Ibnzmonkey

<br /><br />You build steam engines?! I could! I can pretty much build anything in SolidWorks, I'm like a CAD wizard. It's the only way I use what I learned in college.. Because lord knows it never gets utilized at work.

Does anyone have access to a CNC machine? I have a little something I've been working on...

That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor I definitely do not see semiconductor as a career choice now that I've been in it for a few years. Trying to break back into aviation at the moment. It's turning out to be much harder to get back into the game when you've been out of it for a while. Doing what? Avionics tech or design? I'm not sure how much you know of the aviation market in Austin. It's small, and a little slow now. but there may be some stuff around. Where have you been looking! You're absolutely right. The aviation market in Austin is pretty slim. I'm starting to wonder if it's a "who you know" kind of situation in this town. My experience has been in design, development, maintenance, and repair. My specialty is RADAR systems and Electronics Warfare, but I am well versed on complete packages as well. I even have ample experience working bench testing equipment. To be honest I haven't applied to anywhere in Austin since I really couldnt find anything. I've been looking in Houston, Dallas, surrounding states, etc... Nobody calls back. And If they do, It's to tell me that they want someone local. It's been a real bummer. I might get stuck in Semiconductor.. which from what I hear. Is a real career killer.

That's real engineering work, especially in semiconductor I definitely do not see semiconductor as a career choice now that I've been in it for a few years. Trying to break back into aviation at the moment. It's turning out to be much harder to get back into the game when you've been out of it for a while.

This is a great thread! Lets see here... At 18 I joined the Air Force and was accepted into a fast track engineering program. I worked as an avionics technician on F15s while going to school full time. I finished my degree 3 years into my contract. I majored in mechanical engineering. I continued to work on F15s for the remainder of my enlistment. When I got out (2010), work was scarce and I quickly realized I made a huge mistake! Gotta learn though so I took a crappy job. The problem about having Houston as your home town, its that it's hard to get into oil/gas unless you have prior experience or know somebody... I had neither of those two. Fast foward to 2011 and I got a call from Samsung here in Austin asking if I would like to schedule an interview. I had applied months ago but heard no word. I took their offer after the interview and I've been here ever since. I love this town but I am starting to greatly dislike my job. I do no real engineering work. I mostly spend my time in some windows office program making charts, reports, etc...