Favorite Parts Of Being A GN&C Engineer At An Aerospace Company
Ife, a GN&C engineer, finds the most rewarding aspect of their role to be "solving new problems"— those that are "unsearchable" and require innovative solutions, pushing the boundaries of their field. This allows Ife to be on "the cutting edge of research," tackling challenges that haven't been addressed before.
Problem-Solving, Cutting-Edge Research, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Technical Expertise
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Ife Ibitayo
GN&C Engineer
Aerospace Company
University of Texas at Austin 2017
Purdue University, MS in Mechanical Engineering
Engineering - Aerospace
Aerospace, Aviation & Defense
Product / Service / Software Development and Management
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1. Solving new, unique problems that can't be found on Google or Stack Overflow
2. Being on the cutting edge of research and development
3. The opportunity to learn and grow by tackling challenging, unsolved issues
Transcript
What do you enjoy most about being in your current role?
For me, it was definitely as I moved into that earlier phase. Solving new problems is something that was really exciting to me.
If you're on the cutting edge of research in roles that require a little more seniority, experience, or education, you get to solve the hard problems. These are things you can't look up on Google or find on Stack Overflow.
Even when you ask your current colleagues, they might say, "We haven't done that before." For me, that was always exciting because it meant I got to take a crack at it.
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