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Pharmaceutical Engineering. By Jamie Schuberth. Basic information. Interviewee name: Todd Martin Interviewee’s specific degree : Machinist AutoCad trained Interviewee’s place of employment : Thomas Engineering Interviewee’s email address and/or phone: tmartin@thomaseng.com.
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Pharmaceutical Engineering By Jamie Schuberth
Basic information • Interviewee name: • Todd Martin • Interviewee’s specific degree: • Machinist • AutoCad trained • Interviewee’s place of employment: • Thomas Engineering • Interviewee’s email address and/or phone: • tmartin@thomaseng.com
What is pharmaceutical engineering? • Duties • Produce machines to coat different pills • Produce machines to package pills • Customers • Nutritionists • Pharmacists • Confectionary Companies
What does todd do? • Todd’s Job title • Sr. Tooling Design Specialist • Particular duties • Design tooling (punches and dyes) to make tablets on CAD software • Meet with customers • Quote tooling and machines • Create 3D models of machines • Average work schedule • 7:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday • Eligible for overtime as needed
education • Graduated High School • Millikin University • 3 years • Math and Science major • Did not graduate • Started own buissiness • Martin Bros. Plastics and Metals • Community College • Machinist training • Quality control • CMM (coordinate measuring machine programming) • AutoCad
What would he do differently? • Would Change • Finish degree at Millikin • Easier to climb the ladder at Thomas Engineering • Took 16 years to be promoted to Senior Designer • Wouldn’t change • Owning his own buissiness • Experience working with tools • Experience managing your own designs • Office versus Machine shop
Advice? • What are they looking for? • Knowledgeable • Hands on • Math and Science • Passionate • Friendly • Has a desire to design • What they aren’t looking for: • Engineering is just a paying job
Personal Reflection • What surprised you the most about the interview? • Length it took to be promoted • All the tasks of Todd • What was the most important piece of information that you learned form the interview? • The average work day • How has this interview influenced your feelings about your future career? • The pharmacy versus pharmaceutical engineering