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Originally posted by petek
Definitely put together a portfolio! I think it would be hard to get a job without one unless your prospective employer already knows what you can do.
Ideally you should have a variety of model screen shots, detail and assembly drawings, preferably of the same parts. An Inventor Award submission would provide good material, if you've worked on one.
When interviewing candidates things I've looked for include photo-realistic rendering of models, correctly applied GD&T dimensioning, clarity and neatness of dimensions and completeness of the bill of material on assembly drawings.
Really, anyone looking to get into an engineering or design career or change jobs should have a portfolio to go along with their resume. Even though I've been with my present company for 9 yrs and am not looking for a new job, I still keep my portfolio and resume up to date. You never know...
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Thank you! I don't have an Inventor Award submission offhand because I wasn't eligible to enter as a non-student. I did make all of the models and assemblies for our robot, however, and I have all of those files on my laptop computer.
I'll go through and pick out some of the more unique parts and designs and clean them up some so I can present them if I need to.
Is something
like this noteworthy? My biggest fear is that I'm grossly underestimating the quality and complexity of the work commonly done. My next biggest fear is that I'm selling myself short.