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Talking Technicians

MNT-EC

The podcast about micro and nano technicians: Who they are, what they do, and how they got there. Hosted by Peter Kazarinoff and supported by the Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-...

Episodes

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S07-E02 Angelo is a Production Associate at Tesla

In this episode, you’ll meet Angelo who transitioned from his role as a Tesla production associate at Giga Texas into the semiconductor fiel...

11:20Nov 2, 2026

S07-E01 Elinor is a Principal Maintenance Technician at GlobalFoundries

In this episode, you’ll meet Elinor, who works as a principal maintenance technician at GlobalFoundries in Malta, New York. Elinor shares he...

13:50Oct 5, 2026

S06-E07 Hans is a XSEM Team Supervisor at Lam Research

In this episode, you’ll meet Hans. Hans is a cross-SEM team supervisor at Lam Research in Tualatin, Oregon. Hans made the move from Minneapo...

23:16Jun 24, 2026

S06-E06 Ed is a Clean Room Production Technician at New York Creates

Ed is a clean room production technician at New York Creates in Albany, New York. Ed describes his work as a technician including data colle...

18:01Jun 1, 2026

S06-E05 Wes is a Field Service Engineer at Tokyo Electron

Wes is a field service engineer at Tokyo Electron in North Phoenix, Arizona. Wes discusses his role, which involves maintaining and repairin...

14:59May 4, 2026

S06-E04 Oscar is a technician at Jireh Semiconductor

In this episode of Talking Technicians you’ll meet Oscar Rodriguez, a technician at Jireh Semiconductor. Oscar shares his journey from South...

17:17Oct 31, 2025

S06-E03 Special Episode: Cross-over with Trouble Shooting Technicians

This special episode is a crossover episode with the Troubleshooting Technicians Podcast. Troubleshooting Technicians is a podcast about how...

27:29Sep 1, 2025

S06-E02 Ashley is an RDA process technician at Micron

Ashley is an RDA process technician at Micron in Manassas, Virginia. Ashley describes her role in inspecting wafers for imperfections and en...

22:55Aug 4, 2025

S06-E01 Joey is a Equipment Engineer at Micron

In this episode of Talking Technicians you’ll meet Joey, an equipment engineer at Micron in Boise, Idaho. Joey details his professional jour...

26:06Jul 7, 2025

S05-E10 Jose is a technician at KNI

Jose, a technician at the Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) at Caltech, discusses his role in microfabrication, using equipment like ellipso...

22:21Jun 16, 2025

S05-E09 Justin is a test engineer at Entegris

Justin, a test engineer at Entegris in Prior Lake, Minnesota, discusses his career progression from working as technician to becoming an eng...

15:50Jun 2, 2025

S05-E08 Logan is a Quality Tech 3 at Renewal by Andersen

Logan is a Quality Tech 3 at Renewal by Anderson in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Logan highlights career development opportunities at Anderson, inc...

17:28May 19, 2025

S05-E07 Ani is an intern at the Cal Tech Nano Lab

Ani, an intern at Caltech's KNI clean room, discusses her role in nanotechnology fabrication. Ani trained on various machines, includin...

24:13May 5, 2025

S05-E06 Ian is a maintenance technician at Polar Semiconductor

Ian, a maintenance technician at Polar Semiconductor in Cottage Grove, Minnesota, discusses his career path and work as a maintenance techni...

16:44Apr 14, 2025

S05-E05 Gabriel is a Field Service Engineer at Applied Materials

Gabriel is a field service engineer at Applied Materials in Hillsboro, Oregon. In this episode, Gabriel discusses his career path. He attend...

20:14Mar 31, 2025

S05-E04 Matt is a Senior Research Technician

Matt is a senior research technician at the University of Kentucky's Institute of Sustainable Manufacturing. He shares his career path,...

13:40Mar 17, 2025

S05-E03 Eldon is an Additive Manufacturing Project Specialist

Eldon shares his journey from high school in McCreary County, Kentucky, to his current role as an Additive Manufacturing Project Specialist...

30:12Mar 3, 2025

S05-E02 Arman is a technician at Excelitas

Arman is a fabrication technician at Excelitas in Boulder, Colorado. Arman moved from Santa Clarita, California, and now earns around $50,00...

17:00Jan 27, 2025

S05-E01 Emily worked with NASA, the White House, and is now at Intel

In this episode of Talking Technicians, you’ll meet Emily, a facilities engineer at Intel. Emily shares her journey from community college t...

34:13Oct 8, 2024

S04-E10 Josh is a Technician at Analog Devices

In this episode of Talking Technicians, you’ll meet Josh, a technician at Analog Devices in San Jose, California. Hear about Josh's bac...

17:29Jul 25, 2024