It's unfortunate you just bought a house and settled down. One of my mech-eng friends is doing an interesting see-the-world type program with a company. Every six months for two years they transfer her to a different position at a different site (rather like doing four internships) and at the end any of them can hire her full-time. She just moved from Laconia to Kansas with her fiancee and their dog, and in February will be going to England. I think California's on the list as well.
Anyway - my company doesn't do much in the way of physical engineering, but I'll ask some of my friends.
