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Jake-Thomas Bamber

Hello all,

I am Currently a Class 1 Electronics Technician with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, and I've been serving in the Army for over six years. During my time in service, I've worked on numerous platforms that specialise in optronics, telecommunications and vehicle electronics. I am currently in my first managerial role where I oversee a fitter section maintaining a fleet of Mastiff and B fleet vehicles.

As I transition out of the Army, I am looking to expand my experience in civilian electrical engineering roles. I am starting my HNC/HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and I'm particularly interested in fields such as Electrical Design, Healthcare Electrical Systems, High Voltage Engineering, Railway systems, PCB Design, and Nuclear Engineering.

I'm reaching out to see if anyone would be willing to invite me for insight days or offer opportunities to learn more about these areas within their job roles. I'm eager to gain a deeper understanding of these fields and how my skills can transfer to new roles in the engineering sector.

Thank you in advance !

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  • Hi,

    I guess the question is - where do you want to get to?

    Are you looking to build upon your managerial and trade skills? Or are you seeking to get into Engineering Design. Both are valid career paths.

    If we take Engineering Design. Some of those are quite broad areas and different roles have quite different needs. If we take PCB Design (a role I have done), applying the design onto the PCB takes the ability to follow a ruleset and solve the problem that tricky routing causes. I suspect you could do that, especially after completion of your HNC/HND. However, to specify the PCB material, the components, the constraints on the tracks and do the acceptance checks on the PCB design usually requires an electronics degree (especially with GHz circuits).

    For some roles you will find IEng and CEng useful (but not always mandated). And even if you never planned to actually apply for those, thinking about what development you would need to be able to achieve them is still very useful.

    For the trade/managerial side, I'll let someone else comment on that. But I would imagine that there is a lot of read across to the civil engineering world and M+E specifically.

    Good luck.

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  • Hi,

    I guess the question is - where do you want to get to?

    Are you looking to build upon your managerial and trade skills? Or are you seeking to get into Engineering Design. Both are valid career paths.

    If we take Engineering Design. Some of those are quite broad areas and different roles have quite different needs. If we take PCB Design (a role I have done), applying the design onto the PCB takes the ability to follow a ruleset and solve the problem that tricky routing causes. I suspect you could do that, especially after completion of your HNC/HND. However, to specify the PCB material, the components, the constraints on the tracks and do the acceptance checks on the PCB design usually requires an electronics degree (especially with GHz circuits).

    For some roles you will find IEng and CEng useful (but not always mandated). And even if you never planned to actually apply for those, thinking about what development you would need to be able to achieve them is still very useful.

    For the trade/managerial side, I'll let someone else comment on that. But I would imagine that there is a lot of read across to the civil engineering world and M+E specifically.

    Good luck.

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