Career Spotlight: Mechatronics Engineer

Four people in reflective vests and hardhats install a very large solar panel in an array of other solar panels. Caption: They're expensive. They use a lot of material.

Leila Madrone is a mechatronics engineer who works at Otherlab. She leads an engineering team that is trying to improve large solar power fields. Before she joined Otherlab, she worked at NASA, where she created a device for taking high-resolution panoramic images. She chose to become an engineer because she wanted to help create a better world. Part of the "Career Spotlight" series.

(Source: DCMP)

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Subject:
Careers
Keywords:
energy

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  • Career Spotlight: Mechatronics Engineer

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Audio Descriptions - Visual, English Captions - Auditory, Spanish Audio Descriptions - Visual, Spanish Captions - Auditory
    Languages:
    English, Spanish
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    KQED
    Length:
    3 minutes