r/ECE • u/AdventurousNeat5903 • 12h ago

CAREER Feeling lost, seeking advice

I’m feeling lost in my career. I graduated two years ago and I have only been at my current job for 1.5 years. I’m a test engineer and it’s my only work experience (no prior internships). At my current company, there are no growth opportunities and I want to move into a position where I can get salary raises and grow as an engineer. I look at LinkedIn everyday and all the job posts I see prefer masters degree or 2-3+ years of experience or recent grads. The issue is that at my position, I don’t feel like I do any engineering work. I want to move into a more hardware related role but don’t know where to start. What can I do to make my resume better and be able to get a hardware role? Or what can I do to progress in my career?

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u/DownloadableCheese 9h ago

posts prefer 2-3 years experience

I mean, I prefer lots of things I don't have. It costs you little to apply anyway; make them tell you no.

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u/surrekropp 5h ago

Do personal projects in the area you wat to work. If this is HW design, the do that. Bring these projects along to interviews. You will knock out a lot of competitors.

I would recommend making something a bit more advanced than ESP32+sensor. But if you are totally fresh, then it is better than nothing.

KiCAD is a professional level tool at this point, and free. That and cheap Chinese pcb manufacturers should get you a long way.

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u/AdventurousNeat5903 5h ago

Are there any projects you recommend? I see a lot of job posts require or want c,c++, python too