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36 PCB007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2023 Feature Interview by Barry Matties I-CONNECT007 Meet Joseph LaRosa, a young application engineer at OMRON who is passionate about robotics and automation. I recently inter- viewed Joseph (his first one) about his choice to work in the electronics industry and his advice for others looking for a career path. I really admire Joseph's ambitious nature and drive to be the best at what he does. If you're going to do it, you might as well be the best at it, he says. Let's start with your position at OMRON. I am an application engineer trainee, and I focus on robotics. In the future, I will be work- ing with account managers and customers in both pre- and post-sale. My job is to help them learn that robotics is feasible and how this technology works with their application. I'm curious—why did you choose a career with OMRON? I always wanted to be involved with industrial automation. Right out of school I got a job as a technician at Novo Nordisk. ey package insulin pens and I was a line tech. e vision systems used at Novo Nordisk were from OMRON. e system would inspect the pens and find problems with labels—maybe they were crooked, too high, too low, or it wasn't positioned correctly. Initially, I thought OMRON was only about vision systems. While pursuing new opportu- Joseph LaRosa: 'I've Never Been Interviewed Before'