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toto
Post subject: Advice for a struggling engineer! Posted: Wed
Mar 19, 2008 3:10 am
Lieutenant
Joined: Mon Mar 17,
2008 6:05 pm
Posts: 1
Hi everyone,
New poster here and I
have a couple of questions for all you experienced engineers. I have
recently graduated from my masters in RF engineering and have been having
some trouble getting the right job. Most of the jobs I search ask me
for a minimum of 2 years experience even though skill wise I think I
qualify for them. Anyway my main question is, what are the job positions
I should target to get a start in my career in RF engineering.
I read a post from lincedpt about the things you shouldn’t do in
a job hunt and of all them, the only one I know I made a mistake was
to rely only on the internet, now I don’t think I have been making that
many mistakes and I don’t spam my resume all over the job listings that
monster.com or careerbuilder gives me, for the most part I select the
job applications that I fit the skills the most. Now I could get a job
in any other area in engineering that isn’t so specialized, however
I don’t know how much it will affect me, if I have in my resume, experience
that isn’t related to RF engineering. I know and understand that my
biggest problem in my resume is work related experience; however I don’t
know what are the job positions I should try and get to “get my feet
wet” in the RF engineering area.
I should mention also that
I am from Mexico and all my education comes from Mexican schools, I
recently moved to the US and I have permanent resident status, so I
am legal to work here for most companies (except the ones that require
US citizenship).
I live in the So. Cal. region and I have been
searching here but wherever the job is I am willing to go there.
Any tips, suggestions or comments will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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wb9jtk
Post subject: Posted:
Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:23 am
Captain
Joined: Tue Dec
26, 2006 5:39 pm
Posts: 10
How long has it been since being graduated?
A lot of companies look for people with tons of theory in their
head. I like to find engineers with some soldering iron burns on their
fingers. So I look for guys that build stuff in their spare time. Start
building stuff, even if it is 'just a kit'. Build radios or antennas,
or modify off-the-shelf products. Get your ham license (when I see that
an applicant has an amateur radio license, I don't think of it as 'sucking
up'; it shows that he has an actual interest in RF, its not just a paycheck
to him). This kind of experience may not be job experience, but it is
something.
While trying to find work in RF, don't hesitate to
take on short term or contract work in other fields. If you help a small
company with their documentation, ECO (change orders) or manufacturing
test, or field training it will look much better on your resume than
'unemployed'. To quote a former colleague; "the only thing engineers
produce is documentation; they don't manufacture the product". I had
zero training in documentation for my BS. Learning documentation is
a great benefit.
Can your university put you in touch with other
alumni? Those alumni could give you a lot of advice, they might even
know of some openings.
What about all the other places you have
worked? Even if it was completely un-related to RF, go back and talk
to your old bosses and co-workers. You never know who knows somebody
somewhere in the RF field.
As I type this, I remember there
was a posting on this very forum (maybe 6 months ago) for an RF engineer
in (near?) Miami and knowing Spanish was an extra benefit.
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nmcgee
Post subject: re; employmentPosted: Mon Apr
14, 2008 7:39 pm
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Joined: Mon Apr 14, 2008
7:34 pm
Posts: 2
Location: Irvine, CA
Toto,
We are hiring.
give me a call at 949-454-6603 xt 26 or email me and we'll see what
we can do.
Brgds,
Neil
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Kirt Blattenberger
Post subject: Re: re; employmentPosted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:25 am
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Location: Erie, PA
nmcgee wrote:
Toto,
We are hiring.
give me a call at 949-454-6603 xt 26 or email me and we'll see what
we can do.
Brgds,
Neil
Greetings Neil:
Employers are welcome and encouraged to post here. You should identify
yourself and your company - Excalibur Engineering.
In the interest
of protecting my visitors from the dirtbag recruiters, I normally delete
posts and ban the IP addresses of anonymous posters offering job "opportunities."
I have a really low opinion of recruiters and the online job boards
that steal resumes and job listings from other websites.
Thanks.
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nmcgee
Post subject: Posted: Tue
Apr 15, 2008 10:50 am
Lieutenant
Joined: Mon Apr 14,
2008 7:34 pm
Posts: 2
Location: Irvine, CA
Hi Kirt,
I
certainly understand your position. I was searching the web for some
test equipment when I ran across this site. Upon entering the keyword
'test, I saw toto's post. I also assumed that my information would already
be exposed in post, but it did not.
In fact, I am not a recruiter.
Excalibur Engineering is a mid-sized test and measurement metrology
lab located in Irvine, CA. We have some positions available for some
capable techs, should anyone be interested in contacting us. Thanks!
Neil
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dehati
Post subject: Posted:
Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:41 pm
Lieutenant
Joined: Mon Jul
21, 2008 11:28 pm
Posts: 4
Location: MA, USA
I think that
the fist job will have slightly less salary. You may accept that and
keep working. I do not think that it is difficult to find a job with
RF education background.
Unfortunately RF DOES require some
experience before your boss can expect you to give some work independently.
That is why they require 2 years experience.
This is unlike
the SW jobs where 2 month expperience in enough to get you going.
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