There are some people that started out at one of the test labs or a CAB then went into industry, but have yet to personally meet an industry compliance person that had not started in another engineering job.
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:egide.mur...@molex.com] Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:32 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG 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. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@radiusnorth.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
