Applied Medical

Process Engineer

June - September 2023 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

I liked the hands on opportunities and the exposure to many different engineering tasks.

What I wish was different

I wish I was given more time to be able to conduct testings and write reports for the device I designed.

Advice

Be vocal about what tasks you are interested in and ask your mentor to help when needed.

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Mechanical Engineering Technician

June 2015 - September 2018 • Lake Forest, CA

What I liked

Ability to own design projects and gain outside perspectives. Made an impact and recieved technical and general mentorship from peers and managers.

What I wish was different

I wish my work was cemented in such a way that I was seen as someone with a career, rather than an originally-adolescent hire. Financially, i’ve helped the company with my inventions and projects more than i’ve received (versus regular hires), and formal recognition even in that of title would have helped. But as it was, I got to enjoy being an engineering technician who got to design things all day. I appreciate that very much.

Advice

Be concious about your energy and impact. Immaturity and maturity too.

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Senior Team Member Relations Administrator

September 2014 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

Applied Medical has a great team environment and culture. Applied Medical cares about their team members and their customers. They practice putting quality over quantity.

What I wish was different

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Events & Hospitality

June - August 2019 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

The atmosphere of the company was exceptional.

What I wish was different

I wish I had done more networking within the company.

Advice

Always give your best effort even if the position isn’t necessarily for you.

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Clinical Development Intern

May - August 2019 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

I liked how vast my opportunities were there. I worked on a lot of very different projects with many different people. The atmosphere was good, everyone I worked with was very nice and respectful. The employees care a lot about the ideals of the company and know that their work is valued.

What I wish was different

I wish I had a bit stronger management. Sometimes I was finished with a project and was unsure what I should be doing.

Advice

Ask questions! You'll be able to get involved in almost any project with any person you want if you ask about it.

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Product Development Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

Great team, great learning experience and exposure to the medical device industry

What I wish was different

More SolidWorks and technical tasks

Advice

As a vertically integrated company you are exposed to the entire product development and manufacturing process - take advantage of that!

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Biomedical Engineering Intern

June - September 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

Great experience with opportunity to learn about a lot of different levels of the medical device manufacturing industry from component level to top level assembly.

What I wish was different

Low pay relative to other companies.

Advice

Be proactive and confident. Act like you belong and people will take notice of you.

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Product Development Engineering Intern

May - August 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

Hands on experience, young team, great support network, many other interns to befriend. Progressed in a wide variety of technical skills

What I wish was different

Nothing

Advice

Look for companies with a young workforce. Applied being such a young company really made me love working there.

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Manufacturing Engineering Intern

June - August 2018 • Lake Forest, CA

What I liked

The experience was focused on learning new things for engineering and learning a lot about professional engineering. I also enjoyed the work environment. There was always pressure to do well, but never overwhelming and always positive.

What I wish was different

Very little actually. The short amount of time summer interns have is inconvenient because of the limited scope of jobs we could do in the short amount of time, but nothing beyond that.

Advice

Applied Medical was a great place to work with people motivated to achieve high goals both in the workplace and outside of it. It was truly a pleasure to work there.

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Research and Product development intern

June - September 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

Great company culture. Very hands on and I was treated like a real engineer from the very first day

What I wish was different

There wasn’t a lot of natural light in the building that I was in so having better access to the outdoors during the day would have been nice.

Advice

Ask a lot of questions. Everyone there wants you to learn as much as you can. Participate in meetings and be vocal!

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Product Development Intern

June - September 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

It showed you what it really is like to work in the professional world.

What I wish was different

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Group Process Development Intern

June - August 2017 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

I got to work very personally with a group of mostly young engineers that helped mentor me. I was exposed to many different parts of the company as a GPD intern and gained hands on experience.

What I wish was different

I wish the intern tasks were more fleshed out before the summer started.

Advice

Be friendly and talk to engineers and production workers alike. Everyone has good feedback and experiences to share.

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Production Design intern

July - September 2017 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

I really liked the culture and work environment of the company

What I wish was different

I wish I had been provided more projects to work on within my time there

Advice

Overall, the intern program is well organized and their is room for growth.

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Extrusion Intern

May - August 2018 • Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

What I liked

I thoroughly enjoyed working on several design projects over the course of the summer. One in particular took the duration of the whole summer and required me to interview staff members, schedule design meetings, and use technical software such as SOLIDWORKS. At the end of the summer I was able to see the final assembly of my main design project and is currently in use by the production team . It was ver satisfying to see the final assembly of my project and it was a great pleasure getting to contribute to the team.

What I wish was different

I wish I had the opportunity to interact with other departments. My department was one of the smaller ones which has its benefits in how many projects I got to engage in but I only worked directly with 1-2 interns over the summer.

Advice

This experience confirmed my desire to achieve my degree in ME. It is imperative to get experience working in the your desired field and the way to earn this experience is to attend career fairs, practice your mock interview with the career center, and send your resume to any employer you may have even the slightest interest in. All of the previous steps led to my amazing experience working for Applied Medical but it took applying to many opportunities before I finally heard back. Never get discouraged because the right opportunity could be right around the corner.

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