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S5E10 Derek Pietz | Industrial Automation, Losing A Million Dollars, & Successful Startups
Being an Engineer
English - March 08, 2024 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 47 ratingsCareers Business 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
Derek Pietz shares his journey from engineering student to co-founding a successful automation startup and his current role leading engineering teams at Intuitive. He discusses the challenges of starting a company, lessons learned, and trends in the automation industry.
Main Topics:
Engineering career pathFounding and growing a startupChallenges and pivotsPrioritizing work/life balanceDesigning robotic surgery equipmentImproving team moraleCommunication best practicesFuture of AI and vision systems in automationAbout the guest: Our guest today is Derek Pietz, the Director of Automation Equipment and Test Engineering at Intuitive, a trailblazing company at the forefront of robotic-assisted surgery. Prior to his role at Intuitive, Derek has been a part of four start-up ventures including one as a co-founder. He has built and led engineering and operations teams, designed machines, run a P/L, pitched investors, obsessed over supply chain, developed sales strategies, taught robots to make pizza and fixed customer problems.
Links:
Derek Pietz - LinkedIn
Intuitive website
About Being An Engineer
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