Childhood interests lead to an engineering career path

Isaac Quattro, a junior mechanical engineering major with a minor in mathematics, always knew he wanted to be an engineer.  He grew up playing with Legos and said he was “always wanting to build things.”   He participated in engineering programs throughout high school, declared the major when he got to college, and has “loved every second of it.”

Quattro currently interns with Rolls-Royce Solutions America, where he has had the opportunity to work on different projects within quality management and process improvement. He discovered the internship posting on the LinkedIn platform and had more than one round of interviews before ultimately receiving an internship offer.  

After forming great relationships at the facility, management approached him about working in a longer-term co-op role with the organization.

“It is great to branch out and see what the applications of the USCA coursework are and what your career actually looks like in the field,” he said.  “Internships also give students professional connections that could last throughout their entire career.”

While at Rolls-Royce Solutions America, Quattro has been able to make significant impacts. He worked on and completed a training presentation that will be used to train the department in the future.  When a quality issue arose, he served as the point of contact to investigate the issue with the manufacturer. He also had the opportunity to work directly with the production quality, production test, manufacturing engineering, maintenance and continuous improvement engineering departments.

“It was really cool to connect with senior-level managers and get to experience how people communicate and solve problems at that level,” Quattro said.

He’s a proponent of internships and taking advantage of opportunities through USCA and Career Services.  “Apply to everything,” he says to fellow Pacers.

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