Gifts for Instrumentation Designers

Picking a gift for an instrumentation designer

An instrumentation designer works on the systems that measure and control things: sensors, control panels, data loops, the wiring diagrams that keep a plant or a test rig running. The work is detailed and often invisible until something goes wrong, so the gifts they appreciate tend to acknowledge the craft behind the job. A tee or hoodie with their title reads as recognition of a specialty most people outside engineering have never heard of. A mug with their name works on the desk where they check calibration sheets every morning. If you're buying for someone on a team, the Team Shop lets you put one design on everyone's shirt with each person's name on their own size. Add a second line for their company, project or a year they started, and the shirt becomes about their particular career rather than a generic engineering joke.