Mechatronic vs civil... (1 Viewer)

[Drsoccerball]

So I wanted to become a Mechatronic engineer but apparently theres no jobs in Australia... My brothers a civil engineer and hes getting alllllll kinddddds of civil engineering jobs... Do you guys think I should do something like civil as well?

 

[astroman]

inb4 square, thing is mech teaches you bits of comp sci, mechanical and electrical engineering, while civil is just civil. Now think from an employers perspecpetive, would you want to hire someone who know stuff in a lot of areas or someone who is a specialist in one area? Chances are they choose a specialist civil engineer, specialist electrical,etc. So civil would have more jobs since mechatronic engineer ins't really a job, with a mech degree you most prob become a comp scientist, electrical engineer or mechanical engineer.

 

[Drsoccerball]

inb4 square, thing is mech teaches you bits of comp sci, mechanical and electrical engineering, while civil is just civil. Now think from an employers perspecpetive, would you want to hire someone who know stuff in a lot of areas or someone who is a specialist in one area? Chances are they choose a specialist civil engineer, specialist electrical,etc. So civil would have more jobs since mechatronic engineer ins't really a job, with a mech degree you most prob become a comp scientist, electrical engineer or mechanical engineer.

The thing is I don't know and I've never met any mechatronic engineers... Those who did electrical ended up all branching to other non-engineering jobs.

 

[astroman]

The thing is I don't know and I've never met any mechatronic engineers... Those who did electrical ended up all branching to other non-engineering jobs.

Well there is square and u can pm him online, also a friend of mine has a mate that did mech but said it was boring as fuck and ended up doing marketing lol.

 

[Drsoccerball]

Well there is square and u can pm him online, also a friend of mine has a mate that did mech but said it was boring as fuck and ended up doing marketing lol.

Yeah but even square doesn't have a job... I havn't met an employed mechatronic engineer...

 

[astroman]

Yeah but even square doesn't have a job... I havn't met an employed mechatronic engineer...

square is still studying, he has to get work experience though to graduate.

 

[Drsoccerball]

square is still studying, he has to get work experience though to graduate.

lol my brothers still studying as well?

 

[Flop21]

Yeah but even square doesn't have a job... I havn't met an employed mechatronic engineer...

Mechatronic and civil are very different right? Mechatronics closest relative would be mechanical engineering and/or electrical engineering. So it depends what you like.

So, obviously any job that requires you to have the hardware/mechanical knowledge of things along with the electrical knowledge, and even the CS side of things, would suit a mechatronic job.

Here are some threads that may be useful, I suggest researching online:

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineerin...atronics_engineering_what_is_it_what_do_they/

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/t9fqe/how_respected_is_a_mechatronics_major/

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineerin...tronics_student_here_should_i_transfer_to_ee/


You know I actually might consider this degree myself, sounds fun and promising. Civil sounds boring to me. So it's up to your interests obviously.

 

[astroman]

Mechatronic and civil are very different right? Mechatronics closest relative would be mechanical engineering and/or electrical engineering. So it depends what you like.

So, obviously any job that requires you to have the hardware/mechanical knowledge of things along with the electrical knowledge, and even the CS side of things, would suit a mechatronic job.

Here are some threads that may be useful, I suggest researching online:

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineerin...atronics_engineering_what_is_it_what_do_they/

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineering/comments/t9fqe/how_respected_is_a_mechatronics_major/

https://www.reddit.com/r/engineerin...tronics_student_here_should_i_transfer_to_ee/


You know I actually might consider this degree myself, sounds fun and promising. Civil sounds boring to me. So it's up to your interests obviously.

yay reddit.

 

[Mathsisfun15]

If it interests you just do it. I hear its pretty easy to get a mechanical job with a mechatronic degree so its not like you're going to be unemployed

 

[D94]

inb4 square, thing is mech teaches you bits of comp sci, mechanical and electrical engineering, while civil is just civil. Now think from an employers perspecpetive, would you want to hire someone who know stuff in a lot of areas or someone who is a specialist in one area? Chances are they choose a specialist civil engineer, specialist electrical,etc. So civil would have more jobs since mechatronic engineer ins't really a job, with a mech degree you most prob become a comp scientist, electrical engineer or mechanical engineer.

"Mech" has, is and will always be short for mechanical engineering. You go to any institution, whether academic, research, public, private, and mech will always be mechanical.

If it interests you just do it. I hear its pretty easy to get a mechanical job with a mechatronic degree so its not like you're going to be unemployed

Hear from whom?

 

[Mathsisfun15]

Hear from whom?

On whirlpool I think. From some guy who did mechatronic

 

[D94]

On whirlpool I think. From some guy who did mechatronic

So your sweeping statement is based on 1 isolated case...

 

[Mathsisfun15]

So your sweeping statement is based on 1 isolated case...

I've read it a few other places on the net as well although I admit I don't have much authority on it I was just saying what I read

 

[Squar3root]

inb4 square, thing is mech teaches you bits of comp sci, mechanical and electrical engineering, while civil is just civil. Now think from an employers perspecpetive, would you want to hire someone who know stuff in a lot of areas or someone who is a specialist in one area? Chances are they choose a specialist civil engineer, specialist electrical,etc. So civil would have more jobs since mechatronic engineer ins't really a job, with a mech degree you most prob become a comp scientist, electrical engineer or mechanical engineer.

civil is quite diverse too you have transport, geotechnical etc

mechatronic people probably will end up specializing in one field because the degree is quite broad

Yeah but even square doesn't have a job... I haven't met an employed mechatronic engineer...

yeah same lol

square is still studying, he has to get work experience though to graduate.

every engineering major if you want to be qualified from EA, you have to do 60 days industrial experience weather that be mech or civil

 

[anomalousdecay]

Mechatronics is a very diverse field and can land you jobs in all sorts of fields. However it has a very specific application, which mainly focuses on developing systems which monitor all sorts of processes and conditions. It mainly involves a branch of engineering which is common in many areas of engineering (for example, common in mechanical, electrical, computer, software, chemical). This doesn't necessarily mean that you will be able guaranteed work as one of the aforementioned engineers because it is nowhere near equivalent. However, it is possible that you might find work in one of these (for example, I know some really exceptionally good mechatronics students who have gone on into software and power engineering).



Although it doesn't specifically refer to mechatronics, refer to gradstats for extra info http://www.graduatecareers.com.au/research/researchreports/gradstats/ (just kinda saying this so everyone at least refers to this in the future).