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ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN?

BS In electronics engineering am i underpaid?

  • Im currently working at a major aerospace company making $60K /year but i get paid hourly around $28/ hr plus OT. I do have a BS in electronics engineering. certificate in labview certificate in engineering and architectural autocad certificate in Pro-e certificate in mechatronics engineering. certificate in systems Engineering Certificate in RF engineering. My undergrad came from a non accredited institution but my certificates came from a well known university. Is my BS good enough to be in an engineering position. knowing that i have certificates that mainly focus certain fields of engineering. would it be better to pursue a diff field in engineering knowing that only a few of my credits will transfer. basically starting from the beginning. Is a Sr engineering technician position considerered as an Engineer Or a technician.

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    Ok, before I answer, let me put my flameproof suit on... No you're not underpaid for your level of training and experience. Certificates don't mean a thing, an engineering degree does. You can't certify someone in RF engineering for example; it's too complex a field. I know this, I've done it for 30 years. So the certificates are worth as much as the paper they are printed on. Also, real engineers don't get paid by the hour with overtime; unless they are independent consultants. In the company I work for, engineering degree from accredited university = engineer. Anything else = technician.

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You must have gone to ITT. Every employee thinks they are being underpaid. That is the way of life. Sr. Engineering technician is a technician. Sr. does not add anything except experience. Remember, any engineer is only two years away from being any other type of engineer. We have a basic core education in all engineering disciplines so we can adapt to changing circumstances.

Warren W- a Mormon engineer

Certificate - Schmertificate. Certificates are just a way to make money for the institutions which hand them out. Three years of experience is nothing, especially if you wasted them on learning or using crap like labview instead of getting design experience. One can not possibly certify systems and RF engineering skills. Those things come with age and exposure. I will hire a 50 year old ham who built his first radio at 16 before I will hire a certified RF engineer with three years of documented work experience and not one radio. Obviously you failed the first test: to select a good school. Bzzzzz..... first strike. What did you design? Anything? If you did not design anything that you could show me, that would be Bzzzzzz.... second strike. Sr. engineering technician is a technician. And always will be. You NEED to get off that title or it will stick. Bottom line: DESIGN SOMETHING NON-TRIVIAL. ANYTHING, as long it is non-trivial. And do it unsupervised. The next time you interview, bring a sample of the schematics, the circuit board. Show the whole product. Explain your role and how you did a hard piece all by yourself. Convince the hiring manager that you can do it again. Good luck!

amansscientiae

It depends on your experience, a 'double E' is worth some money, but a EE with no experience and no PE license is worth about 60K a year.

mavis b

How many years of EE work experience do you have? If it is 1-5, then you are not underpaid. Perhaps you are slightly underaverage, but not by much. The other major factor that determines pay is where you live (geographic region). Based on everything else you mentioned that salary is OK. .

tlbs101

I'm sure you could always earn extra money bragging about all of your acomplishments....no wait...no one wants to hear that crap, nerd.

danpayne75

At your age, that is decent money. To earn more, make them know you are worth it. Performance counts from here on in. EDIT Warren: "You must have gone to ITT" I used to WORK for those crooks. One quarter of freshman college algerbra, that no-one is allowed to fail, and they are told they are engineers.

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