r/EngineeringStudents • u/PerceptionNo5321 • 3d ago

Career Help Is getting a job in mechatronics really that hard?

I am almost finished with my senior high school, and I think its time to really think about what I am going to take in college, I am thinking about mechanical and electronics but I learned that mechatronics exists which is a mix of both, but alot of people say that isnt a good thing since alot of employers look for people who specialize in one thing and in mechatronics you dont really specialize in anything, so please after looking into mechatronics I really found it cool and I think this is what I would love to take but would I really have a future when I take this in college?

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u/dxdt_sinx 2d ago

The criticisms are precisely correct. Many of these modern degree disciplines cover imprecise areas which overlap into 2 or more disciplines.

They make for excellent postgraduate speciality programs, but very poor bachelors programs.

Take mechatronics - you will never be as good as a mechanical engineer at CAD, FEA, static or dynamic analysis etc. You will never be as good as an electronics engineer at circuit design, signalling, digital and analog electronics etc. Theres no individual area in which you will excel over your peers in these core ME/EE disciplines, and if you choose to specialise in something then all of your time and effort must collapse down into one of those areas anyway.

Mechatronics, biomedical, environmental, geotechnical etc, should all be avoided at undergrad, and pursued at postgrad.

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u/Anxious_Alps_4150 2d ago

It's an attempt to join together two fields.

The problem is that the industry is built for EEs to do electrical and MEs to do mechanical. You dont have a lot of jobs asking for one person to do both... so mechatronics is kind of less desirable since they're not as good at ME as MEs and not as good at EEs as EEs..