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
344 episodes
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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37:59
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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58:54
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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54:32
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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1:01:22
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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48:28
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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51:30
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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55:30
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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52:58
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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45:55
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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52:01
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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53:12
S6 E43 Greg Mark | Founding Markforged & Backflip.ai
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 wor...
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Season 6
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Episode 43
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55:13
S6E42 Ramzi Marjaba | From Idea to Approval: Persuasion for Engineers
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 Se...
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Season 6
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Episode 42
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55:27
Final call to join us at PDX 2025!
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 des...
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2:23
S6E41 James Davis | Living in Ukraine for $12/Day to Become An Engineer
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 teachin...
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Season 6
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Episode 41
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1:02:14
S6E40 Matt Puchalski | Vision Inspection, Autonomous Vehicles, & Graduating Y Combinator
Matt Puchalski is a roboticist and entrepreneur shaping the future of automation in manufacturing. As the founder and CEO of
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Season 6
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Episode 40
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48:45
S6E39 Sam Holland | Informal Engineering Collective, the Hardware Handbook, & Donut Hole-Der
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 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 39
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54:20
S6E38 Wally Waldron | How to Successfully Exit A Manufacturing or Industrial Services Business
Jason “Wally” Waldron is the founder and CEO of Exitology, a company dedicated to helping custom manufacturers, industrial services, and supply chain f...
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Season 6
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Episode 38
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51:49
S6E37 Duann Scott | Computational Design & The Best File Format for 3D Printing
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 ...
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Season 6
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Episode 37
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40:20