Hi Prayot, I’m really glad to hear that what we do excites you! I’ve been with the R&D team for 5 years now and I really enjoy my job.
Eliot gave some great insight, especially that recent webinar - I’ll do my best to add on:
- The R&D team is relatively small, so you get to see a project through from concept all the way to release, which is really exciting and relatively rare in industry
- We mainly work on new products but we also dedicate time to improving existing products. We have been working hard to remove potting from our components recently, for example
- We are always looking to improve our products in the areas you mentioned - they should remain accessible (affordable), so we are trying lots of new manufacturing technologies in addition to putting a lot of thought into design
- I believe that co-op term lengths are flexible, although I am not directly involved in hiring
Congrats on nearing the end of your degree!
Rai