Thanks for your patience Greg. I'm about to graduate and having never worked in the automotive industry, I'm curious of how the culture exists in the automotive industry. I've been scared about working the in the automotive industry because of some people I've spoken to. The reason why I...
How difficult is it to get into design if your first job doesn't reside in design?
Some engineers in the office were saying: If you want to go into design, do it soon because it's very difficult to switch into design since the hiring managers that are hiring for design engineers look for...
I had a lunch meeting with my director. He suggested that I got into a job in which I will get to my overall goal...even if that means going into a smaller company.
There is a small company in which they think will hire me. The position entails design and testing on cars.
Or...
I can try and...
IRstuff, thank you for that information regarding my marriage status. I'm not married so now I will know what to expect. Should I say that I am married? haha. Also, I see that you are in aerospace, how is that industry? I've always been fascinated with military technology. I've met some...
ShaggyPE, I looked into the job requirements. The last bullet requires everybody to respond to calls 24-7? I haven't been exposed to an en environment where engineers are "on-call".
I'll apply to them right now! Thank you.
How terrible does it look to a hiring manager if one wants to change...
IRstuff. Thank you for your response. The Fullerton facility is up for sale as of July or August. Everything has been consolidated over to Fullerton. As for the manufacturing, we are still manufacturing the general blood chem instruments (DxC 600/800, CTA/UCTA, and a couple more it think). There...
I'm worried that I will not be able to land a job right out of school. If I do land a job right out of school, chances are, it will not be with a company of my first choice....I suppose everybody has to start somewhere.
I'm currently attending CSUF finishing up my last semester. Beckman...
I'm new here and this is my first post.
I'm currently attending California State University of Fullerton majoring in Mechanical Engineering. I've been interning at a medical device industry and really enjoy the people that work there, the hours expected to work, the environment (kind of...
I'm currently an intern for a major international medical device company. During the 6 months I have been working there, I see that many of the engineers work no more than 40 hours per week. I was astonished to see/hear that since I thought 40 hour work weeks were nothing but a myth. However...
