to “keep the magic smoke inside the components where it belongs,” James is passionate about teaching engineers, makers, and hobbyists how to move beyond simple projects and start creating production-ready designs. On his YouTube channel, FluxBench , James shares tutorials and experiments ranging from ESP32-driven LED displays to embedded deve...
Oct 10, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 6Ep. 41
Send us Fan Mail Matt Puchalski is a roboticist and entrepreneur shaping the future of automation in manufacturing. As the founder and CEO of Bucket Robotics —part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2024 batch—Matt is building next-generation 3D vision systems designed to supercharge flexible manufacturing environments. His company combines high-quality monocular cameras with edge computing to enable real-time 3D perception, simplify integration, and generate meaningful metrics across production workflows...
Oct 03, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 40
Send us Fan Mail Sam Holland is a mechanical and product design engineer whose journey threads through influential design labs and breakthrough products—from MakerBot’s pioneering 3D printers to livestream hardware at Vimeo, and now forging his own path through Informal.cc. At MakerBot, he served as Technical Lead on the Method 3D printer and spearheaded subsystems for the Replicator Z18, work that included patent‑winning innovations in gantry mechanics and extruder design. His move to Livestrea...
Sep 26, 2025•55 min•Season 6Ep. 39
Send us Fan Mail Jason “Wally” Waldron is the founder and CEO of Exitology , a company dedicated to helping custom manufacturers, industrial services, and supply chain firms scale their businesses rapidly and exit with maximum value—on their own terms. With nearly two decades of experience advising business owners and engineering-driven teams, Wally specializes in accelerating company growth—up to 33% per year—and unlocking $10M+ in trapped business value in as little as three years. He’s not ju...
Sep 19, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 38
Send us Fan Mail Duann Scott is a globally recognized leader in computational design, additive manufacturing, and the emerging intersection of software and fabrication. With a background in industrial design and a PhD research foundation from the University of South Australia, Duann launched BITS to ATOMS in 2009 to explore how digital tools would revolutionize product design and manufacturing. What started as an academic pursuit quickly transformed into a dynamic industry journey through some o...
Sep 12, 2025•41 min•Season 6Ep. 37
Send us Fan Mail Tessa Axsom blends deep mechanical engineering know‑how with the craft of product marketing. Today she serves as Product Marketing Manager – CNC at Fictiv , the on‑demand manufacturing partner known for its robust CNC resources and design guides. In this role, she translates shop‑floor realities into crisp messages, actionable guidance, and programs that help engineers build better parts faster. Before moving into marketing, Tessa wrote extensively for Fictiv’s Resource Center, ...
Sep 05, 2025•43 min•Season 6Ep. 36
Send us Fan Mail Spencer Jones began his healthcare career as a registered nurse in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he witnessed firsthand the clinical need that sparked his first device: SafeBreak® Vascular, a patented solution to prevent IV line dislodgement. As a nursing alumnus of the University of Arkansas, Spencer led SafeBreak from idea to FDA approval in 2022, drawing on early mentorship from Innovate Arkansas and a successful accelerator experience with ZeroTo510. In 2015 he founded Lineus...
Aug 29, 2025•58 min•Season 6Ep. 35
Send us Fan Mail Join us for an in-depth conversation with John Lembke, a manufacturing engineering manager with over a decade of experience in factory digitization, lean manufacturing, and ERP integrations. John shares his proven strategies for hiring high-performing engineering teams, scaling production rapidly, and building effective manufacturing processes. From his early days around ice-making machinery to leading 60% capacity increases, John offers practical insights that engineering manag...
Aug 22, 2025•40 min•Season 6Ep. 34
Send us Fan Mail Join us for an in-depth conversation with Bryant Foster, a human factors expert who's worked with industry giants like Google to make complex products simpler and safer. With a background in cognitive psychology, Bryant shares insights on designing user-friendly products, from surgical systems to smart thermostats, all while keeping the end user at the center of the design process. Main Topics: What drew Bryant into human factors and user experience design How to define and achi...
Aug 15, 2025•52 min•Season 6Ep. 33
Send us Fan Mail In this engaging episode of Being An Engineer, Josh Zarecky shares his unique journey of running an engineering business while traveling across the United States in an RV. He discusses his background in mechanical engineering, the challenges and joys of remote work, and his innovative approach to developing industrial automation solutions. Main Topics: Transitioning from traditional engineering roles to entrepreneurship Traveling and working remotely with a family Developing the...
Aug 08, 2025•47 min•Season 6Ep. 32
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Camden Shuman discusses his experiences as a co-op student at Siemens Healthineers, where he has gained valuable hands-on experience in mechanical design work. He also shares insights about his entrepreneurial venture, "The Engineering Way" newsletter, which aims to help engineering students and professionals develop their soft skills and network. Main Topics: Engineering education and the challenges of transitioning from high school to college The difference be...
Aug 01, 2025•45 min•Season 6Ep. 31
Send us Fan Mail Jake shares his engineering journey, insights into technical interviews, and strategies for young engineers to succeed in the hardware industry. He discusses his experiences at companies like Tesla and Relativity Space and how he created Hardware is Hard to help mechanical engineers land top-tier jobs. Main Topics: Importance of internships in engineering career development Technical interview preparation strategies Emerging trends in hardware engineering (AR/VR, robotics, US ma...
