Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
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I will be graduating with an Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering Technology this August and would like to know what employers typically look for in recent graduates?
I have an Associates in Radiological Technology and have 8 years of experience working in the medical field as an x-ray tech but no experience in electrical engineering technology of any kind, other than what I learned in school. Any advice on how to transition over from the medical field to the electrical side?
I have an Associates in Radiological Technology and have 8 years of experience working in the medical field as an x-ray tech but no experience in electrical engineering technology of any kind, other than what I learned in school. Any advice on how to transition over from the medical field to the electrical side?





RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
If you're not interested so much in engineering as you are electronics or technology however, it may or may not be necessary.
RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
Any advice on what employers look for in new grad electrical engineering techs?
RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
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RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
Do you mind sharing what school is this you're referring to? I'm on the same boat and currently looking to convert my BSEET to BSEE.
RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
OIT's Portland campus is not allowed to offer the BSEE degree (offered at Klamath Falls campus) due to political reasons, but can offer a BSEET degree. The students from Portland may then transfer to the Klamath Falls campus to take an additional 37 credits of upper level math and engineering courses to complete the BSEE as post-baccalaureate students. If your BSEET is not from OIT but is from an ABET-TAC accredited program that is substantially equivalent to OIT's BSEET, they require an additional 45 credits. However, the equivalency will be carefully determined by the program director and/or department head.
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RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering
I posted my transcript course list in another thread but it basically shadows the ME degree with the exception of a few higher end math classes and a couple of engineering classes. Our MET program was taught at roughly the same level as ME classes such as all calculus based physics, etc in what sounds like similar circumstances to OIT.
Since MET grads can take the EIT and PE exams in Georgia with just a couple of extra years of waiting I don't know how worthwhile it would be for older MET grads to go and try and upgrade however. For probably a lesser time commitment you could just study and pass the exams. If I remember correctly Engineering Tech grads with 15, or so, years of qualified experience (work+school) can apply for an EIT exemption to let them skip to the PE exam.
I suppose a consideration would be if you wanted to try and get your license in a state that didn't let Engineering Tech grads get PEs or wouldn't accept an EIT test exemption. Then comity could be a problem.
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RE: Graduate Technician looking to transition to Electrical Engineering