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Engineer a Career

Engineer a Career 70 Episodes Oct 6, 2026

Engineer a Career is a podcast focused on helping listeners build and grow a career in engineering. It offers guidance on professional development, career planning, and practical steps for success in the field. The show is aimed at engineers at various stages, from those starting out to experienced professionals seeking advancement.

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Biomedical Engineering at Dundee: From Higher Maths to a Masters in Global Health
Biomedical Engineering at Dundee: From Higher Maths to a Masters in Global Health Oct 6, 2026 00:30:49 In episode 69, Hayyaan joins Josh to share how great tech teachers and a school Lego club sparked his interest in engineering, why one open day settled his choice of degree, and what it was like learning anatomy at Ninewells Hospital and sitting at the controls of a Da Vinci surgical robot.They talk about founding Dundee's first biomedical engineering society, becoming a J.P. Morgan tech brand
Formula Student to Formula One
Formula Student to Formula One Sep 29, 2026 00:47:25 Episode 68 of the Engineer a Career Podcast, with Josh joined by TJ Scott, a Formula One engineer and fellow Glasgow Caledonian University alumnus.TJ grew up building fast, unlikely cars with his dad in the family workshop. That was where he first asked how you take something that works and design it properly on paper before cutting any metal. School didn't go to plan. His route through educat
Thinner Wires, Bigger Grid: Superconducting Cables and the Race to Rewire Britain | Superconducting Machines & Systems | Episode 2 - Power Transmission
Thinner Wires, Bigger Grid: Superconducting Cables and the Race to Rewire Britain | Superconducting Machines & Systems | Episode 2 - Power Transmission Sep 22, 2026 00:12:42 Professor Weijia Yuan, who is part of the University of Strathclyde's Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, joins Josh again to explain how superconducting cables can already replace copper in the grid at a fraction of the volume, why the real barrier isn't the technology but the economics, and where the UK could build a manufacturing capability rather than just watch this happen elsewhere
Hotter Than the Sun: Engineering Fusion's Magnets | Superconducting Machines & Systems | Episode 1 - Fusion
Hotter Than the Sun: Engineering Fusion's Magnets | Superconducting Machines & Systems | Episode 1 - Fusion Sep 15, 2026 00:22:36 Professor Weijia Yuan, who is part of the University of Strathclyde's Applied Superconductivity Laboratory, joins Josh to explain how superconducting magnets, not the fusion reaction itself, are becoming fusion energy's hardest engineering problem, and why the next decade could see the first real fusion electricity hit the grid.This is Episode one of the Superconducting Machines & Syst
Building Regeno: An Engineer's Leap Into Deep Tech
Building Regeno: An Engineer's Leap Into Deep Tech Sep 8, 2026 00:23:05 Every engineer's instinct is to chase efficiency: more power, better shapes, cleaner numbers. Adarsh Bhardwaj thinks that instinct is exactly what's holding the renewables sector back.In this special episode, Josh is joined by Adarsh, an engineer turned entrepreneur and founder of Regeno, the deep tech startup building a plug-and-play wind turbine that can be installed and maintained witho
Software Engineering Isn't Dead. AI, Careers and the Engineering Mindset.
Software Engineering Isn't Dead. AI, Careers and the Engineering Mindset. Sep 1, 2026 00:51:07 Josh sat down with Ryan to talk through his journey from the wee computer guy fixing the school projector to co-founding an AI advisory business, and how a career in software engineering shaped the way he now thinks about the biggest question in the industry.What stands out about Ryan's story is that the through-line was never really the code. It was the problem solving. From jailbreaking his
Applying for a Graduate Role? Ready.Steady.Go
Applying for a Graduate Role? Ready.Steady.Go Aug 25, 2026 00:06:57 Applications open in weeks. The people who get the internships, placements and graduate roles are the ones who are ready before they do.In the last of four episodes for the new academic year, Josh shares what he'd tell any engineering student or graduate going after a jobTreat getting the job like a module and give it time every week. Build a base CV and tailor it to every role. Get in early,
Start The Rhythm. Your Engineering Journal.
Start The Rhythm. Your Engineering Journal. Aug 18, 2026 00:08:55 The simplest habit in this episode is the one you'll wish you'd started sooner.Sixteen years ago, in his first job, Josh was told to keep a notepad. He still does over 25 of them now, filled with notes from across his career. When it came to becoming a chartered engineer, those notebooks were the record he built his whole submission from.This episode is about starting yours. Not a tidy dia
Stop Underselling Yourself!
Stop Underselling Yourself! Aug 11, 2026 00:12:56 Josh is back with more steps to build your way to a career in engineering.This one's about the skills you already have and aren't talking about. You go to university or college, you get the degree but the part-time job, the society, the volunteering, the side project are all building capabilities employers want. Most students undersell them, or forget they count at all.Josh breaks down whe
Starting an engineering degree?
Starting an engineering degree? Aug 4, 2026 00:20:05 Episode 60 of the Engineer a Career Podcast, with Josh going solo at the start of a new academic year to reflect on his own engineering degree what he got right, and what he would do differently.Josh started his degree at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2010 and has since gone on to become a chartered engineer, a project manager, and a business owner. He walks through the decisions that shaped th
From Electrician to Chartered Engineer
From Electrician to Chartered Engineer Jul 28, 2026 00:56:30 Josh sat down with Ryan to talk through his journey from electrical apprentice to chartered engineer, and how he ended up working as a senior project manager in Perth, Australia.What stands out about Ryan's story is that nobody handed him the way in. He failed physics twice at school and never considered university an option. When he couldn't get an apprenticeship, he did a pre-apprentices
Engineering, Entrepreneurialism and The Energy Institute
Engineering, Entrepreneurialism and The Energy Institute Jul 21, 2026 00:33:15 It's Episode 58, and it's time to share what it's really like being a member of one of our strategic partners, the Energy Institute.Ubong Essien is a PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde and Secretary of the Energy Institute Young Professional Network.He studied mechanical engineering in Nigeria, where apprenticeships were not a common route into the profession and universit

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