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Sama Mushtaq

The work behind the skills

74 second career film

Engineering, operations, and building businesses

The experience and skills behind my work.

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Wichita State

At Wichita State, my classmates and I assembled lab equipment and checked our measurements against calculations. I also studied CNC machining and G-code.

MKEC Engineering

At MKEC, that work grew to building drawings and heating and cooling loads across more than fifty projects.

Restaurant operations

Running restaurants brought me closer to the people using the plans. I handled hiring, training, vendors, and budgets. Dinner service doesn't wait for a spreadsheet.

RYGNeco

As a cofounder, I carried that experience into designing electronics handling workflows and writing requirements developers could build from.

MAK Trading

For the trading community I founded, I used AI to help build Python and SQLite tools to study setups and record results.

Mercor

That also meant learning when to question an answer. Through Mercor assignments, I trace claims to sources, check calculations, and write corrections.

Returning to engineering

Now I'm bringing that experience back to engineering. I've been admitted to UC for Spring 2027, and I'm looking for mechanical design, testing, and manufacturing support work.