I used to be an engineer but now I’m fine.
For the past decade I’ve been a
Content designer.
In 2016, I started copywriting for various tech projects. But everything led to user experience. Today I am a well-rounded UX writer and content designer, with experience in user research and UX design.
Drawing from my engineering background, I found a sweet spot in technical projects. My brain is just wired that way. The ultimate dream is to find a project in the aerospace industry. Mothership is calling … I guess.
Keywords: content / UX design / tech
My job before content design was
Aerospace engineer at AIRBUS Helicopters.
Helicopters are loud. So they need special permissions and certificates to fly around cities where the noise can impact people’s lives. While at Airbus Helicopters, I was involved in aeroacoustic: I did numerical simulations of the noise produced by the EC135 and helped with its certification. You’ve haven’t lived until you got up at 3am, wore wellies in July and crossed ponds to install microphones on a 3 square kilometre field.
Keywords: Fourier transformation / numerical simulations / MATLAB
A PhD in aerodynamics, would make me a
Geek.
Seriously. I fumbled with code to simulate and study supersonic flows at the Technische Universität München. By far the coolest thing I’ve ever written is my PhD thesis – “Studying the effects of shockwave-turbulent boundary layer interaction by means of Implicit Large Eddy Simulations”. Want to find out more?
Keywords: high-speed aerodynamics / numerical simulations / Fortran 90
Do you believe in magic?
From aerospace engineering to content design? I can understand your confusion. But unicorns are real. Don’t believe me? Let’s connect.
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