b'24 Partner News Autumn 2022CorporateA diverse workforce introducesnew skillsets, approaches and ways of working thatallow out of the box ideasto be heard.Graduate engineer, Aaminah Wali, haseducation and STEM careers, and she led theHaving a role that involves innovation helps spent the last three years on a numberway for the generations that followed her. me solve critical problems and provides of placements around Thales in the UK ascreative understanding that enables me to part of its graduate programme. My advice to a young girl looking to pursue alook at things from a different perspective. STEM career is that you are the driver of yourIt also improves my productivity, Aaminah said: Ive had some fantasticown career. Its up to you to find your pathinvolvement and enjoyment in the workplace opportunities to work on innovative projects.and decide what youre interested in. Thereon a day-to-day basis.I have supported a research team with multi- are no limits to what you can do or where agent reinforcement learning algorithm designyou can gono matter what some peopleIts important that women are recognised for defence-based applications and I havemay say. If youre lost or need some guidance,as innovators and inventors to show that supported systems modelling activities fordont be afraid to seek help from those aroundwe can adapt to challenges and change. It the development of satellite communicationyou. fosters career growth by making continuous systems. Currently, I am working on a numberimprovements and helps to produce next of improvement schemes to introducegeneration products and solutions by new techniques, processes and tools toidentifying new and novel techniques and engineering. technologies.The best thing about my role is that Im reallyGrace Hopper, known for her role in at the forefront of what is such an excitingdeveloping Common Business Oriented time in the industry. Were currently rolling outLanguage (COBOL) and inventing the first a number of innovative technologies that arecompiler, inspires me. She also found the already improving the way we do engineering.real bug in their computer, and she had to This will enable us to deliver and introduceliterally de-bug the machine!more innovation to our products for our customers.My advice to a young girl aspiring to have a Research Engineer, Nasyitah Ghazalli,career in STEM is to go for it! Be bold, take Its the diversity of our engineering workforcereceived her degree from the Internationalthe risks and acknowledge imperfections. that has been one of the biggest drivers forIslamic University, a masters fromIt can be stressful to keep maintaining high innovation. A diverse workforce introducesthe University of Portsmouth ingrades to further your passion in STEM, new skillsets, approaches and ways of workingCommunication System Engineering andbut remember there are also different that allow out of the box ideas to be heard.a PhD from Cranfield University in Radarpathways to enter, such as apprenticeships It is important women are recognised for theirSystems. and training. Believe in yourself, dont let role in driving innovation to encourage furthernegativity wear you down and never give diversity in engineering. Nasyitah said: One recent innovative projectup.that I have been involved with is Train Worker Katherine Johnson and her pivotal role duringProtection with our UK transport business. her career in NASA truly inspired me. SheThe concept is a train on-board solution broke through many barriers, during a timeutilising the sensor fusion algorithm to detect where minority women had limited access tothe trains location and speed.'