Here you will find everything from office politics to productivity tips for engineers. The focus of these articles is to give you all the career advice that exists outside of the text books. These unwritten rules are sometimes the most important information you can know in Automotive Engineering!
While Part 1 of this list focused on the technical and skill related aspects of design engineering, Part 2 focuses on the productivity and political skills you should acquire to become a good designer.Following are three of the most important skills to develop in this area: 4. How to Be Organized Automotive design engineering is incredibly complicated. Tell someone you …
Automotive Design Engineers are the people in the automotive world who turn ideas into functioning designs. There are many different types of design engineers in the automotive field, but most of them require a similar skill set. I have been a design engineer in the automotive world for six years now and it has been an incredible rewarding career. Over the time …
You’ve grown up working on your own vehicle and wouldn’t think of taking it to a mechanic for repairs. Your neighbors come to you first when there’s something wrong with their car. When people come to visit you they don’t go to the front door but instead head straight to the garage to save time. If any of these situations …
These are the 4 most memorable and most enjoyable things did during my automotive career (so far). Although these are very exciting experiences, keep in mind my day-to-day is not at all like this. I still enjoy my daily career, but these experiences stand out as great memories. All of these were truly rewarding and made me confident that I …
Automotive Engineering is a rewarding but challenging career choice. You will be solving many problems during your career and most of the time you will rely on a network of people to get you through your day. Sometimes, a problem will be so bad, that there are only a few people at work that can help you out. Here is …
My dad is an environmental engineer, and he told me when I was first starting out in engineering, to find a niche or engineering specialty where I can become an expert at a specific thing. He told me to find a specialty where I was the go-to guy and it could greatly help me in my career. It wasn’t until …
Our education as engineers is an incredibly eye opening experience. Just choosing which school to go to can be a major obstacle. It is a challenging world of knowledge that determines what initial path we decide to take in our career. For Automotive Engineers, the most common major is Mechanical Engineering. However, you could be in automotive, electrical, industrial, manufacturing …
Have you made every car show that comes to your home town for as long as you can remember to get the first look at the next model year’s vehicles? Do you eagerly await the monthly issue of Car and Driver, Hot Rod or Muscle Car? Do you have more project vehicles that you are constantly working on than running …
So you are in school and are getting the itch to get into the awesome field of automotive engineering. What should you do though, to make it easier to land that job when you graduate and make sure you get a great starting salary? If you have your heart set on learning to become an automotive engineer, make sure you …
The 80/20 Rule I am a huge fan of the Pareto Principal or “80/20 rule” which states that 20% of the effort or time you put forth will yield 80% of your results. This principal came from an Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto, who determined that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population. This pattern is seen everywhere. …