S5E14 Ian McEachern | Artificial Hearts, Times Square LED Displays, & Engineering Freelancing
Being an Engineer
English - April 05, 2024 10:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 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
Ian McEachern returns to discuss his career in R&D engineering, focusing on challenges in medical device development and the importance of persistence. He shares stories about developing artificial heart pumps and mentoring young engineers.
Main Topics:
Challenges in sourcing components and standards interpretation for medical devicesDefining the role of R&D engineers; streamlining manufacturing processesFailure and iteration in product developmentIan's grandfather's journey from WWII to NASABuilding an encouraging engineering culture.About the guest: For over 15 years Ian McEachern has been helping cutting edge companies design highly complex products including artificial hearts, blood pumps, and class III medical devices. Products Ian has designed are in Times Square, the Disney Parks, the Smithsonian, and implanted in people around the world. Ian, I’m super excited to talk with you today, thank you for joining me on the show.
Links:
Ian McEachern - LinkedIn
Ian’s 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.
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