How To Get A Job - Aerospace Engineer

[@bootknockk235]

Once again my son I'm so proud of you..and then your going as far to give others your input and helpful facts..I knew once you got into the 4th grade that you was going to be a very great special kid school wise, education wise, and now in the industry and for you to offer advice and hints shows how caring you really are...I'm proud of you and will always have your back and I'm sure you know that..So keep doing what ur doing and always do your best I'll always be in your corner to pick up and push you harder...love you son

[@daemonzap1481]

Wow what a great dad

[@willm6598]

Finally ! Someone actually explaining what is actually important and what you have to do to find a job afterward. Why is no one else talking about this ???? The only thing that matters is how to get a job when your done blowing 30k on a degree and yet this topic is not talked about.

[@iuliapintrijal8041]

Kudos for the job. The website idea is indeed awesome, I will be looking for a job as a Civil Engineer this summer and I am also working on building my website. Really glad to know my idea wasn't dumb ;).

[@augustusb3501]

Great video and commentary 👌

[@victorcamara2155]

Great based on this video I'm right on track lol everything you said we should do I'm already doing so I just gotta finish this damn degree

[@samarthbadgujar8060]

Great video sir , thanks for all your suggestions , sir can you please make video for non US citizens who want job in aerospace company in US

[@Genericguy321]

Great video!!

[@tejaslokhande6452]

Thanks man.

[@emanuelcastanho470]

Excellent video :)

[@A_Beached_Whale]

You said that you put your labs on your portfolio. What kind of labs did you put on it, and what was the content of these labs? I’d like to put an aerospace lab on a portfolio, however it’s not really unique content, so I feel like I’d just be talking about course material. The only thing I’d say I can put on a portfolio is a robotics lab where I had complete design freedom to build a self-balancing robot.

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Check out my portfolio website link below. If you scroll down to the "About Me" section and click the "writing sample" button you will see a aero report I did back in my undergraduate studies for wind tunnel testing. Your project sounds very interesting. I would certainly add that to my portfolio. You never know how recruiters will see your projects. If your writing skills are good and the report shows you have some basic technical skills, that's worth showing in my opinion. Get more involved in projects where you can show your documented work. sjjone24.wixsite.com/apollo11sjjone24.wixsite.com/apollo11

[@A_Beached_Whale]

@@ShaqJonesKnight thanks for the response. I’ll be taking a class on compressible flow later this year, and it heavily revolves on writing design reports just like what you have on your portfolio. As for projects, on Monday earlier this week, I actually just got accepted into a project called UCI Cargo Plane that competes in SAE Aero Design West, so that’ll definitely be something I can put on my portfolio. I also did a quadcopter design project in my freshman year, so that’s another project that I have currently. Regarding internships, how important do you think they are for getting a job? On one hand, I have people telling me they’re struggling to find a job because of their lack of internships, and on the other hand, a friend told me she (as an AE) and some of her AE friends didn’t have internships and still landed a job. For reference, she got into Lockheed Martin as soon as she graduated. If I do apply for one, I just feel like it might be a bit too late for me for apply for one as I’ll be graduating next year, but I can still apply for 2022 summer internships since I have a student status.

[@jaimegonzalezmolina9694]

Great video!! I also tought that the internships were important, do yo know any platform in order to known and apply to internships easier and better experiences?? Thanks

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Thank you. I typically apply on the website for the specific company I am interested in. Otherwise I prefer to use Indeed when searching for a job or internship. They have a good search engine and company reviews as well.

[@friendlyfox4735]

Thanks bro

[@perseverance86]

This was super helpful! I have a few questions...(1) Is it easier to get into an aerospace company as a mechanical or electrical engineer? (2) Is an MBA valuable is aerospace or other areas of engineering or would you recommend a masters in your area? My son is applying to schools now for Fall of '22 and we are trying to figure out what path he should take. Wish you continued success and thank you for your insights!

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Glad my video was helpful. I would say since Mechanical engineering is more broad there are generally more positions available in the aerospace industry than electrical but thats just speculation. I would google the job outlook for these position to see the expected growth. Bureau of labor and statistics is a great website for this question. MBA is valuable if you plan to go into management role as an engineer. Assuming you want to climb the corporate latter to something like a VP of engineering position. But its certainly not required. Having a masters is important if you want to do more advance technical work and be on more cutting edge R&D projects. Generally the more advanced the project the more likely they want Phd and Master students who are experts. Thanks again for tuning into my channel.

