Being an Engineer
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 info@teampipeline.us. Intro and Outro music by John Martell
Episodes
353 episodes
S7E13 Brad & Aaron | How To Accelerate The Speed of Engineering (Episode 2 of 3)
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 workflows. Drawing from patterns that have surfaced across 300+ Being An Engineer inte...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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53:14
S7E12 Flash Training: Design for Assembly: Why Fewer Screw Lengths Makes Everything Easier
Watch this flash training here: https://youtu.be/QCy9i4TB2b4When engineers design parts in isolation, it’s easy to unintentionally introduce dozens of slightly different fastener lengths into an...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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4:16
S7E11 Brad & Aaron | How To Accelerate The Speed of Engineering (Episode 1 of 3)
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: how to accelerate the speed of engineering work without sacrificing quality. Drawin...
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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49:29
Engineering Industry Evangelist
Pipeline Design & EngineeringAbout Pipeline Pipeline solves difficult manufacturing problems through automation, custom equipment, fixtures, and product development. We also build community through PDX, the Being An En...
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2:50
S7E10 Daniel Gledhill | How to Win at People-Centered Leadership in Engineering Teams
Daniel Gledhill is a seasoned manufacturing and engineering leader whose career bridges high-risk industrial operations and precision-driven medical device manufacturing. Danie...
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Season 7
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Episode 10
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55:49
S7E9 Brad & Aaron | Top 5 Takeaways After Interviewing Over 300 Engineers
After more than 300 episodes of conversations with engineers, founders, and technical leaders, certain patterns start to emerge. In this special retrospective episode of Being An Engineer, Aaron Moncur and Brad Hirayama fli...
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Season 7
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Episode 9
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58:28
S7E8 Matt Ketterer | Professional Growth through Interdisciplinary Exploration
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 into mechanical enginee...
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Season 7
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Episode 8
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48:18
S7E7 Mike Romance | Industry 4.0, Production Transfers, & People-Centric Leadership
Mike Romance has spent nearly two decades operating at the intersection of manufacturing engineering, automation, validation, and operations leadership within the life-sciences ecosystem. H...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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57:42
S7E6 Bob Hankins | Medical Device Engineering Leadership & Working With the FDA
Bob Hankins brings over 20 years of dedicated experience in the medical-device industry, spanning engineering leadership, product development, process improvement and strategic technical over...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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42:20
S7E5 Scott Roberts | The Stainless Steel Hardening Process Most Engineers Don’t Know Exists
Scott Roberts is the North American Regional Sales Manager for Bodycote’s S³P technologies, where he oversees the sales team and rep networ...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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38:06
S7E4 Scott Heimendinger | Developing the World’s First Home-Kitchen Ultrasonic Chef’s Knife
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 career he served as a ...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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59:49
Custom Machined Parts: High Quality, Low Cost, Fast Turnaround
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 of engineers who design and build custom machines, fixtures, and a...
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3:08
S7E3 Aaron Eden | How Engineers Can Use AI Today
Aaron Eden brings more than three decades of building, testing, and shipping practical innovation. At Intuit, he focuses on AI-driven process automation; partnering with product, operations, ...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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55:28
PDX Webinar Trailer, Engineering Project Management
Presented by Mike Landis, Director of Engineering at Pipeline Design & Engineering In this PDX Webinar, Mike Landis shares the practical project management framework Pipeline uses to manage engineering development projects, bala...
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3:10
S7E2 WEBINAR: Your Manufacturer is Stupid: Why Your Circuit Board Design Is Making Their Job Harder with Chris Denney
This episode is a recording of a webinar with guest Chris Denney.Watch the rec...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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1:02:17
S7E1 A Joyful Approach to Product Development | Lisa Ho & Andrew Muyanja (Menlo Innovations)
This episode is a rerun.Andrew and Lisa are Menlonians (team members at Menlo Innovations). They do things different there. And even though they develop software products, the processe...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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49:24
S6E52 Rob Donley | Kaizen, Communication, & the Design Squiggle
This episode is a rerun.Rob Donley has a deep understanding of how engineering works. Kicking off his engineering career from a young age building RC cars and model...
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Season 6
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Episode 52
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52:26
S6E51 Eric Richins | What It's Like Being A Packaging Engineer
Join us on-site at Stryker as we explore the world of packaging engineering with Eric Richins, a packaging engineer with 10 years of experience in the industry. In this insightful...
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Season 6
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Episode 51
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20:34
S6E50 Brad & Aaron | The Case for Better Professional Communication
In this special format-breaking episode of the Being An Engineer podcast, Aaron and Brad sit down together—no guest, no script—to talk through an issue almost every engineer has bumped int...
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Season 6
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Episode 50
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56:26
S6E49 Pipeline Media Lab (PML) Announcement
In this special episode, Aaron and Brad introduce Pipeline Media Lab (PML) — a new init...
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Season 6
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Episode 49
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53:54
S6E48 Brent Lavin | Bridging Engineering & Commercialization
Few people enter the MedTech world because of a personal experience with the technology itself—but for Brent Lavin, that’s exactly where it began. At just 23 years old, a CT scan that revea...
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Season 6
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Episode 48
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46:51
S6E47 Brogan Miller | Being a Doula for Hardware Startups, Manufacturing in Asia, and How to Start Networking
Brogan Miller, PE is a startup veteran, product engineer, and the founder of Doula Studios, a consultancy dedicated to helping early-stage hard...
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Season 6
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Episode 47
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44:24
S6E46 Rick James | ANSYS & Engineering Simulation
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 int...
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Season 6
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Episode 46
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50:14
S6E45 Jeremy Jarrett | Legal Advice & Strategy for Starting An Engineering Business
Our guest today is Jeremy Jarrett, an attorney at Sacks Tierney in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he focuses on corporate, securit...
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Season 6
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Episode 45
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52:57
S6 E44 Ryan Stevenson | Working on Apple’s Vision Pro & Launching a Freelance Engineering Business
Ryan Stevenson is a versatile mechanical engineer whose career spans high-profile tech companies, outdoor gear innovators, and entrepreneurial ventures. After earning his Master...
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Season 6
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Episode 44
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54:08