My name is Daiana Minteuan, and I am an electrical design engineer at Parapet. I chose this profession out of a passion for technology and the desire to work in a highly technical field.

Out in the field, surrounded by electric cables, Daiana inspects her work. For her, this image represents more than just a stage of the project: it is the materialization on-site of everything she designed in the office.

“It’s a feeling of fulfillment and pride at the same time, knowing that what you created and designed at your desk is now being built in the field. We take projects from the ground up, which means designing the cable trenches, installing the photovoltaic modules, the inverters, as well as the transformer substations.”, says Daiana.

She is 27 years old and has been working in the electrical engineering field for three and a half years, the past several months dedicated exclusively to photovoltaics. Her path toward electrical engineering began in high school, when she discovered her passion for physics and mathematics. This was followed by four years of study at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and two years of a master’s degree. In a generation with 70% male colleagues, integration was not easy. In fact, in electrical engineering, only about one in five professionals is a woman, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics. The gap is even wider when it comes to electrical technicians and power engineers.

“At university we were often faced with the stereotype that only men should become engineers — that this is a technical field where women don’t belong. But once you step onto the construction site, you’ve already built your career, your colleagues’ respect, and even their admiration. You’ve already proven that you deserve to be here. I truly love what I do, and I can honestly say it brings me fulfillment, both personally and professionally.”, says Daiana.