Robotic welding engineer career path advice

[Megaman8]

Hello all

I am a confused and hope you can advice me and shar your opinion on my conflict.

I have been offered a job of a laser welding technologist in a small family company, basically my duty will be to determine the right welding parameters, program the robots and perform quality assurance for the party, because it is a small company it is likely that i wont be able to advance to a more advanced position without leaving this company.

I am afraid that getting knolleg only in the field of robotic laser welding will harm my ability to find a more advanced positions dou to lack of wide engineering knowledge.

Is there any sense in my doubts?

Thanks in advance
Jenia.

 

[GregLocock]

Some. Specialising early on does restrict you later, on the other hand it gives you a chance to build up deep expertise, and confidence, that a jack of all trades will lack. It didn't do me any harm. 'Technologist' is, however, a loaded word, you need to get an engineer title to look good on your resume.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[MacGyverS2000]

Seems like a good opportunity to become an expert in robotic welding parameters, which can help with positions that use robotic welding in other fields. There may be no long-term growth with this small company (but it's not unheard of, especially if they grow), but it sounds like there is a lot to learn and play with in the short term (I'm still speaking in terms of years here).

Viewpoints...

Dan - Owner

http://www.Hi-TecDesigns.com

 

[Megaman8]

I think that this is a very interesting field of work and study but alas it is very concentrated and it might be very hard later to find a job in this field or any similar filed

 

[nickelkid]

In a small company it is very likely you will be working on much more than advertised...

It may be specialized, but those skills are transferable and a very good cornerstone to build a career on.

 

[DVWE]

My advice to you is this.

Take the job if:
1. You are genuinely interested in the technology, will learn something new, and want to do the work.
2. It is a financial improvement over your current position.

Everything else will fall into place in due time, such as career and/or personal advancement.