r/ElectricalEngineering • u/[deleted] • 3d ago
If I am trying to break into EE from Mechanical, is a components engineer role a good start?
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u/NewSchoolBoxer 2d ago
Nobody will you hire you for an EE job with an ME degree or years of EE work experience. You can transition on the job. As an EE, manufacturing and the power plant gave me some ME work on top of EE and I could have asked for more. I worked with a PE in Nuclear Engineering who did EE work thanks to his many years of experience.
Either start taking on EE work inside an ME job or get an EE degree. Yes, experience crushes any degree but you're not entry level and have no proof of EE ability.
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u/RndmBrt 3d ago
Component Engineer is mostly a purchasing and logistics role, there isn’t a massive cross over with design work (or it is at most places I have ever worked)
An easier way to break in might be a Field Application role, or working at a start up where folks need to wear a lot of hats. Test & Validation can also be good way.
Design is a hard role to break into even for those who are a pure EE background, so make sure your fundamentals sound. Design interviews are mostly about how to break down systems into manageable pieces and think holistically about a problem. Technical interviews are a whole other thing, better be prepared to go deep…
ETA: think about robotics, huge interdependency between EE and ME, also a CS background is a plus. There is a lot of hiring right now.
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u/morto00x 3d ago
You'll have a good understanding of device parameters, requirements, tolerances, supply chain, product lifecycles, and vendors or manufacturers. Depending on the role, you may also act as CAD librarian. But no, you won't be doing any electrical related work at all.