Jul 25, 2025•53 min•Season 6Ep. 30
Send us Fan Mail Joshua Tarbutton shares his journey from military service to engineering entrepreneurship, discussing how military discipline and leadership principles can transform engineering culture and workplace dynamics. Main Topics: Military influence on engineering leadership Restoring dignity in engineering workplaces Creating psychological safety for engineers Scaling a design and fabrication company Navigating business challenges during COVID-19 About the guest: Joshua Tarbutton, a fo...
Jul 18, 2025•51 min•Season 6Ep. 29
Send us Fan Mail Sign up for a free account at https://www.thewave.engineer/ Then, access your 50% discount code for PDX 2025 here: https://www.thewave.engineer/product-development-expo/dfm-days/ Subscribe to the show to get notified so you don't miss new episodes every Friday. 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 like cycle test machines, custom test fi...
Jul 18, 2025•2 min
Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, Paul will explore how he scales hardware teams, builds for manufacturability, navigates supply chain complexity, mentors engineers, and embraces community‑driven innovation. Get ready for insights on leadership, prototyping, and bringing hardware to life from idea to market. Main Topics: Proteus Motion's V1 and V2 machine development Engineering career progression Hardware product design and manufacturing Consulting and entrepreneurship New York Hardware Meet...
Jul 11, 2025•50 min•Season 6Ep. 28
Send us Fan Mail Sign up for a free account at https://www.thewave.engineer/ Then, access your 50% discount code for PDX 2025 here: https://www.thewave.engineer/product-development-expo/dfm-days/ Subscribe to the show to get notified so you don't miss new episodes every Friday. 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 like cycle test machines, custom test fi...
Jul 09, 2025•2 min
Send us Fan Mail Webinar: What Every Engineer Should Know About Contract Manufacturers Register here: https://www.thewave.engineer/store/product/31-what-every-engineer-should-know-about-working-with-a-contract-manufacturer/ Subscribe to the show to get notified so you don't miss new episodes every Friday. 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 like cycle t...
Jul 07, 2025•1 min
Send us Fan Mail Join Aaron Moncur as he interviews Stephen Hinch about his remarkable career in innovation, discussing how companies can foster breakthrough technologies, overcome corporate innovation barriers, and create a culture that supports creative thinking. Main Topics: From Engineering to Leadership: Steve's Career Journey Turning Innovative Ideas into Profitable Realities Creating a Culture of Innovation Challenges of Corporate Innovation The Role of Persistence in Technological Breakt...
Jul 04, 2025•57 min•Season 6Ep. 27
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Being an Engineer podcast, host Aaron Moncur interviews Katie Karmelek, a mechanical engineer and co-founder of Chamfr. Katie shares her journey from engineering to entrepreneurship, discussing her passion for medical device innovation and how Chamfr is revolutionizing component sourcing for medical device engineers. Main Topics: Katie's engineering background and family influences The founding of Chamfr and its mission to accelerate medical device develop...
Jun 27, 2025•48 min•Season 6Ep. 26
Send us Fan Mail Sign up for a free account at https://www.thewave.engineer/ Then, access your 50% discount code for PDX 2025 here: https://www.thewave.engineer/product-development-expo/dfm-days/ Subscribe to the show to get notified so you don't miss new episodes every Friday. 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 like cycle test machines, custom test fi...
Jun 25, 2025•2 min
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Andy Thompson discussed his journey from machinist to expert in GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing). He highlighted the importance of understanding GD&T for effective design, manufacturing, and quality control. Thompson shared examples of how GD&T improved manufacturing processes, such as aerospace parts and defense contracts. He emphasized the need for early identification of manufacturing processes and the benefits of collaborative design...
Jun 20, 2025•46 min•Season 6Ep. 25
Send us Fan Mail Dr. James Bryant shares his transformative approach to helping engineers achieve professional excellence without sacrificing personal fulfillment. He discusses his unique methodology for balancing work and home life, developing leadership skills, and creating meaningful success. Main Topics: Transitioning from engineering to coaching The "Engineer Your Success" methodology Developing emotional intelligence Strategic time management Leadership skills for technical professionals I...
Jun 13, 2025•44 min•Season 6Ep. 24
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Aaron Moncur interviews Mihir Shah, an engineer-turned-entrepreneur who shares insights from his diverse career spanning Tesla, Inspect AR, and now Tomai Engineering. Mihir discusses his journey through engineering, startup growth, investment strategies, and the importance of first principles thinking. Main Topics: Engineering career path First principles thinking in business Design for manufacturability (DFM) Startup and acquisition experiences Hardware FYI new...
Jun 06, 2025•39 min•Season 6Ep. 23
Send us Fan Mail Aaron Moncur sits down with Dean Odell, a distinguished mechanical engineering instructor and YouTube educator, to explore the fascinating world of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T). Dean shares his journey from a welder to an engineering instructor, discusses the importance of GD&T in manufacturing, and reveals insights from his popular YouTube channel, dedicated to technical education. Main Topics: Origins and evolution of GD&T Common misconceptions a...
May 30, 2025•39 min•Season 6Ep. 22
