WEBVTT 00:07.943 --> 00:10.360 (slow music) 00:12.946 --> 00:14.326 - So I think the Philadelphia Division is such 00:14.326 --> 00:16.207 a great place for engineers to work 00:16.207 --> 00:18.157 ^and especially young engineers to work 00:18.157 --> 00:20.161 ^because of the large variety of engineering 00:20.161 --> 00:21.310 ^that we do here. 00:21.310 --> 00:23.560 ^So we have this large depth from, 00:23.560 --> 00:26.472 we touch R and D, we touch installations in the ship, 00:26.472 --> 00:28.700 we touch life cycle engineering and even the end of life 00:28.700 --> 00:31.796 of the ship with harvesting, decommissioning, 00:31.796 --> 00:33.494 even the foreign military sales. 00:33.494 --> 00:36.091 ^- I like working here because I get the freedom 00:36.091 --> 00:38.935 ^to work on really cutting edge technologies 00:38.935 --> 00:41.427 ^and it allows me the freedom to drive my career 00:41.427 --> 00:43.220 in the direction that I wanna go in 00:43.220 --> 00:45.515 based on researching new technologies 00:45.515 --> 00:47.263 that I can bring forward to the Navy, 00:47.263 --> 00:49.248 making a difference there. 00:49.248 --> 00:51.103 - I enjoy working at the Philadelphia Division 00:51.103 --> 00:54.494 ^because my work directly impacts the sailors' lives 00:54.494 --> 00:58.481 ^who are enlisted and who serve on U.S. Navy submarines. 00:58.481 --> 01:01.194 This piece of life support equipment runs daily 01:01.194 --> 01:05.027 and works to keep them alive producing oxygen. 01:05.373 --> 01:06.973 - I love challenges. 01:06.973 --> 01:09.056 ^I don't like being bored. 01:09.106 --> 01:11.856 ^So I was very athletic growing up 01:12.398 --> 01:15.347 ^so I like to apply sports to my job now. 01:15.347 --> 01:19.180 One thing about sports is, nothing's the same. 01:19.379 --> 01:21.001 - Honestly, the best part about working here 01:21.001 --> 01:25.168 ^is getting to travel to the different ports of call 01:25.655 --> 01:27.566 ^and being able to be on the ships 01:27.566 --> 01:30.340 and really interact with the sailors and to see how much 01:30.340 --> 01:33.529 our program has an impact to the fleet. 01:33.529 --> 01:35.757 - I started here as a (mumbles) with no idea 01:35.757 --> 01:37.753 ^what I wanted to do with my career 01:37.753 --> 01:40.295 ^and I never left because I liked it so much. 01:40.295 --> 01:43.026 ^The variety of jobs everyday keeps me 01:43.026 --> 01:45.655 from getting bored and I really love the coworkers 01:45.655 --> 01:48.381 that I have and the problems that I have to go ahead 01:48.381 --> 01:50.214 and try to figure out. 01:50.445 --> 01:52.245 - I started as a software developer, 01:52.245 --> 01:55.540 ^so the challenges I faced were more technological in nature. 01:55.540 --> 01:58.592 ^Recently, I transitioned into a program management role 01:58.592 --> 02:00.450 and the challenges I face now have more to do 02:00.450 --> 02:03.263 with finances, schedules and planning 02:03.263 --> 02:05.952 and I'm responsible for coordinating all those elements 02:05.952 --> 02:08.792 to ensure that the Navy gets quality products on time 02:08.792 --> 02:09.959 and on budget. 02:10.300 --> 02:12.579 ^- I like that there's variety. 02:12.579 --> 02:16.428 ^I mean, we handle basically every system on every ship, 02:16.428 --> 02:19.595 ^so you have a pretty broad spectrum of 02:19.978 --> 02:21.525 what we're looking at. 02:21.525 --> 02:23.602 It's not just doing the same thing over 02:23.602 --> 02:25.602 and over and over again. 02:26.690 --> 02:29.195 ^- As an engineer I've always enjoyed hands on 02:29.195 --> 02:33.205 ^type of work and here at the (mumbles) 02:33.205 --> 02:35.329 really allows me to be involved 02:35.329 --> 02:38.187 in hands on troubleshooting on a day to day basis. 02:38.187 --> 02:40.650 I'm not getting bored sitting at my computer everyday. 