MN engineering firms

[rk4g63]

Laplace Transforms. man thats all coof stuff.

[Jakey]

1) For my own division - You'll need two things - a GPA of 4.0/4.0 and my engineers need to sign off that they want you. Then I can hire you.
2) If your GPA is less than 4.0, then I will put your resume in to the oither divisions with a note from me and they may/will call you depending on what they see in your resume and their own availability. Thats why I asked you to be specific.


I'm very surprised to see such a harsh GPA requirement. The engineering world used to hold themselves to such a high standard when it came to recruiting but has drastically altered that. When I was a freshman (F02), one just about always needed a 3.0/4.0 to find an internship. Now many companies have dropped that to 2.75/4.0. It's not all about the classroom, it's about how you can prove yourself. Too many times by holding to such a strict GPA requirement, the only applicants turn out to be book nerds that don't have a damn clue how to drill a hole or use a screwdriver, but yet are "engineers." To be quite honest, if a recruiter told me I had to have a 4.0/4.0 I wouldn't even waste my time with them. To me that shows irresponsibility on behalf of that given company's management.

[Super Bleeder!!]

i totally agree with jakey on that point. there are seniors here taking 500 level engineering courses like advanced internal combustion engine fundamentals (the prereqs for the course alone are insane) that cannot talk about engines in the real world for even 1 minute w/o getting very confused. give them a list of equations, SI units, and diagrams in a book and they can do it. try to talk to them about the 4banger in their accord and they just get lost.

i think the best engineer is a delicate balance between book nerd and self taught mechanic :)

[TurboDomestics]

Rk4g63 i really apreciate your offer, but im just looking around right now. Thanks very much though. I can email you my resume anyway, and well see what you can do with it. I havent even started school yet, but in HS i have already taken Calc 1 and Calc 2.

[TurboDomestics]

i'm interested in what classes you have to take at your school. do you have to take the 3 years of calc/diff eq and 2 years of physics and all that other horrible shit too? i'm in my 3rd year of ME schooling as well, just curious.

call me a nerd, but I like those classes! :p

[rk4g63]

No problem dude. Just email me whenever you can.
Jakey/notnormal, I totally agree with you guys but there are some HR rules that I cannot break. I can bend them a bit if the resume looks like there's some good stuff, but there's a limit. LOL!
Some of the stuff we do is state of teh art designing/machining/assembly, so the HR people like to think they can set high standards. Personally, I'd just interview a guy myself, then have my team interview him. If we all sign off, he's in. I cant pull it off all the time though.

[Super Bleeder!!]

call me a nerd, but I like those classes! :p


NERD

[Jakey]

Are you looking for a paid position or just a internship? It sounded like you want a paid spot.

I have yet to ever see an engineering internship/co-op which is unpaid. My guess is that the average salary range for engineering students on interships is in the $16-$20/hour mark. I am hoping to be in the $18-$20/hour mark this summer since I have two internships under my belt. Now for business and other non-engineering internships, it is much more common from them to be unpaid.

[AJ]

we have a very large arms firm here that goes by the name of Alliant Techsystems. they have gotten huge in the last 6 years. http://www.atk.com/ <---their site




That's where I work. Definatly look into them. They have several offices and locations here in the cities and in 22 other states as well. They have an EXCELLENT student work study program and if by any reason you can get an actual job with them, they also love degrees and as long as it's going to help you help the company they pay 100%. Starting my next class, all of my shit will be paid for.

[TurboDomestics]

NERD

Lol :p

Ill look into atk, but i dont know if I want to work for an arms company, ill look into the space and rocket motors sections though.

thanks guys!