# Ray Baker | Brazing, Loyalty, & Leveraging Application Specialists

- Show: [Being an Engineer](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer)
- Published: 2022-07-22
- Length: 48m
- Episode: 28
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists
- Listen: https://teampipeline.us/ray-baker-leveraging-application-specialists/

## Summary

Ray Baker, Business Development Manager at IJ Research, discusses the value of leveraging application specialists from companies like SMC Pneumatics and Seiko to handle niche engineering tasks, allowing engineers to focus on broader project scopes. He details IJ Research's niche focus on hermetically sealed brazed assemblies for medical and aerospace applications, explaining the technical process of joining dissimilar materials under extreme heat. Baker also shares career advice on business development, emphasizing the importance of detaching from immediate results and getting comfortable with discomfort, while highlighting the importance of loyalty and personal connection in engineering relationships.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=0) Introduction: Ray Baker and IJ Research
- [2:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=123) Ray's Career Path: From FM Radio to SMC Pneumatics
- [8:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=533) Leveraging Application Specialists at SMC and Seiko
- [13:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=797) Ray's Side Hustle: DJing, Emceeing, and Podcasting
- [20:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=1204) IJ Research: Hermetically Sealed Brazed Assemblies
- [28:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=1719) Business Development Advice: Detaching from Results
- [35:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=2125) Advice for Engineers: Using Resources and Tribal Knowledge
- [40:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/being-an-engineer/2022-07-22-ray-baker-brazing-loyalty-leveraging-application-specialists#t=2423) Career Advice: Loyalty and Being Comfortable with Discomfort

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Direct-to-consumer & e-commerce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/direct-to-consumer)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)
- [Starting a product company](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/starting-a-company)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- IJ Research (company)
- SMC Pneumatics (company)
- Seiko (company)
- Anheuser Busch (company)
- NASA JPL (company)
- Pipeline Design & Engineering (company)
- Ceramics.net (company)
- Superior Technical Ceramics (company)

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