ljus
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- Apr 24, 2012
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How is the job market in optical deisgn around North America with only a BS in Physics vs BS in optical Sci/Engineering or EE?
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ljus, I don't know 'around North America' but a BS in physics would probably meet our minimum requirements - so long as you had taken relevant classes beyond the basics and even better done a project using optics that has some relevancy to what we do.
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I hope that you are aware that there is no general job market for a "physicist," particularly BS. Optics is probably OK, but there are probably > 10 EEs to every OE. That said, since there are fewer OEs, they're also harder to find.
Nonetheless, we do often hire physics majors, but usually as Systems or Test Engineers. We've gone through quite a few systems engineers, but are still on our original optics designer; this is in a company with about 100 engineers.
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Nonetheless, we do often hire physics majors, but usually as Systems or Test Engineers. We've gone through quite a few systems engineers, but are still on our original optics designer; this is in a company with about 100 engineers.
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I believe the term these days is Optical Engineer(ing) Mike, or are you suggesting the OP enter the health care field?
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