future for multicompetence engineering
I am a engineering project manager and the deliverables of my teams combine sw, hw, mechatronics, thermal engineering, analysis etc. in an incredible depth. I have the impression that the only way to make a career in US is to accept the fact I gotta become a sw project manager, but I feel it is kind of painful based on the broad spectrum of skills I have. What are your thoughts? Any companies in US that are in need of multicompetence engineering? I feel like I need to dumb down my resume in order to get somewhere...
a&d sounds like a good bet
I have the same problem. Also EPM. BSEE +10 with strong fundamentals in both ME and EE disciplines. I can run EE and ME CAD packages with equal proficiency, and enough knowledge of SW, to know that I am dangerous. I'm sure most companies would love to have someone so diverse. But, good luck finding such a position posted anywhere...
how is Tesla in that way? do they have projects where they need to blend all these different competences? what is the technical depth there? (automotive sounds more like manufacturing and less as rocket science nowadays)
You should check out the defense industry and biotech. Lots of interdisciplinary projects/teams. Defense pay isn't as good as commercial, but jobs are often in lower cost areas and job security is very high.
and pension
I beg to differ. You sound like a very skilled professional. So many HW companies here that would take you in. Msft, Google, Cisco, Nvidia...any hardware companies spanning the hw/sw development umbrella.