Any mechatronic/electrical engineers here?

eire-kp

Greetings all.

I am just wondering if there is an Mechatronic engineers on here. How did you find it when looking for a job with the degree?

The reason I'm ask is I'm a 25 yo electrician and I'm just back from travelling and I'm currently working in wind farm service and repair.

I can do a level 7 mechatronics degree online with Sligo i.t. in 2 years and then take a year off work and do a level 8 degree in another college hopefully.

My other choice would be to do electrical engineering full time in cit..Im not sure yet if I will get a year off that course but as regard to leaving work....Id make the sacrifice if it meant better career prospects.

I guess each degree would match up with my current experience it jut hard deciding which way to jump!

Offy

eire-kp wrote: »

Greetings all.

I am just wondering if there is an Mechatronic engineers on here. How did you find it when looking for a job with the degree?

The reason I'm ask is I'm a 25 yo electrician and I'm just back from travelling and I'm currently working in wind farm service and repair.

I can do a level 7 mechatronics degree online with Sligo i.t. in 2 years and then take a year off work and do a level 8 degree in another college hopefully.

My other choice would be to do electrical engineering full time in cit..Im not sure yet if I will get a year off that course but as regard to leaving work....Id make the sacrifice if it meant better career prospects.

I guess each degree would match up with my current experience it jut hard deciding which way to jump!

I have a degree in mechatronics, finding work is easy even in the ercession. Finding high paid work isnt so easy but last time I was looking I turned down three jobs, there is a lot of work for mechatronic engineers in my experience.

maddladd

Hey OP, I'm in 4th year of elec eng degree in CIT at the moment, elecs do get the first year off so start in 2nd year, not sure about job prospects yet, like most industries is tough enough at the moment but fingers crossed.
PM me if you want to know more.

nogoodnamesleft

Im currently undertaking a MSc in Electrical Engineering in the Uk. I received a partial scholarship to return to education (worked in R&D in a telecoms sector for 5 years). From our MSc class nearly every student has some professional work experience in electrical engineering, engineering or physics sector.

From what we have been told by academic staff there is a shortage for suitably qualified electrical engineers in the UK particularly distributed generation and all the problems it brings with reverse power flows, protection, distribution design changes. Electric vehicles are another area or research that companies are beginning to investigate.

I will be finding the job situation for myself in September 2012 but I envisage that Ill probably will remain in the UK or mainland Europe as opposed to return to Ireland.

One problem you might face is that the fees here are going up substantially next year in the UK for undergrad and postgraduate studies. I was very lucky to do it this year.

From personal experience of doing a BSc and a postgraduate qualification in an Irish University the quality of engineering here is a lot higher than Ireland. Nearly every lecturer (in my current university) has a number of years or practical experience thus the problems and assignments are real world problems not theoretical. In addition a lot more finance is available for research and labs i.e. power simulators, dg simulation, power system protection simulators and professional software for system design. We also get occasional talks from leading companies (e.g. ABB, National Grid etc).

Your best bet to narrow your search options if your thinking of the UK is to have a look at the IET Approved courses (they are updated every so often) to find a suitable recognised course.