Why do we design thermal systems? Often, when electronics are used they are not 100% efficient. Inefficiency translates to a non-trivial amount of energy released as heat. Thermal systems are often required to properly manage that heat.   

What is the role of trust in hardware design?   First and foremost, we have to trust our teammates. Outcomes are not always what you expect and the way an organization reacts during these moments is telling. Trust requires that when things do not go as expected, your teammates will take it upon themselves to investigate what is happening and to resolve problems and challenges, rather than assign blame.  

There are a lot of products in the world and many of them fail to delight in ways that I imagine their talented design teams originally intended.  As an engineer at Shield AI, I spend a lot of time thinking about what makes some designs successful and some a failure. No team of talented people enters a room and sets out to design a product that fails to delight. So how does this happen? And how can it be avoided? As an engineer I take full responsibility for this.