When you’ve been an engineer in someone else’s company for a while, worked hard, been a great team player and learned as much technical knowledge as you can, it’s natural to start to think about the next steps. If you’ve been in the same position for a while and you feel like you’re ready for more, you’ll need to prove your worth to your peers. Expanding and deepening your engineering skills and knowledge is obviously going to be key, but there are other less obvious ways to increase your chances of career advancement and broaden your professional horizons.…