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Originally Posted by Frosty
Cool. Do you like it?
I avoided engineering jobs that required travel because I hate it (plus had young kids at the time). I've had to do a little for training but it is pretty infrequent now.
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It's challenging. I get to work with a lot of hardware (component-level, CCA level, system level), do some design, analysis, etc. but there's also paperwork, hand holding, and bureaucratic BS that goes along with any large corporation.
The test trips are good & bad. I like being in the field testing but the facilities we rent are typically 24hrs so we usually rent 48-72hrs at a time split into 12-hr shifts and sometimes I take the night shift which can be rough. The facilities are also expensive (~$1k/hr) so you better make damn sure your test is ready and things are checked out when you're there to maximize time & $$.
I like to travel and I don't have anything (wife, kids, pets) keeping me from traveling. You get to know your co-workers pretty well on these trips and we've built a pretty good team so it works out.