engineer
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As the ship's chief engineer, he was entitled to six months' leave each year.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is a “mastermind of financial engineering,” said Spencer Jackson, a former SpaceX engineer and the CEO of Critical Energy, a startup working on making clean energy more accessible.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
The report highlighted an example of a junior software engineer, Robin, who pasted thousands of lines of AI-generated code before going to bed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Future iterations of the robot will respond to voice commands and even be able to chat, said the engineer, Hu Bowen.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Jean-Victor Poncelet was a student of Monge’s who learned about three-dimensional geometry as he trained to become an engineer for Napoleon’s army.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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