I tend to agree with Brian's statements. I would also add that even if experience is gained in another field, it is probably not enough in the EMC field to meet the " they want several years of experience" criteria. After all, it is not just engineering experience they are looking for, it is specific EMC/EMI experience.
If you do want to make this field your career and are still working as an intern, try getting the company to 'promote' you to a test engineer. That is one obvious way you can get more experience. While I am not a great one for the iNARTE thing (been there, done that, dropped them all), it can help entry level engineers test themselves to see how much they do or do not know and where they need to improve; and it seems to influence some labs/companies in their hiring process. In the end however, in this field, it is experience that counts and well, you do not get experience except by experiencing. :) Dennis Ward Senior Certification Engineer PCTEST This communication and its attachments contain information from PCTEST Engineering Laboratory, Inc., and is intended for the exclusive use of the recipient (s) named above. It may contain information that is confidential and/or legally privileged. 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Many companies consider compliance an 'ancillary' position designated for one of the designers; and some large corporations have a separate department full of compliance people. Most of my colleagues seem to have reached a compliance position through the back door, and very few do just EMC or just safety. If I were to retire (hah!) tomorrow, the person that I recommend to fill my position would have done significant time as an engineer and tester that had to fix a broken design. And this person must also understood basics of mechanics and chemistry, as well as a being a bit of a code monkey. Brian From: Murisa, Egide [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PSES] Job Opening for EMC Engineer Hello EMC Experts, Now that Don listed the job announcement, it got me thinking to ask you guys who have been in this industry for a long time. EMC Engineering is not something that is being taught in colleges; at least not at the University I just graduated from. After a few months working as an EMC/EMI Testing Intern, I became fascinated by this engineering field, I feel like I want to do this my entire life. However, companies do not want to hire entry level engineers as EMC Engineers, they want several years of experience. As experts, would you advise an entry level engineer like me to pursue this career right away, or first find another Electrical Engineering position first to gain an experience in the industry? Your responses will be highly appreciated. Regards, Egide - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. 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