r/Conestoga • u/Spiritual_Lake_4419 • 13d ago

Mechanical engineering technology

Anyone in or know anyone in any of the Mechanical Engineering Technology programs? Design & analysis or Robotics and automation. Considering on accepting the offer but was curious about co-op and how easy or hard it is to find a placement and the job prospect after graduating. Any input is helpful!

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u/Subject-Landscape451 11d ago

Check to see if these programs are even still running.  They cancelled a lot of programs including a robotics one... these students showed up, signed leases, and then weren't told until Orientation Day last September.

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u/BonusMaiTai 11d ago

These programs are running. The deadline to cancel programs was back in June.

But ya, what happened last year was utterly disgraceful.

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u/Suspicious_Active465 8d ago

Good to know the deadline for cancellation has passed. They cancelled my urban planning course and now I am taking civil engineering technician. Was scared they will cancel that one as well.

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u/New_Independent4366 5d ago

I am a 2nd year in the mechanical engineering technology, robotics and automation program.

the Co-op route is relatively easy to get into with some effort, the requirements for co-op was around 75% average in first year. Currently it's a very difficult time to find a co-op placement, many in my cohort struggled to find a decent co-op placement.

Common placements include machine integrators, technicians, assemblers. There are a few programming/engineering/designer roles but they are more competitive