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What Should GD01 Do?

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Where should GD01 start his career?

  • Mettler Toledo

    Votes: 7 31.8%

  • Northrop Grumman

    Votes: 15 68.2%
  • Total voters
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Golferdow01

Golferdow01

East-Coast Living
I decided to make this into a little poll just for fun. In NO way will I use this to base my decision, but I will accept constructive criticism.

Pending I receive an offer from Mettler Toledo, where should I start my career as an electrical engineer? Assume salary and benefits to be identical such that the decision cannot be based on that.

Mettler Toledo is based at Polaris. They make weighing devices such as precision devices used in labs accurate to 0.000001 lbs, and large scale weighing devices used at weigh stations. As a new employee, I would be going through three rotations in various engineering and business/marketing sectors. This is meant to help one find where they think their niche is.

Northrop Grumman is based in Baltimore. There, I would be working on radar, antenna, and communication systems used in the national defense industry. As an employee, I will also be doing three rotations very similar to Mettler Toledo.

The overall goal of these rotational positions is to eventually train me to be a leader. This means group leader and management future. What do you all think?

EDIT: Also consider location to not be a factor for me. That being said, recommendations to stay close to home or travel away are welcome as well.
 
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If you are looking for long term job security (i.e. your entire career with the same company); consider the fact that a "defense industry" company (like Northrop Grumman) will only have work as long as they have a defense contract. If they don't get replacement work when their current contact runs out there will be layoffs. The good news will be a competitor (like Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, TRW, United Technologies, or McDonnell-Douglas) got the new contract and they will be hiring, etc.
 
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I would say Northrop. The company that I work for develops some of the generators for their military aircraft. They seem to be a very stable company, at least on the military side, and the departments that you will be working in are always in need, regardless of having a contract in hand. Aerospace in general isn't doing that well, especially on the commercial side of thing, but getting that level of experience in communications will be invaluable. Just don't blame me if your radar creates too much interference for my generator too run. :tongue2:
 
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