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What formal qualifications are needed to be a piping stress engineer in US?
I'm from Europe and there are no restrictions here, everybody can be a proffesional engineer
(of course, the market verifies the real ones with knowledge and experience).
I'm planning to founded a small design office and try to cooperate with larger companies. Do I need a licence for that kind of work?
I'm from Europe and there are no restrictions here, everybody can be a proffesional engineer
(of course, the market verifies the real ones with knowledge and experience).
I'm planning to founded a small design office and try to cooperate with larger companies. Do I need a licence for that kind of work?
RE: PE licence
I (being in the states) would not hire a pipe stress company if no one was a PE. I'm paying for an engineering assessment/report; if they're just going to toss the model reports at me they don't offer much value.
RE: PE licence
The profession of mechanical engineer is completely open,
there are no licenses, permissions, certifications etc.
RE: PE licence
RE: PE licence
Many states have industrial exemptions, where if a business is doing engineering for its own facilities, the engineers involved don't need to be registered, and that probably applies to a fair percentage in this field- that would apply to people working for refineries, etc. For people working under the supervision of a PE, the work can be sealed by that PE.
All of the engineering licensing varies from state to state, so pick the state of most interest and start looking into the requirements there, which can generally be found online.
You may run into a chicken-vs-egg situation trying to establish residence and get visas to work and trying to get work going to establish a residence.
RE: PE licence
In Spain, and in industrial engineering at the very least, you must be a member of an engineering professional society and have finished a master's degree in industrial engineering to be able to stamp designs.
Also, there are some initiatives to bring PEs to Europe: https://www.aqpe.org/?lang=en
RE: PE licence
Do you think there is a chance to start business before visit the US?
Finding a company willing to cooperate remotely isn't easy, but it can be a good deal for them, engineering calculations can be performed remotely without loss of quality.
RE: PE licence
I think you'd have a hard time setting up a business in your desired state with no PE and no presence in the area.