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Tooling engineer credits internships and technical education for manufacturing career

5775653 · September 9, 2025
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Tyler Shear, a tooling engineer at Parker Lord in Erie, Pa., told meeting participants that technical high school courses, internships and a Penn State Behrend professor helped him move from machining to a design role in vibration control.

Tyler Shear, a tooling engineer at Parker Lord in Erie, Pennsylvania, described how technical high school classes, a tech-school machining certification and multiple internships led him from hands-on toolmaking to a full-time engineering role on Parker Lord’s rotary-wing vibration-control team. "Companies wanna see experience," he told meeting participants, and said finding an employer willing to teach him was the hardest early hurdle in his career.

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