As an engineer, that is a tricky one. In general industry it is usually as follows:
They definitely have production engineers. They probably have design engineers and test engineers.
Generally the production engineers will force compromised designs that are easier to manufacture. What you get is often not what the design team wanted.
REAL TALK> Engineers need to work IN THE FIELD and ON THE ACTUAL PRODUCT!! So many areas of our life become difficult and most manufacturers worry more about $$$ in manufacturing and less about the product working properly and no on usually gives a crap about the guys installing or servicing any type of equipment.
I appreciate what Bill and Eric at the Billiard Factory in Jacksonville and all of the other mechanics, are doing for Predator.
Our industry needs change... I saw a picture of Greg Sullivan and his hillbilly posse at Derby this year: JUST PUTTING THIS OUT THERE, KARIM AND THE PREDATOR CREW GOT YOU BEAT OLD DOG, RETIRE...... YOU ALL ARE OLD AND TIRED LOOKING>
TFT
Diamond has the worst 3 piece- slate in the business, just because you can bend it, plate it and drill it. Still don't make it FLAT on its own or RIGHT. For how much more time it takes and that its not flat: its just wrong and always costs me time and money on 3 piece slate tables. NO MORE EVER.