Sensor Technology Engineer | Pennsylvania Pathways

Learn about what it takes to be a sensor technology engineer. Jim Barshinger is a transducer engineer who designs ultrasound sensor technology. It’s a field called non-destructive testing and is used extensively to test the safety of gas and oil pipelines, aircraft engines, and nuclear power plants. Central Pennsylvania has become a hub for the growing sensor technology industry with over a dozen local companies producing transducers. Teams of designers, welders, and machinists with different backgrounds and educations work together to design and manufacture the sensors.