May 18, 2022

Landing a Full-Time Engineering Career at NASA

39 minutes

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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May 18, 2022

Landing a Full-Time Engineering Career at NASA

39 minutes

Altium 365: Where the World Designs Electronics

Watch the video, click here.

Get Your First Month of Altium Designer® for FREE

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