Amanda got accepted to the University of Waterloo for Mechatronics engineering but struggled with the transition from high school to university. She then discovered that Conestoga College had a fully accredited engineering degree program, so she transferred over to Conestoga and graduated in August 2022 as a mechanical systems engineer.

"Thanks to co-op placements, I was able to try out various positions in different industries. This is where I discovered a love for manufacturing and process engineering. While I love doing mechanical design, there is something about the design of the manufacturing processes for creating products that fascinate and challenge me."
In this episode, Amanda talks about her experience as a manufacturing engineer at Deep Trekker overseeing the production of submersible remotely operated vehicles and pipe crawler robots. She also seems to be the only woman in the engineering department so that’s also a really interesting experience (all positive so far!).