Innovation in engineering is key to staying competitive in today’s highly diverse market. But innovating often requires taking risks- engineers must be willing to push the boundaries of what is possible and explore new technologies and their applications. But taking risks in engineering design can feel dangerous, after all what if it fails? Taking risks …
Working as an engineer on multiple projects at the same time is a myth. – Brave Engineer There, I said it. I’ve heard individuals in the past brag about their ability to multitask in the workplace, but is it really such a good thing? When an engineer is working on multiple projects no one project …
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Agile Manifesto for Hardware Development: “While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.” Agile project management is a development methodology which has roots in the software development world, used to improve the quality of highly complex software by breaking it down into bite-sized “chunks” which are …
Engineers and product designers know that after working on a collection of projects over several years, you see trends and correlations in how projects unfold. Sometimes it’s approaches and behaviors that work well and correlate with success, other times its decisions or symptoms that portend failure.
Optomechanical engineering, like most modern engineering fields, involves collaboration and coordination of several skillsets. Engineers have to wear many hats in their day-to-day work; no longer is it good enough to specialize in a single field. In the modern world of scientific and technological advancement, products are becoming more tightly integrated and optimized. Because of this, it …
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