Applied in November 2024 for an entry-level role.

I had three phone calls:

• One with the recruiter
• One with the engineering team lead
• One with the director

After the third interview, they had me fly out for an onsite interview. I was asked to prepare a 30-minute presentation, followed by one-on-one meetings.

During the first one-on-one, they gave me a written test. I performed poorly on the test, and they sent me home early.

Communication was slow throughout the process. The entire process took approximately six weeks from when the recruiter first reached out, which was a month after I applied.

During the onsite and in the interviews, it felt like the interviewers were disengaged with the process and didn't want me there. It was odd to move forward so far.

Rank aluminum, steel, titanium, and carbon fiber from high to low for strength-to-weight ratio and density.

A series of questions about a cantilevered beam. Which shape is strongest? Where will it fail and how?

Explain how a Pitot tube works. What is Bernoulli's equation?

Math questions pertaining to a spring-mass system. Explain how tuning parameters like mass, wire size, coil diameter, and spring length impact the resonant modes.

General written fundamentals questions, including beam bending formulas, piston forces, mechanical analysis of a CAD screenshot, and more.

The content wasn't difficult, but there wasn't enough time to get through everything in detail (3 pages in 10 minutes).