dakota
How long have you been working in the mechanical engineering field?
I'm enrolled at job corps and I am going into a similar work site what would expect down the road in #mechanical-engineering
2 answers
Michael George
Michael’s Answer
Hello Dakota, I have worked overall 15 years in an engineering role for equipment/product design and manufacturing. I have another 19 years experience using my engineering skills (build, optimization, solves, think logically, assess variables, navigate the unknown, willing to make mistakes and learn from them and get back up,) in supply chain for equipment production and delivery. What's great about the engineering field is that is trains you how to think and you can take this ability into any area that interests you. I went into many different jobs all using my engineering skills and some of my lifelong friends stayed as direct engineers at the same company and love it too; however, we all kind of think the same on how to approach challenges in life. Good luck!
Vikas Tirukonda
Vikas’s Answer
I'm here with a couple of my colleagues at Siemens who have worked in the mechanical engineering field. We are actually a part of a rotational engineering program where we rotate through different positions in the engineering fields and he has been lucky enough to see almost all positions related to mechanical engineering such as R&D, applications engineering, manufacturing engineering, and quality. If you're graduating soon, I would recommend looking for one of these types of programs you can apply for since it will allow you to get a taste of the different roles you could be in and help you get a solid idea of what you want to do.