Growing in a 10-year Engineering Career Alongside a Growing Company | Ievgen Rublevskyi’s Story

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For Ievgen Rublevskyi, turbomachinery was never just a career choice, it was part of a family legacy. Both of his parents spent their entire careers in aircraft engine manufacturing, and growing up in a household surrounded by that world made his own path feel destined.

Every year, his parents’ factory held an open house, and Ievgen would visit. He remembers the tours of the workshops where engine parts were made and one moment that stayed with him.

“When we got to the final engine assembly shop, there were giants standing there, five meters tall. It was breathtaking.”

That memory became one of the biggest influences on his decision to pursue turbomachinery engineering; a journey that eventually led him to a decade-long career at SoftInWay.

Figure 1. The Early Days of Ievgen Rublevskyi’s Career

The Beginning of His Engineering Career

After graduation, Ievgen followed in his parents’ footsteps and went straight to work at an aircraft engine plant. It was a hands-on, high-stakes, and unforgiving environment that helped him develop quickly. He worked across design, production, and testing of complex components including aircraft compressors and turbines, gaining the kind of practical experience that can’t be taught in a classroom.

But over time, the environment started to feel limiting. Large organizations can move slowly, and that friction showed up in unexpected ways. Ievgen remembers one early moment that captured it perfectly.

Shortly after joining, he and two fellow new engineers were waiting on computers. In the meantime, he asked the IT department for three calculators. A veteran colleague warned him that the department head always halves every request.

“I watched the tension on his face as he tried to divide three by two in his head,” Ievgen recalls with a laugh. “After that, whenever I needed floppy disks or CDs, I always asked for exactly twice as many.”

It’s a small, honest story and an early sign that Ievgen was already thinking about how to find more room to grow.

“I wanted more creative space, a company where my initiatives would be welcomed.”

Figure 2. Ievgen Busy with AxSTREAM in the UK SoftInWay Office

The Moment Everything Changed

When the offer from SoftInWay arrived, two thoughts hit Ievgen almost simultaneously: “This will definitely be interesting” and “I have something to bring here.”

He was right on both counts.

When he joined, SoftInWay’s European offices were just starting to grow, a stark contrast to the 3,000-person organization he was leaving behind. What felt like a small team at the time turned out to be the beginning of something much larger.

Over the years, Ievgen has seen SoftInWay grow significantly, with new departments, meaningful progress in the development of AxSTREAM, and a widening global footprint. His own trajectory has mirrored that growth, from engineer to team lead, and eventually to his current role as Manager of the Compressor Department in SoftInWay’s actively expanding UK office.

“My own professional development is inextricably linked to the growth of our company,” he reflects.

Figure 3. Ievgen and His Co-Authored ASME Published Paper

The Work That Keeps Him Excited Every Day

It’s difficult for Ievgen to single out one defining project from his decade at SoftInWay because, as he’ll tell you, the work has always been a continuous series of technical challenges to solve.

“The work at SoftInWay does comes with a series of challenges I have to overcome every day.”

Still, some projects stand out for their complexity, including his work in developing an AxSTREAM ION calculation scheme for a turbofan engine—a configuration where the flow channels split into a core and a bypass after the rotor. It required sustained effort on his part as well as entirely new functionality and tools built out by the broader AxSTREAM ION team.

Figure 4. ION Scheme of Design Module

The challenges his department faces range from aircraft compressors and ground-based industrial compressors, chemical production systems, CO₂ capture, unit ventilation, rocket industry turbopumps, and more. From designing components from scratch to analyzing and optimizing existing compressors or predicting how compressors will perform with different fluids, Ievgen has worked across the full spectrum of compressor engineering.

Though that all might sound daunting, the difficulty is part of the reward for Ievgen. Every hard problem solved brings a sense of satisfaction, and every new challenge pushes him to expand his knowledge and develop sharper approaches.

“It’s never easy. But it maintains my professional interest and motivates me to develop myself” he says.

From a boy marveling at five-meter-tall engines at his parents’ factory, Ievgen Rublevskyi has become the engineer helping design the next generation of them.

Figure 5. Ievgen Working in the UK SoftInWay Office

Stories like Ievgen’s are a reminder that the best engineering careers are not only built on technical skill, but on finding the right environment to use it in. At SoftInWay, that environment is by design.

At SoftInWay, legacy lives here.