This week’s Wednesday’s Women in STEM Series features one of our volunteer STEM mentors. Stephanie Peck is a Deployment Engineer with Amazon Robotics. Read on to hear how she combined her creative interests with STEM and how her job gives her the opportunity to travel the world!
“I grew up in Michigan and always enjoyed hands on activities and creative DIY activities as a kid (and now adult). My parents encouraged me to look into engineering and as a stubborn teen I refused because it wasn’t a typical job you heard about. They eventually wore me down and signed me up for a women in robotics summer camp that Lake Superior State University offered. That week I realized everything you could accomplish in the engineering field and saw how I could combine a more hands on job with my creative side through technical troubleshooting and design.
I graduated from Lake Superior State University with my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and my minors in robotics and mathematics. I held internships through college at GE Aviation, GE Healthcare and P&G. Upon graduating I worked as a project engineer at P&G, working on the equipment required for a new product launched through the Charmin and Bounty brands.
After 3 years I decided to make the jump to Amazon Robotics where I work as a deployment engineer. My job requires me to manage the installation and startup of the robotics used in Amazon’s fulfillment centers. I travel around the globe and work on sites for 3-5 months until the system has been validated and can be handed over to the operations team to begin fulfilling Amazon orders. That role has led me to Portland where a new fulfillment center is being built in Troutdale.”
Register today for the June 24th Parent-Daughter STEM Workshop to meet Stephanie Peck and other female STEM mentors!
