Profiles: Employee perspectives ahead of INWED24

In 2023, 13.7 per cent of the global engineering workforce was made up by women. While women might make up a minority in the sector, to mark International Women in Engineering Day 2024, global engineering technologies company, Renishaw, is highlighting the contribution of just some of the women working within the business. 

Letitia Meng, Sales Engineer for Encoders Products Group, based in Taiwan

I came into the engineering industry without a technical qualification, so I had to apply myself and work hard to learn about our products and our customers' needs. I'm proud of how well I rose to the challenge, and sometimes my customers are surprised at the level of product knowledge I have.

In my role at Renishaw, I work more closely with customers to advise on what product best fits their needs. I find this an efficient approach, as I am able to directly address a customer's technical queries, without having to go back and forth with an applications engineer. Of course, the engineers are always on hand if I need them!