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May 23, 2010 at 8:43 AM #17485May 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM #553047Waiting to feel the magicParticipant
I’m not super familiar with this industry. I did work for NASA for a few years in the 80’s. A couple of places to try:
– Morton Thiocol (of the Space Shuttle O-Ring fame). They are located outside of Salt Lake City, a few miles from the middle of no where.
– Boeing. In Seattle. They do both commerical and military aviation. In this particular company I’d say do your research. There are a lot of people there who wanted to design airplanes who are actually responsible for very minute, specialized, parts of the aircraft and never do anything else. The engineers are also union.
– Aerojet. In Sacramento, CA. They’re really a chemical company, but they designed the rocket fuels for many missiles.
– Lockheed. Don’t know where they’re located, particularly the division that does aircraft. I think they’re the lead company on the Joint Strike Fighter and Boeing is assisting. There was a great Nova (the PBS program) on the competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the design of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense jobs can be very cyclical depending on the contracts, gov’t spending, etc. OTHO, they probably won’t be outsourcing them to China anytime soon. In general, it’s really a bad time to be an engineer.
Hope that helps.
May 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM #554016Waiting to feel the magicParticipantI’m not super familiar with this industry. I did work for NASA for a few years in the 80’s. A couple of places to try:
– Morton Thiocol (of the Space Shuttle O-Ring fame). They are located outside of Salt Lake City, a few miles from the middle of no where.
– Boeing. In Seattle. They do both commerical and military aviation. In this particular company I’d say do your research. There are a lot of people there who wanted to design airplanes who are actually responsible for very minute, specialized, parts of the aircraft and never do anything else. The engineers are also union.
– Aerojet. In Sacramento, CA. They’re really a chemical company, but they designed the rocket fuels for many missiles.
– Lockheed. Don’t know where they’re located, particularly the division that does aircraft. I think they’re the lead company on the Joint Strike Fighter and Boeing is assisting. There was a great Nova (the PBS program) on the competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the design of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense jobs can be very cyclical depending on the contracts, gov’t spending, etc. OTHO, they probably won’t be outsourcing them to China anytime soon. In general, it’s really a bad time to be an engineer.
Hope that helps.
May 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM #553153Waiting to feel the magicParticipantI’m not super familiar with this industry. I did work for NASA for a few years in the 80’s. A couple of places to try:
– Morton Thiocol (of the Space Shuttle O-Ring fame). They are located outside of Salt Lake City, a few miles from the middle of no where.
– Boeing. In Seattle. They do both commerical and military aviation. In this particular company I’d say do your research. There are a lot of people there who wanted to design airplanes who are actually responsible for very minute, specialized, parts of the aircraft and never do anything else. The engineers are also union.
– Aerojet. In Sacramento, CA. They’re really a chemical company, but they designed the rocket fuels for many missiles.
– Lockheed. Don’t know where they’re located, particularly the division that does aircraft. I think they’re the lead company on the Joint Strike Fighter and Boeing is assisting. There was a great Nova (the PBS program) on the competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the design of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense jobs can be very cyclical depending on the contracts, gov’t spending, etc. OTHO, they probably won’t be outsourcing them to China anytime soon. In general, it’s really a bad time to be an engineer.
Hope that helps.
May 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM #553740Waiting to feel the magicParticipantI’m not super familiar with this industry. I did work for NASA for a few years in the 80’s. A couple of places to try:
– Morton Thiocol (of the Space Shuttle O-Ring fame). They are located outside of Salt Lake City, a few miles from the middle of no where.
– Boeing. In Seattle. They do both commerical and military aviation. In this particular company I’d say do your research. There are a lot of people there who wanted to design airplanes who are actually responsible for very minute, specialized, parts of the aircraft and never do anything else. The engineers are also union.
– Aerojet. In Sacramento, CA. They’re really a chemical company, but they designed the rocket fuels for many missiles.
– Lockheed. Don’t know where they’re located, particularly the division that does aircraft. I think they’re the lead company on the Joint Strike Fighter and Boeing is assisting. There was a great Nova (the PBS program) on the competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the design of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense jobs can be very cyclical depending on the contracts, gov’t spending, etc. OTHO, they probably won’t be outsourcing them to China anytime soon. In general, it’s really a bad time to be an engineer.
Hope that helps.
May 23, 2010 at 9:35 AM #553641Waiting to feel the magicParticipantI’m not super familiar with this industry. I did work for NASA for a few years in the 80’s. A couple of places to try:
– Morton Thiocol (of the Space Shuttle O-Ring fame). They are located outside of Salt Lake City, a few miles from the middle of no where.
– Boeing. In Seattle. They do both commerical and military aviation. In this particular company I’d say do your research. There are a lot of people there who wanted to design airplanes who are actually responsible for very minute, specialized, parts of the aircraft and never do anything else. The engineers are also union.
– Aerojet. In Sacramento, CA. They’re really a chemical company, but they designed the rocket fuels for many missiles.
– Lockheed. Don’t know where they’re located, particularly the division that does aircraft. I think they’re the lead company on the Joint Strike Fighter and Boeing is assisting. There was a great Nova (the PBS program) on the competition between Boeing and Lockheed for the design of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Defense jobs can be very cyclical depending on the contracts, gov’t spending, etc. OTHO, they probably won’t be outsourcing them to China anytime soon. In general, it’s really a bad time to be an engineer.
Hope that helps.
May 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM #553052garysearsParticipantCheck out NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) at http://jobs.navair.navy.mil/. Good luck.
May 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM #554021garysearsParticipantCheck out NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) at http://jobs.navair.navy.mil/. Good luck.
May 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM #553745garysearsParticipantCheck out NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) at http://jobs.navair.navy.mil/. Good luck.
May 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM #553158garysearsParticipantCheck out NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) at http://jobs.navair.navy.mil/. Good luck.
May 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM #553646garysearsParticipantCheck out NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) at http://jobs.navair.navy.mil/. Good luck.
May 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM #553750jficquetteParticipantThanks guys.
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May 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM #554025jficquetteParticipantThanks guys.
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May 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM #553651jficquetteParticipantThanks guys.
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May 23, 2010 at 9:47 AM #553163jficquetteParticipantThanks guys.
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