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  1. MisterT1982

    PLC/SCADA "Controls" Engineer - where is this job/field going?

    I'm about at the same point in my career. I've been out of school for over 3 years now and work as a controls engineer for an automotive manufacturing plant. While it can be fun working on big machines, after a while it's the same things - add a prox switch here, change an HMI screen there...
  2. MisterT1982

    Do you think engineering is a "hands-on" career?

    Thanks for all the great suggestions. I had a feeling that working for a small company would be a good bet. Just graduating from college, it was difficult to find small companies in my interest areas who would hire entry level engineers. I resorted to the university career services, which no...
  3. MisterT1982

    Do you think engineering is a "hands-on" career?

    Well I just graduated from Penn State last year with a BS in Electrical Engineering and did pretty well. I've been working for a large defense contractor as a field engineer for the past 6 months. While I thought the jobs would be very hands-on type of work, I was very mistaken. Most of the...

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