Mitsubishi Electric Automation - Agnieszka Zupancic

2021 Women in Engineering

Agnieszka Zupancic

Product Manager Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

Masters, Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Robotics University: AGH University of Science and Technology (Krakow, Poland)

What fi rst drew you to engineering? / When did you fi rst know you wanted to be an engineer?

My fascination with science and engineering came early on in high school, while taking advanced mathematics and physics classes. I would say it was very early on that I knew what I was going to choose as a career. After high school I got into a 5-year Masters’ program at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland, majoring in Mechanical Engineering, Automation and Robotics. The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics is one of the largest and best faculties in mechatronics in Poland, and the entire world, offering a modern education process, while enriching it with studies in mechatronics, automation and robotics, computer science, biomedical engineering and eco-energy.

Were there any infl uential engineers (women or men) who helped shaped your decision to become an engineer? If so, who and why?

I came from a family of engineers and followed the path of my grandfather, mother and uncle into engineering. Being able to watch their career growth and professional achievements as engineers made it an easy decision for me to follow their footsteps. My husband and younger brother are also engineers. I think this is an extremely rewarding profession, allowing you to see the results of your hard work right in front of you. Designing and programming is a representation of your creativity. I get satisfaction from making things work.

Give us an example of your involvement in: a design project, a product launch, the development of a new technology, or the adoption of a new technology or process.

At Mitsubishi Electric I hold a product manager position and am responsible for Modular Controllers, Networks and Distributed I/O, Industrial Computers, Energy, SCADA, IoT & Cloud solutions. All of these products have a goal to create a seamlessly working system designed and programmed to deliver a quality solution to the customer’s door. I was part of several large projects at Mitsubishi Electric, including implementing a new product shipping line communicating directly with our MES system and third-party shipping carriers. I designed and programmed several important demos/machines for international tradeshows to promote our PLC solutions, but one of my biggest involvements is to promote our line of PLC controllers, and to keep up with the latest technology and introduce it to the market. We constantly are improving our offering from a technology stand point to be best in class. Just recently, I was a part of team effort to release products supporting the new time-sensitive network, CC-Link IE TSN, to the market.