[@bt3043]

Keep it up bro

[@tenzinwoeden8485]

Hi, Thank you so much for this video, it was really helpful. Can you please give your insights on some questions I want to ask? My main priority is to do masters in aerospace but for undergrad I'm not sure which one to choose. Go all in and do both undergrad and grad in aerospace or do undergrad in mechanical and grad in aerospace 1)If I do undergrad in mechanical, will it be hard to catch up on masters in aerospace? 2)Or is it better to do undergrad in mechanical as it is broad and it will be fine to do masters in aerospace? Again thanks alot Tenzin

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Hello, Sorry for the late reply. If it were me and I planned on doing Aero in grad school I would definitely do aero as an undergraduate. Graduate school in general is very difficult especially for engineering. So trying to learn all the fundamentals of aerospace in graduate school would be tough. Doable but tough. Mechanical is a lot more broad for job hunting purposes and there a lot more opportunities because of that. Also I will note that I personally thought Aero was more difficult as an undergraduate when I switch from mechanical my sophomore year. It requires a broad range of technical skills. Programming. Decent math skills. Basic understanding of chemistry for combustion topics. Lab reports where you have to understand physics. You basically have to be Iron man!

[@aryanbhandari3899]

Great video. I wanna study aerospace engineering in college someone told me that i should do some research/internship to boost my application too can you please tell me about any internship for highschool student (international)??? Please help

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

I'm not too sure about internships for high school students. I would say if you can't get a job or internship yet just focus or creating your own personal projects at home that you can show off in your college application. Build something that you are passionate about. For me in high school I built a gaming pc from scratch by watching youtube video tutorials. Learn a programming language online if you are interested in programming. Take online intro engineering courses on topics you are interested in. This will give you a head start on college and make you more advanced. Thanks for watching my video.

[@eduardoahumada5524]

Hello, first of all, I really like this video because you took the opportunity to talk to graduate university students and give personal advices. I want to talk about my situation also, so I am a mechanical engineer from Mexico who just received this year, and I would like to know if there is any chance or opportunity that we could chat, I also just got my permanent resident visa, and my plan is apply for a job in sd, my GPA is 3.0, but I am searching for mentors and advisors that could help me referring me to a company for a engineer or auxiliar engineering job. Best.

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Sure bro. Look me up on linkedin and we can chat. Would love to help.

[@accountaccount3840]

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[@beatrizribeiro2417]

Everyone says that the course is very workload heavy and that you spend a lot of time of your day studying for it so how do you combine that with an internship? Doesn’t that take up too much time?

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

You would normally do an internship during the summer when you are not taking courses.

[@beatrizribeiro2417]

@@ShaqJonesKnight Ah ok, right, thank you xx

[@sanjay2957]

your video was soo helpful thank you. I just finished 12th and started looking at aerospace degree, I found a uni which has 2 years mechanical and 2 years specialization in aerospace, but the certificate I get is mechanical engineering even tho my transcripts show aerospace topics. can you tell me your thoughts about this?

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

You will need to find a university that has an aerospace program specifically if you want to get into the aerospace industry after colleges. Otherwise you will need to find a way to get into aerospace internships at the very least to get experience. Companies are initially very picky about which degree you have for your first job.

[@xino951]

its a little late but do you have any advice for an international student? Also does the name of the university matter, I mean obviously MIT and such matters but I mean if I have a good GPA would it still be overshadowed?

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

For international students it's difficult to get a job at defense companies because they generally require you to be a US citizen to have a security clearance. Most other non defense companies don't though. Do your research on the company you are applying to so that you don't waste time. The name of the university usually does not matter. Most engineering programs teach the same fundamentals. As long as you graduate from an accredited university with a respectable GPA you'll be fine. Like I said in the video it 's more impressive to companies to have real world experience from internships or research projects. Even more impressive if you build or create you own passion projects on your spare time.

[@vishalm5832]

Hi , I am a international student , I have completed my bachelors in my mother country and I’m planning to do master in US or Uk , my bachelors program is mechanical engineering, can u suggest me a master degree which I can able to score well and I will get job opportunities high . Also I have idea to do aerospace , Is the job opportunities for aerospace is high or low !!!! . And I need to thank you for giving this awesome awareness for the freshers to grow there career

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Hello, Congrats on completing your bachelors degree. I can't recommend a major for your Masters programs because that depends on what you are personally interested in. All I can say is experiment with different engineering topics and find something that you are truly passionate about. For me that was military aircrafts and spacecrafts so thats why I chose Aerospace. The market for Aerospace jobs is good in the US but competitive. You will have to have good grades and practical experience. And thank you for watching my video.

[@trentonely6529]

I’m thinking of doing an aerospace engineering degree, what minor would you recommend getting.

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

What ever you are passionate about. You don't necessarily need to have a minor. Might add too much work to your engineering workload. Do research on the elective classes offered at your college ahead of time for your major and read the syllabus to see if you work be interested.

[@georgefay8777]

Hi, could you link your website please?

[@ShaqJonesKnight]

Here you go sjjone24.wixsite.com/apollo11

[@mraihan3448]

I am in India ,I need to Aerospace btech(undergraduate course) ,is it wise to study in India itself or is there any good colleges outside sir ??

[@Sanjay-ub7eq]

go for best colleges and see their old records on aerospace branch

[@charliegeorge4247]

IITs are the way to go

[@soumyaranjan6962]

Not a lot scope for aerospace in India.