Real engineers

If you’re engineering parts for planes, trains or nuclear plants, how do you measure how well they’re working? How do you know if they’re feeling the strain in certain areas or might break? And how can you do this with objects made of metal, when it might not be obvious to the human eye?

Acoustic engineers make gigs, concerts and speeches sound great. Arthur works with architects to improve sound in new buildings through good design...

A life-changing visit to Cape Canaveral set Stephanie on a new career path which saw her swap cruise ships for space science and engineering.

Think of the most exotic trip you can...India? Thailand? Maybe South America? What about outer space? Well, Pamela Melroy has been there, and now she's back to tell us all about it.

Jasmine Mucenieks takes new chemical formulations for hair care products fresh from the lab and works out the best way to produce these on a large scale. This is to make new products ready for the mass-market, so you can buy them from a shop near you!

Mastering engineer Mandy Parnell puts the final touches to musicians' recordings to make them sound great, and has worked with The XX, Björk, Feist, Brian Eno and more.

Kaifer is a 25 year old engineering apprentice enrolled in an advanced multi-skilled apprenticeship for PepsiCo UK.

Kimberley is a graduate at vehicle engineering, test and development company MIRA, keeping drivers safe on the roads through crash barrier testing and more.

Whether she’s chasing radio pirates or helping aeroplanes to land safely, no two days are the same for Sara Salim. Sara works as a Radio Spectrum Engineer for Ofcom, making sure we get crisp and clear radio, television and mobile phone signals. Tomorrow’s Engineers spoke to Sara about the buzz of engineering and the glamour of her job behind the scenes.

We caught up with Glenn Ward from the BBC's The Apprentice, now an electronics engineer at Cadac, to see what kind of sound magic happens behind the scenes at your favourite show.

Design engineer Lee sees engineering as a combination of science and art - find out why.

As an automation engineer, Ben Phillips gets to go behind the factory gates of West End musical production Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. We found out what working on a world-class theatre production involves.

After finishing school, Josh Brough decided he wanted to earn and learn at the same time. He took an apprenticeship with Siemens and now works on the electronic and electrical devices that help drive rollercoasters!

Choung Kyu Ryu from the Red Cross is on a mission to help people recover from disasters.

Severin Skillman develops software applications and systems to help dementia patients.

40% of UK carbon emissions come from the built environment, and building services engineers like Sally are helping make buildings more sustainable, as well as more comfortable places to live, learn or work, looking at heating, humidity, CO² levels and more.

Simon Crowther from Flood Protection Solutions is an engineer on a mission to help people stay safe in the home.

Oliver Jefferies from Mott MacDonald is an engineer on a mission to build transport links.

Dr David James is a sports engineer and course leader for the Sports Engineering MSc at Sheffield Hallam University. Read about how he helps big sports companies, sports governing bodies and professional teams in their quest for cutting-edge sports equipment.

His love of Lego and an inspirational talk by professional engineers led Noah to a career designing and building bridges.

Roshni helps design buildings so that people can escape safely in the event of a fire – and so that the fire brigade can fight the fire safely and effectively.

James's apprenticeship led to real-world experience and his career as a refrigeration engineer.

Maria Torres works for Wrigley's - she tells us how engineering got her involved in making gum.

Dr Tony Churnside is an audio engineer who works on BBC radio as a technologist and producer.

Avery Bang from Bridges to Prosperity and Marion O'Dowd from Bechtel are engineers on a mission to help the developing world.

How my first eleven years in engineering helped me see the world and contribute to helping it.

Wenda develops products and solutions for buildings that improve acoustics and sustainability.

Rory Hadden investigates how fires ignite, spread and how they can be extinguished. This research is then used to save lives by creating safer buildings for us to live and work in.

We spoke to Joshua Macabuag, earthquake and tsunami researcher, and search and rescue volunteer engineer.

Allanah is a software engineer at BT, who switched to an apprenticeship in 6th form to learn directly from industry professionals.