Episode 8

A CAD Engineer on Women in Engineering

Topic
expertise
Date
30 June 2026
Author
AVK
Duration
8 mins

What does it take to design the power behind a data centre — and what's it really like to be a woman in engineering? In this episode of Generating Conversation, we sit down with Megan O'Connor, a CAD engineer at AVK who's been promoted twice in just over two years. Now we're asking her about her career journey - her entry into engineering, the importance of female mentors, and the advice she'd give someone coming into the industry now.

Key topics

On Women in Engineering Day last week, we introduced you to a day in Megan's (our Lead CAD Engineer's) life. Now we're asking her about her career journey - her entry into engineering, the importance of female mentors, and the advice she'd give someone coming into the industry now.

Key topics covered in this episode are:

 

  • Megan’s journey into the industry and how she got into CAD engineering.
  • What a normal day doing CAD engineering holds.
  • What the engineering industry holds for women interested in entering it.
  • The importance of female mentors and what can be learnt from their experience.
  • The advice she would give to those with career choices ahead of them.

 

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