--- title: What Led Mitch LeBlanc to AMT and Why He Loves It Here description: In this engaging post, Automation Engineer Mitch LeBlanc shares details of how he came to AMT and why he loves it here. image: https://blog.appliedmfg.com/hubfs/AMT%20blog%20header%20Mitch%20LeBlanc.png --- [![AMT](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/AMT_June2022/images/Amt-Logo.svg "AMT")](https://appliedmfg.com) - [End of Line Solutions](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/) - [Palletizing](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/palletizing/) - [Case Sortation](https://appliedmfg.com/end-of-line-solutions/case-sortation/) - [Advanced Material Handling](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/) - [Robotic Machine Tending](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/robotic-machine-tending/) - [Thermoform Product Handling](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/thermoform-product-handling/) - [Robot Transfer Solutions](https://appliedmfg.com/advanced-material-handling/robot-transfer-solutions/) - 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I ended 2021 on a high note, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Michigan State University. My journey throughout academia has taught me a great deal. I have been fortunate enough to interact with and learn from many intelligent facility members, meet peers with like-minded goals, and grow professionally as a young engineer. Shortly after graduating from college, I accepted an engineering position with Applied Manufacturing Technologies (AMT). During college, I worked as an intern for AMT, and I really enjoyed my experience there. So, I decided to return to the company as an Automation Engineer once an opportunity for employment became available. At AMT, I not only have the opportunity to work with the latest innovative technologies within robotics and programmable logic controller systems (PLC), but I am also traveling across the country most of the time. After completing training at our headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, I was sent out to a town just outside of Boise, Idaho to work with a company called House of Design (HOD). HOD works with robotics and automation to build housing trusses. I have been responsible for providing support when it comes to debugging errors in robot code, as well as helping solve issues along the developmental stages within HOD’s operating system. Soon, I will be working in Austin, Texas to help provide additional support for House of Design in order to implement a newly developed customer support service that my team and I created. Traveling has always been of interest to me and being able to experience life in other cities while working has offered many opportunities to gain a varying degree of perspectives, which in turn, help me to grow both professionally and personally. From what I have experienced so far, I am very excited to continue this journey for years to come and learn more about my passion of engineering. I am more than thankful for the guidance and leadership that has led me to this point in my life, and I hope to continue to be surrounded by that same guidance going forward. Tags: [Mitch LeBlanc](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/tag/mitch-leblanc), [Automation Engineer](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/tag/automation-engineer) [Back to Blog](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ## Related Articles ## [Horth Offers Three Career Tips for Engineers](https://blog.appliedmfg.com/blog/three-career-tips-for-engineers) Article by Senior Controls Engineer Michael Horth, originally published in Control Engineering. ... 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