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Landing a Full-Time Engineering Career at NASA
Landing a Full-Time Engineering Career at NASA
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This episode will learn how a childhood dream can turn into reality through hard work, determination, and networking. Andrew Hartnett dreamt of working with NASA at a very young age. He will share with us exactly how he landed his Computer Engineer position in this very sought-after agency.
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Show Highlights:
Andrew’s background, from his 3rd-grade drawing and high school robotics team to landing a co-op internship program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC)
He joined The First Robotics Team in high school
A lot of networking and determination is what helps him land the co-op internship program
He started working full-time in January 2010
Briefly discuss Upverter and the benefits of having high-school level educational programs for aspiring PCB designers
What is NASA’s co-op internship program? Andrew describes the advantages of the co-op program over a typical internship
Get exposure to things you don’t get at school
Experience designing and actual assembly of PCB
Andrew talks about electronic design standards at NASA and shares details about testing, reliability, and the challenges of sending electronic devices to the space
Addressing devices’ heat, and vibration in space
Andrew talks more about First Robotic Competition and stresses the importance of hands-on experience for high school kids or younger
Links and Resources:
Visit NASA’s JSC website
Learn more about JSC’s Internship Program
Making electronic design easy, visit Upverter's website
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Connect with Zach on LinkedIn
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Show Highlights:
Andrew’s background, from his 3rd-grade drawing and high school robotics team to landing a co-op internship program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC)
He joined The First Robotics Team in high school
A lot of networking and determination is what helps him land the co-op internship program
He started working full-time in January 2010
Briefly discuss Upverter and the benefits of having high-school level educational programs for aspiring PCB designers
What is NASA’s co-op internship program? Andrew describes the advantages of the co-op program over a typical internship
Get exposure to things you don’t get at school
Experience designing and actual assembly of PCB
Andrew talks about electronic design standards at NASA and shares details about testing, reliability, and the challenges of sending electronic devices to the space
Addressing devices’ heat, and vibration in space
Andrew talks more about First Robotic Competition and stresses the importance of hands-on experience for high school kids or younger
Links and Resources:
Visit NASA’s JSC website
Learn more about JSC’s Internship Program
Making electronic design easy, visit Upverter's website
Register at Altium Education for Free
Altium Designer Free Student License
Connect with Zach on LinkedIn
Full OnTrack Podcast Library
Altium Website
Download your Altium Designer Free Trial
Learn More about Altium Nexus
Get Your First Month of Altium Designer® for FREE
Released:
May 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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