Mario Gomez
Research and Development Technician
Fort Wayne Metals
Fort Wayne, IN USA
“The biggest thing about being a leader is you want to set up your team to succeed not for the sake of glory, but for the sake of the people themselves.”
Fort Wayne Metals
Fort Wayne, IN USA
“The biggest thing about being a leader is you want to set up your team to succeed not for the sake of glory, but for the sake of the people themselves.”
Research and Development Technician
I test and develop new alloys and processes to advance medical technologies.
A typical day starts with looking at which projects I have that need to be completed first. Then I work with engineers on any questions or issues that arise. My typical daily tasks include wire drawing, testing, and moving material around.
Here's the first step for high school students
I can't say I'd recommend getting a degree in psychology to do my work. I'd recommend a mechanical engineering technology degree if you wanted to attend school first. However, you can also find employers that will pay for schooling. So you can work in this field without the educational background up front and pursue it after. That way, you can see if it's the right fit and then potentially work to become an engineer or engineer technician, or pivot to something else if the fit isn't right.
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