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There is more than one path you can take to become an automotive engineer. Everyone thinks you need to get a degree in automotive engineering to get yourself right into an automotive job. While this is the focused path to becoming an automotive engineer, there are other, much more flexible ways that anyone can get themselves into an automotive career. Automotive …
Have you ever tried to assemble a piece of furniture and wondered why it doesn’t quite look like the display in the store? Have you ever tried to repair an appliance and wondered why it didn’t go back together quite the same way as before? Or have you had screws left over after reassembly that you know should have gone …
Could you imagine what a football game would be like if there was no one around to enforce the rules of the game? Or imagine a basketball game with no referees; that game would probably resemble a game of street ball complete with fights and elbowing with no penalties. There are referees in basketball and football to keep the players …
Design engineers are the minds behind the automotive technology and products that we use every day. When you choose a career in automotive design engineering you are not just choosing one specialty as a career choice. Underneath the hood, inside the doors and even underneath the vehicle hold examples of a design job for every engineering degree no matter what …
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 …
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 …
We don’t live in order to work but isn’t it nice when our work is also our hobby and passion? If you live, breath and sleep automobiles then maybe a career in automotive engineering is for you. Automotive engineers create products that we see in our lives every day and their skills and innovative designs give us the tools to travel, …
Automotive engineering; the job title is short, sweet and to the point -but hidden inside this simple title is a wide variety of jobs each requiring a slightly different specialty and expertise. If you think about all the complex parts that make up today’s automobiles then it should come as no surprise that the automotive engineer has to be an …
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. …
What is an automotive engineer? Well, to figure it out we should probably start with what an engineer is: Dictionary.com defines engineering as: “The art or science of making practical application of the knowledge of pure sciences, as physics or chemistry, as in the construction of engines, bridges, buildings, mines, ships, and chemicals.” Well that seems pretty broad, and I am not sure who thought “mines” deserved a call-out amongst the more common things that are constructed. That being said, the title I think best sums up an …