I recently graduated from UC Riverside with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. My goal is to be hired as a Mechanical Engineer in either the SF Bay Area or in San Diego (I'm most interested in Design, Manufacturing, or materials but I'm also interested in the tech industry). I currently have a job in the Inland Empire, at a place that designs and fabricates HVAC units for companies. What should I be doing right now to maximize my chances of getting hired at better/larger/tech companies? My strengths in ME are: -Materials science (general theory, mechanics, and research experience) -Design and manufacturing (design to concept to prototype) -Solidworks -Thermodynamics -Experimental techniques (creating and running lab experiments) -Technical writing Thanks!
Process control is a great area. I highly recommend it
Learn basic programming/optimization techniques. Mechanical Engineer here too. With the basic programming (Python/Matlab/SQL/Java/HTML/...) I have always been able to find work and typically it is work that I should have more experience to do, but no one is available to do it. Common thought is easier to teach an engineer to code than a coder to engineer. My code goes to the real programmer's after proof of concept.
Look up Carbon
Try asml in sd. I heard they’re moving hq from Netherlands to sd
Your best bet might be to learn some applied control systems. Learn how to interface between software and hardware. Better yet, build some prototype and make a portfolio. Nothing fancy needed on the software side, just enough to prove that you know your stuff on the hardware side. That's enough to get some attention from tech recruiters.
Totally agree with this. But if controls is not your background, interviews around here will be pretty difficult. If you're background is design, manufacturing, or materials, Apple or Tesla come to mind.