S5E9 Jon Montcrief | Medical Device Engineering Leaders 8

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Jon Montcrief shares his career path in chemical engineering and process development roles in the medical device industry. He discusses challenges in manufacturing, supply chains, and the regulated medical device industry.

Main Topics:

• Engineering career paths
• Chemical engineering background
• Manufacturing trends
• Supply chain challenges
• Technical and soft skills for engineers
• Challenges facing medical device companies
• The future of medical technology.

About the guest: Jon Montcrief, holds a bachelor's and master's degree in chemical engineering and is currently the director of process development and sustaining engineering at Becton Dickinson, where he applies his process engineering and polymer background to develop products in the medical device space. John, thank you so much for joining us today.

Links:

Jon Montcrief - LinkedIn

About Being An Engineer

The Being An Engineer podcast is a repository for industry knowledge and a tool through which engineers learn about and connect with relevant companies, technologies, people resources, and opportunities. We feature successful mechanical engineers and interview engineers who are passionate about their work and who made a great impact on the engineering community.

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Chapters

1. Jon Montcrief discusses his motivation for becoming an engineer and enjoying seeing the impact of his work. (00:00:00)

2. Jon highlights how a chemical engineering background provides a natural fit for process development roles in understanding how processes come together logically. (00:01:16)

3. Jon emphasizes the importance of collaboration and interdisciplinary skills for successful engineers and teams. (00:10:57)

4. Jon and Aaron Moncur agree that technical skills are important but soft skills like communication and leadership are equally crucial for career success. (00:12:17)

5. Jon proposes an AI tool that could help engineers perform 5-10 times better by automating the process of reviewing past work to reduce mistakes. (00:18:35)

6. Aaron Moncur saves time using GPT to convert a PDF table to Excel format, demonstrating potential AI applications. (00:22:10)

7. Jon predicts that robots and 3D printing will play a larger role in customized medical devices directly tailored to individual patients. (00:31:04)

8. Jon finds joy in recognizing employee achievements publicly to inspire others. (00:35:18)