02:40.650 --> 02:42.132 Everyday is different. 02:42.132 --> 02:45.574 You really feel like you are involved in the products 02:45.574 --> 02:48.907 via testing or troubleshooting something 02:49.497 --> 02:51.205 that might be going wrong on the test site. 02:51.205 --> 02:53.755 ^- So I enjoy working here because I'm always 02:53.755 --> 02:57.255 ^working with the newest toys such as this, 02:58.263 --> 03:00.417 the flexible hours and the amazing places 03:00.417 --> 03:02.250 that we get to travel. 03:02.720 --> 03:06.512 ^- I've had the experience to go to Singapore several times 03:06.512 --> 03:09.679 ^in the last year and got to experience 03:09.919 --> 03:13.566 a other country, whole other side of the world 03:13.566 --> 03:15.983 and it was very enlightening. 03:16.504 --> 03:18.947 ^- Philadelphia offers a unique perspective. 03:18.947 --> 03:23.114 ^I can see technologies developed from early stages R and D, 03:23.129 --> 03:26.020 all the way through ship integration, implementation 03:26.020 --> 03:28.761 and then really (mumbles) is taking them off the ship 03:28.761 --> 03:30.529 if you've been here long enough. 03:30.529 --> 03:32.440 It's a really unique perspective that you don't get 03:32.440 --> 03:35.326 in a lot of other fields or locations 03:35.326 --> 03:38.966 and that's what makes Philadelphia so unique. 03:38.966 --> 03:40.862 - One of the most rewarding aspects of my job 03:40.862 --> 03:42.832 ^is being able to take a project 03:42.832 --> 03:45.920 ^and see it come to fruition and real life on a ship 03:45.920 --> 03:47.965 and there's no greater honor than being able 03:47.965 --> 03:51.132 to serve those that serve our country. 03:51.932 --> 03:54.200 - In the beginning of my career here in Philadelphia, 03:54.200 --> 03:56.563 I worked and went onboard submarines, 03:56.563 --> 03:59.639 actually oversee the installs of this piece of equipment. 03:59.639 --> 04:01.315 We take off high pressure oxygen 04:01.315 --> 04:03.290 and put this low pressure system on 04:03.290 --> 04:06.282 and I could see day to day how relieved 04:06.282 --> 04:07.803 the sailors were that they were gonna have 04:07.803 --> 04:10.398 a system that had ease of maintenance, 04:10.398 --> 04:12.838 that was more reliable so that when they were underway, 04:12.838 --> 04:15.205 deployed, they had one less thing to worry about. 04:15.205 --> 04:16.689 They had one less piece of equipment 04:16.689 --> 04:18.662 that they had to constantly do maintenance on 04:18.662 --> 04:20.873 and being able to interact with the sailors 04:20.873 --> 04:24.047 and see how my work directly effects their lives 04:24.047 --> 04:26.047 is extremely beneficial. 04:27.508 --> 04:29.748 - I also get the opportunity to help train 04:29.748 --> 04:32.806 the fleets that come through, which I feel 04:32.806 --> 04:35.247 is very rewarding and really feel like you are involved 04:35.247 --> 04:38.478 in supporting our Navy directly and making sure 04:38.478 --> 04:42.645 that the product is supported throughout its lifetime. 04:44.229 --> 04:46.464 - At this job we travel a lot, 04:46.464 --> 04:49.012 we are testing different equipment 04:49.012 --> 04:50.938 so everything is different and that's what I love 04:50.938 --> 04:52.188 about this job. 04:53.202 --> 04:56.055 - We have this variety of the types of technologies 04:56.055 --> 04:56.888 that we touch. 04:56.888 --> 04:58.904 We have mechanical, we have electrical, 04:58.904 --> 05:00.164 those are our two main ones. 05:00.164 --> 05:02.960 But we also do chemical engineering, chemistry, 05:02.960 --> 05:05.546 structural engineering and a whole variety. 05:05.546 --> 05:07.799 You have a chance to work with experts 05:07.799 --> 05:09.600 from all these different disciplines 05:09.600 --> 05:10.433 and you also have the opportunity 05:10.433 --> 05:14.600 to move and change projects throughout your career here.