Demon-Xanth
Lifer
Why does this seem to follow managers around? On monday I was asked to build a reference simulated sensor that we can measure out precisly and will be the reference for all sensor simulators and systems in the future. This was to be the only one, all other simulators would be compared to it to check for accuracy. So yesterday my boss is talking to a contract manufacturer and he says "we'll be making you one of these" (referring to the reference, not a simulator).
Now my company is regulated by ISO/TUV and the FDA, although the device might only take 15 minutes to build, if we are going to take it out of the scope of engineering we need a part number, and schematics, and a bill of materials, and assembly drawings, and a calibration procedure, and yearly calibrations, and a validation.
He just doesn't seem to get it. I spend 20% of my time working on building and testing of devices (I'm a tech), 20% of my time maintaining and repairing various devices and calibration systems, and 60% of my time on paperwork.
That little box that literally took me 45 minutes to design and build is going to take a couple days to fully document.
Now my company is regulated by ISO/TUV and the FDA, although the device might only take 15 minutes to build, if we are going to take it out of the scope of engineering we need a part number, and schematics, and a bill of materials, and assembly drawings, and a calibration procedure, and yearly calibrations, and a validation.
He just doesn't seem to get it. I spend 20% of my time working on building and testing of devices (I'm a tech), 20% of my time maintaining and repairing various devices and calibration systems, and 60% of my time on paperwork.
That little box that literally took me 45 minutes to design and build is going to take a couple days to fully document.
