Barbara Wood | Is #OpenToWork Useful for Mechanical Engineers on LinkedIn?
Being an Engineer
English - April 29, 2022 10:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBTechnology Science engineering mechanical engineering engineering education mechanical design engineering soft skills product development product design solidworks cad Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Barbara Wood is a mechanical engineer and product manager, PMP certified, (project management professional) with heavy CAD mechanical design skills. She’s passionate about creating innovative design solutions. With a background in manufacturing and automotive/on-highway vehicle design, Barbara loves automotive environments. Her portfolio on LinkedIn contains sheet metal design, fire truck design, plumbing, BIW (Body in White), CIW (Cab in White), hydraulics, full chassis design, plastic design, train gangway development, medical bed design, and much more.
In this episode, we discuss using #OpenToWork on LinkedIn while searching for a job as a mechanical engineer, and how Barbara went viral on LinkedIn while sharing her job-search journey. We also discuss top-down modeling, designing fire trucks on SolidWorks, as well as PMP certification and journaling for mechanical engineers.
Barbara’s mechanical design portfolio
Barbara’s viral Linkedin post
Rafael Testai, cohost
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The Being An Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.
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 such as cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us on the web at www.teampipeline.us