Josh Hackney is a Senior multidisciplinary Systems Engineer with 15 years of experience building and designing devices to directly advance humanity's relationship with the world around us at Applied Materials. He possess expertise in embedded systems, pcb design, electronics, testing, product development and 18 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "For the last 6+ years I've had a blast working with Josh! He combines skill, creativity, and positive energy to solve problems and offer new ideas. Josh relates information easily to engineers and non-engineers with ease, all with a can-do attitude and fun-loving personality. And I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure his awesome beard harbors some kind of superpower." and "Josh demonstrates his engineering expertise, his thoroughness and his ability to see the product from the customer’s viewpoint every day. He has great technical understanding, and just as importantly is able to explain technical concepts in a way that non-technical people can understand. He is patient, willing to answer questions, considers other points of view and is willing to make recommendations and stand by them. These traits have helped him manage the new product effort he took on in 2014. He has done a great job of researching the newest technologies, thinking through the impacts of incorporating them into the current Davis line and then presenting the pros and cons and his recommendations to leadership. He mapped out the product development to include both the hardware and software components, and is working interdepartmentally to design a useful and profitable product. He continues to move the program forward, even when leadership takes a step back to question previous decisions. He is steadfast in bringing value to the user/consumer, keeping costs down and producing a high-quality solution. His perspective is one of an engineer salesperson. He truly enjoys and is focused on the engineering, knows the product both technically and from the user’s perspective, and enjoys sharing where the value is. He’s a great partner for any sales or marketing team! Bottom line: Josh is a hard-working, talented, professional engineer. He’s willing to ask and answer questions, works well with others, has a great team mentality, and is deeply committed to doing a good job. I would be delighted to work with him again and would encourage prospective employers to give him a chance to show all the potential he has to offer. You won’t be disappointed. "