Electrical Engineer
When Julie Stultz was a kid, she watched
her father leave for work every morning.
She knew he was an electrical engineer,
but she really didn’t know exactly
what he did. Throughout middle school and
high school, Julie learned that engineers
used a lot of math and science but she still
didn't know what they did with it. Upon
graduating high school, Julie began working
for her father as his assistant. She finally
thought she had an idea of what engineering
was all about. When she entered college
at the University of Southern Maine, she
declared her major to be engineering.
In
Julie’s four years at the University
of Southern Maine, she learned that engineers
work in many different fields. After considering
several engineering options, she became
interested in circuit design because she
loved the challenge of putting components
together, then watching her device operate
as she had designed it to do.
Julie
was offered a position as a co-op (intern)
at Fairchild Semiconductor during the summer
of 2000. After that summer, she was offered
a second co-op as a Circuit Designer. She
continued to co-op with Fairchild Semiconductor
until graduating in May of 2001. When she
graduated, Fairchild offered her a position
as a full-time Circuit Design Engineer,
which she happily accepted.
Julie
now designs parts that are used in different
application such as MP3 players, video games,
cell phones, PDAs, and other common electronic
devices. She designs the parts, then watches
them go through the fabrication process
and testing. Julie likes to know where her
parts end up and which applications they're
used in – she likes walking into a
store, seeing a product with one of her
parts, and knowing that she helped make
it work.
Julie
Stultz