My borther is a Mechanical Engineer working at Daimler-Chrysler, was with Daimler before the merger.
He also holds his PE license.
In college he stuidied his ass off and made connections through the schools various student projects. He worked on the high mileage team car and competed. He was also active with SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
His first job out of college was with Hyster, the forklift company. He wasn't all that thrilled with the work as he did alot of CAD.
He managed to work his connections through SAE and get a interview with one of Daimlers subsidiaries.
His first job at Daimler was in the Axle & driveline group, he then became bored and began taking EE classes at night. He moved departments and worked in the speedometer group.
He also stayed active in SAE and became President of the state.
He became bored and decided he wanted to do a foreign tour, began German lessons at night and got a 2yr tour to Stuttgart. He completed his 2yr tour last year and got a job stateside working on the production line in the cab body area. He supervises the area of roughly 200 union guys + 4 supervisors.
He turns 33 this July.
