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I joined Zuken in August of 2017 as an application engineer, having previously worked for Boeing in the defense sector for around four years following my graduation from UCLA. While with Boeing, my coworkers and I had been evaluating a few CAD tools. Coincidentally, a former colleague had already joined Zuken. He spoke highly of the company, so I approached Zuken. I was warmly welcomed to the family and I\u2019ve never looked back!<\/p>\n
Why the career\/sector change? What I find most appealing is the diversity of applications for Zuken\u2019s CAD software. As an E3.series application engineer, I get to visit customers and learn how they are using our tools. One visit might be to a specialist vehicle manufacturer, designing harnesses for use in a harsh environment (temperature extremes, vibration,\u00a0and dirt). The next site visit might be a customer designing harnesses for a semiconductor manufacturer\u2019s clean room. Because of this huge variety of applications, there is no typical day for me at Zuken \u2013 and I love that. In my previous job, project work meant I could spend months working on the same thing, which didn\u2019t suit me.<\/p>\n
I like that I travel a lot. And when I\u2019m not on the road or in the air, I get to work from home. On home days I make early starts to have as much overlap with my colleagues in all regions across the US as possible. We’re based all over the country, but our work is not confined to any specific region; we go where the customers need us. I\u2019ve been as far as Cape Canaveral in Florida. I quite enjoy the long-distance trips and will often tag a day or two of vacation\u00a0onto a business trip.<\/p>\n
Whether home or away, the days are long but enjoyable. I do a lot of communicating in my role, as everything is time-sensitive and every customer is important. But I\u2019m not alone in these views. It\u2019s very much the Zuken mindset. We all help each other and there\u2019s a positive, can-do attitude within the company.<\/p>\n
I received excellent training when I joined Zuken, which largely involved shadowing colleagues that are more experienced as they gave demos and helped customers. About six months into the job, I worked the Zuken Hotline for a while, which was a great\u00a0experience. It meant I could start helping customers and give something back. Plus I had easy access to more experienced colleagues when I needed additional support. I was learning and teaching at the same time, and I got to see our software in use in a wide variety of amazing industries and applications.<\/p>\n
On another note, the level of encouragement in Zuken is amazing. I worked with some seasoned Zuken experts recently and I had to prepare and deliver a presentation to a rather large audience. They supported me and gave me the confidence to do a great job. That\u2019s part of the Zuken culture.<\/p>\n
The Zuken social life is good. Though I work from home, the nearest Zuken office is only about an hour\u2019s drive away, and I participate in many of their social activities. Also, if I\u2019m doing a joint visit with other application engineers we\u2019ll typically go out and do things together in the evening.<\/p>\n
Mine is far from a 9 to 5 job because of how I need to fit my activities around the availability of customers and colleagues, but that\u2019s not a bad thing. My job is all about helping customers, solving problems, and being appreciated for doing it. I have my schedule, get to work with some great people and love rolling with the punches. If you\u2019re of a similar nature I can certainly recommend this working life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\t\t\t\tGeo (short for Geoffrey) Ng joined Zuken in 2017 and enjoys the responsibilities and flexibility of his job, the travel opportunities and the \u201ccan-do\u201d attitude of the company. He is based in the bay area of San Francisco, California, USA.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":14174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[244],"tags":[345,344,263,334],"class_list":["post-10327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people-markets","tag-cad","tag-e3-series","tag-eda","tag-zuken-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n