How do I transfer from Reliability to Product Design?
How do I transfer from Reliability to Product Design?
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Throughout school I interned in design position (Concept design, creating prototypes,validating them). After finishing school I took my first job as a Product Reliability engineer because it let me live in NYC and I thought I would enjoy the work. Fast forward 1.5 years and I'm in another reliability role and not having a great time, I miss design work and being involved in that process, REL can be interesting but depending on the organization it can also just be a lot of documentation and excel tables.
Has anyone switched into mechanical/product design engineering after starting their career in another area? (Manufacturing, operations, EE?, ETC)
Has anyone switched into mechanical/product design engineering after starting their career in another area? (Manufacturing, operations, EE?, ETC)
RE: How do I transfer from Reliability to Product Design?
I always advise new graduates: if you want to design, you need to be where design is happening.
To paraphrase Orson Welles, actors don't get discovered in Iowa.
Look for a new job. You are effectively entry-level with a few extra pluses. Be prepared to contract to gain experience.
RE: How do I transfer from Reliability to Product Design?
Learn to promote that. Accumulate some stories of specific events or projects from which you learned some valuable design lessons. I know I have several after a few decades.
You should not consider yourself behind your competition - but ahead!