JPL/NASA Anyone want to work there?

[cvhsrobotics]

I just wanted to see the amount of people that plan on Working at JPL or NASA, I for one plan on working there

[Swan217]

My career choice plans after college (In order):

DEKA engineer
NASA engineer
FANUC engineer
Other robotics field engineer

[cvhsrobotics]

Same here just a little different

JPL Engineer
Private Company Engineer
Anything that pays a lot for engineering

[Erin Rapacki]

Already was a:

DEKA Test Technician
NASA subcontractor - Space Suit Quality/Project Intern
JSF F135 Project Intern

Dave, may I work at JPL for next year's coop... pleeeeease?



ByE


erin

p.s. For all of those of whom I consulted... my Mom pounded the most sense into me. No, I'm not switching majors. Thanks to all of you!

[RogerR]

i'd like to work for (frst one is the one i'd like most...)

JPL
Trek, cannondale, specialized, etc...
Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, etc...
as a fabricator in a chopper shop
harley-davidson

[suneel112]

I have a friend and fellow HS senior team member (his name is Vivek) who is going to Pasadena. He is studying at Caltech this fall (an amazing thing considering he had the time to do FIRST and get a 4.0 in all honors classes and score above a 1500 in SAT). He may do an internship at JPL (If he continues a 4.0 and if I convince him enough [he doesn't like "Government Agencies"]).

I am only a junior but I have some Ideas of where I want to work

1. Start my own Engineering Firm (I have a plan, a name, and some pretty cool $-making Ideas)

2. Motorola (Yea Chicago, yea Wildstang!)
3. NASA (Preferrably JPL, but Cape Canaveral will work too)
4. Mercenary (Any company that will pay me a good, six-figure salary [after my masters] )

So to finally answer your question, YES, I want to work at JPL, but don't expect to see me any time soon.

[Ashley Weed]

hehe *evil grin* NASA looks nice, I have thought about it but it's not "conveniently located" for me.

... I have several connections to the FBI, and would deffinately like the benefits of a federal job. I know the government would love to utilize my IST degree and Albany's field office isn't that far from home. :shhhhh:don't tell Greg

I'm still just uterly disappointed in myself about that FIRST job listing that came up last week... what an opportunity that passed me buy just a little too soon.

[JVN]

All this other stuff sounds really exciting.
But... I hear they are doing incredible things in the shelving world. Maybe I'll become a shelving engineer.

Or cardboard boxes, I hear those are pretty cool also. I could be a box designer!

I mean... everyone needs shelves and boxes!

Ohh the possibilities are endless!


engineering isn't just spaceships folks...

[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by JVN

All this other stuff sounds really exciting.
But... I hear they are doing incredible things in the shelving world. Maybe I'll become a shelving engineer.

Or cardboard boxes, I hear those are pretty cool also. I could be a box designer!

I mean... everyone needs shelves and boxes!

Ohh the possibilities are endless!


engineering isn't just spaceships folks...

Personally, I plan on re-inventing the wheel.

I'd like to work with JPL or Lockheed or something similar as either a Software or Electrical Engineer, although i'm thinking about architecture.

[dez250]

Originally Posted by Ashley Weed

hehe *evil grin* NASA looks nice, I have thought about it but it's not "conveniently located" for me.

... I have several connections to the FBI, and would deffinately like the benefits of a federal job. I know the government would love to utilize my IST degree and Albany's field office isn't that far from home. :shhhhh:don't tell Greg

I'm still just uterly disappointed in myself about that FIRST job listing that came up last week... what an opportunity that passed me buy just a little too soon.

Hey Ashley, the Albany field office for the FBI is only like 10 mins from one FIRST tea, 15 from another and about 30 mins from a 3rd team...

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

My career choice plans after college (In order):

DEKA engineer
NASA engineer
FANUC engineer
Other robotics field engineer

FANUC!? go KAWASAKI ROBOTICS! (my dads company)

well, what i wish to do is... invent something, get a patent. make LOTSA LOTSA money, get rich, and have plenty of money to tinker around with many fun stuff. like a segway. maybe even go for the x-prize ... come on. it MIGHT happen

[Greg Needel]

ultimate goal: own R&D engineering/industrial design firm

other places that interest me: IDEO, DEKA, General Dynamics, and a few choice large companies with R&D (delphi, xerox, bausch and lomb)


already worked:

APL/NASA :Contour satellite: subsystem design (yes my design got on there)

Direct Dimentions Inc - private engineering firm

Center of Marine Biotechnology: worked on new ways to improve aquadic enviorments

[DougHogg]

One of the cool things about JPL is that it is managed by Cal Tech (California Institute of Technology - http://www.caltech.edu/) for NASA, so I think that it has probably has a more academic feel to it than some NASA centers. (My son Robert works there, although he is on a sabatical at the moment.)

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by DougHogg

One of the cool things about JPL is that it is managed by Cal Tech (California Institute of Technology - http://www.caltech.edu/) for NASA, so I think that it has probably has a more academic feel to it than some NASA centers. (My son Robert works there, although he is on a sabatical at the moment.)

I can’t speak for JPL but APL is managed by Johns Hopkins university and having worked there it is really not an academic environment. I am actually not sure about the university partnership beyond faculty and grad students.

[Elgin Clock]

For a long time I have wanted to work for the LEGO corporation as some kind of model maker... LEGO's were definately an inspiration for my career path as I grew up. So was architecture for that matter.

Now, I just want to work somewhere close to home. I worked for a place where the commute everyday was a nightmare. Ughh..

Anyways, I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

It would be great if I were independently wealthy to back up some of my eccentric ideas I have at times.

How did Dean do that again??
Oh yeah... that hard work thing... Hmm... Well, there goes that plan.. lol j/k

Anyways.. I don't know where I would like to work.

I do like doing things with my hands, and I also like seeing a project from concept to prototype to final stage. So, I don't know...
I guess my current studies at college for CAD are good for now, and then I will go from there.

I think I will always be in school. As much as I hate structured learning, it's the only way I actually do learn stuff. Actually, that is false, I learn a lot from side projects I do, like being involved in FIRST and also restoring an older vehicle.

The only thing that I do know is that I never want my career to take up my whole life.
If I have to devote more than say 40-50 hours a week to work, I don't want to spend all my time making money for somone else. I'd rather devote myself to my career if it were for me and my ideas - no matter how eccentric they may be. I know that may seem kind of selfish, but... Oh well.