Programmers: What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

[Chris Hibner]

Originally Posted by davidthefat

Go learn Japanese and move to Japan thats where all the action is

Actually, the auto industry is where all the action is.

If you are dead set on robotics, there is FANUC, which is a great American robotics company with its roots in robots for automotive manufacturing. Other robotics companies that service the auto industry and hire engineers include Kawasaki Robotics, AAB, Apex Controls, Sterling, Nachi Robotics, TranTek, Perceptron, PARI Robotics, Guedel, Advenovation, Comau Robotics, Durr Systems, and I could go on and on.

If you're not completely tied to the robot idea, control engineers are in very high demand throughout the auto industry (even during the recession I had three job offers within two weeks after the end of my airline gig). Virtually every part of a modern car is controlled with an embedded control system - and if it isn't, it will be in no time. Most people wouldn't believe it, but a modern automobile is more complex than a modern aircraft when it comes to control system complexities, and there is no end in sight for new embedded controller applications. It's a very good time to be working in embedded control systems.