Soon to have MCHE degree, moving to NYC, suggestions? 2

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I will be graduating in May with a degree in Mechanical Engineering (and a minor in English, how many of those do you see? lol) and plan to move to the Manhattan borough of New York City within a short time of graduating (and by short I mean within a month).

By the time I graduate, I will have about a year and a half of oilfield drilling and well-abandonment equipment design experience working under a licensed PE.

Where I think I would like to end up is working as a staff engineer at an industrial design firm. If my understanding is correct, industrial design firms hire engineers to take the clay moldings of the industrial designers and turn it into a manufacturable reality. Does anyone here have any experience as an engineer at an industrial design firm to elaborate on what such a position would entail and if they would be interested in a degreed engineer that lacks a PE or senior engineer status?

If an industrial design staff engineer is out of the question due to my current experience level, does anyone know of any other companies in NYC (preferably Manhattan) that deals in design for mass production? I'd prefer to work in a position where I design common small products like electronics or appliances (the mechanical aspects, of course) with emphasis on manufacturing several thousand units. I know some of these jobs (many?) have been outsourced to China or India, but surely there are still some left.

I'm also welcome to any suggestions. If anyone is an engineer in NYC, let me know what's out there and what companies are open to newly graduated engineers with some solid hands-on experience. I want to stay in some sort of machine design, I want NOTHING to do with fluids or thermodynamics, even if it does pay better.

In case anyone is wondering, I am NOT interested in jobs outside of NYC. My sister is already living in Manhattan and I have a room waiting for me in her apartment. Without question, Manhattan is where I want to be, it's just a matter of finding a job to go with it.

 

[thruthefence]

"well-abandonment equipment design experience "

I would suggest you apply at Goldman-Sachs, who are in the forefront of the cap'n'trade business.

If Cap et al goes through, well abandonment will be a growth market.

(along with "shotgun shells & canned goods" (paraphrasing the 'Brain Gremlin')

 

[photoengineer]

Your experience under a PE won't count toward licensure since you received it prior to graduation. YOu will have to get 4 years experience under a PE after graduation in order to become a PE.

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